The Tuesday after the Third Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on June 23, 2026 by under
Scripture: St. Mark 10:13-16 (NKJV)
10:13 Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. 15 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” 16 And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.
Devotion
“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.” The Greek word translated “little children” is “paidion”, which means a young child or infant. We might say these were infants and toddlers. Sadly, many Christian parents today fail to heed Jesus’ command—“Let the little children (infants and toddlers) come to Me”—by not baptizing their little children. Their reasoning is that what is essential to being baptized is a person’s ability to make a personal confession of faith. However, what is lost with this reasoning is one simple fact: faith is God’s gift. The faith you have is the result of God at work in you. Faith is given by God, with the result that a person is then able to make his or her confession of faith. “For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure” (Phil. 2:13).
St. Paul reminds us of the benefit of Holy Baptism: “Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Rom. 6:3-4). What better place could any parent want their infant to be than in Christ?
Collect: O God, the Protector of all that trust in Thee, without Whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us Thy mercy; that Thou being our Ruler and Guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
