323. What words do we use to remember our Baptism?
We remember our Baptism with the words "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19)--the trinitarian Invocation. When we use these words in the Divine Service or in our prayers (for example, Luther's Morning and Evening Prayers), we recall and confess before heaven, earth, and hell all that God has given us in our Baptism: "victory over death and the devil [Romans 6:3-6], forgiveness of sins [Acts 2:38], God's grace [Titus 3:5-6], the entire Christ, and the Holy Spirit with His gifts [1 Corinthians 6:11]" (LC IV 41).
Note: The trinitarian Invocation may be accompanied by the sign of the cross, made at our Baptism upon our foreheads and hearts to mark us as "redeemed by Christ the crucified."
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