Feast Day: February 27th
The Life of Saint Gelasios: he played the part of a catechumen in a dramatized parody of the Christian’s Mystery of Holy Baptism. As he was immersed in the waters, the audience laughed. Divine Grace, however, wrought a Miracle, and Gelasios emerged from those waters transformed. As the play continued and he was garbed in the white gown of the newly-illumined, he declared before the crowd, “I am a Christian. When I was under those waters, I was awestruck by the Glory that I beheld. I am now ready to be slain on behalf of Christ!” The rest of the cast, knowing that these lines were not in the script, were aghast. The audience soon understood that Gelasios was not jesting but instead meant every word of his public Confession…
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A Prayer
A Verse: Intending to incite laughter through Illumination you laughed at error, having been washed Gelasios is beheaded.
