Through the prayers and the various gestures of the Divine Liturgy, there is a renewed remembrance of what Christ did for humans and their salvation. Thus the faithful, by participating in the Divine Liturgy, are not merely sharing a recollection of Christ's Sacrifice, they rather experience this Sacrifice. The remembrance of Christ's benefactions results in the faithful establishing a closer relationship with Him and strengthens their resolve to meet Him. According to Paul the Apostle, the Church celebrates the Eucharist 'in remembrance of' Christ and persists with this 'until he comes' (1 Corinthians 11:25-26). The prayer culminates in the remembrance of Christ 'coming again a second time in glory'. For those who cannot comprehend how one is able to remember something that has not happened yet, this appears to be sheer 'foolishness'. For the faithful though, who, through their experience, know how Christ described His Second Coming and what Christ has done out of endless love for the majestic salvation of humankind and the Creation, this is a constant belief. Being fully aware of benefits, both manifest and hid, the priest offers in return to the ever slaughtered Lord 'His own from His own'. At the same time the hymn 'We hymn Thee, we bless Thee, we give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, and we pray unto Thee, our God' constitutes a universal glorification of God by the faithful, who feel a deep sense of gratitude for 'all the things they know and they do not know'.

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