Happy Trinity Sunday!
This Sunday is another big day (feast day) for
the Catholic Church throughout the world. Today we celebrate The Most Holy
Trinity, God who has revealed Himself as Father, Son and Spirit!
We believe that the mystery of the Most Holy
Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life (CCC 234); this is
the most core belief for Christians. For thousands of years Christians have
struggled to understand how we can only believe in one God if we talk about God the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Spirit. There is no easy or complete answer to this question but here are
a few quick thoughts to better understand the Trinity:
1. God
is transcendent. He is infinite and He created us. He is a mystery that we
can always dive deeper into, a person we can always learn more about. It is
impossible to try to fully ‘make sense’ of or ‘get’ God (this is a problem that
science cannot explain…knowing God requires faith and trust). “As high as the heavens are
above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your
thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9)
2. We
can only know God through His effects, the ways that He has revealed
Himself to us. From the Traditions in the Old Testament, New Testament, and
continued through our Church today God has chosen to reveal Himself to us as a
Father, as Jesus the Son, and as the Spirit.
3. God is
active and dynamic love (self-gift).
St. Augustine, writing in the 5th century, said helping to explain
the Trinity that “wherever there is love, there is trinity: a lover, a beloved,
and a fountain of love”. Love is not a static process but is constantly active
and at work. Love also is procreative, it can’t help but be shared and
overflow. The love of the Father for the Son is manifest as the Spirit. The
inner dynamic relationship of the three persons of the Trinity is so active and
powerful that it overflows into the world—this is the act of creation. God’s
love continues to be poured forth. Our mission as Christians is to be open to
allow God’s life overflowing, to allow His Love to fill us, and to share that
cup with those around us. When we do this we enter into the same dynamic
rhythm, movement or dance that is God’s life.
Questions for Discussion and Reflection
-How open am I to allow God’s presence to fill
me?
-What do I need to get rid of in my heart to
allow more space for God?
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