MOST HOLY TRNITY SUNDAY

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity John 16:12-15 Trinity Sunday is one of the sundays in a year that gives me headaches. Why? Because I found it difficult to explain this dogma. It is difficult to explain why 1+1+1=1. Three yet one! Three persons in one God. The Father who creates, the Son who redeems and the Spirit who sanctifies. The big term for this in theology is HOMOOUSIOS meaning the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are ONE in substance. It is a mystery but it is not a problem. Friends, let us allow it to be a mystery to be celebrated. We may not able to understand the HOW of the Trinity but I think it is very important to understand the WHY God reveal to us this mystery. Our God does not exist in isolated individualism but in a community of relationship binded by love. To profess God as Trinity is to say God is love and we see this in His revealed actions. God is all about love. When we live in love, we live in God. Let me remind you of this truth: God loves you! Today’s celebration is an encouragement for us to survive during this hard times. Why? Because there is a God who continue revealing himself as a God of love. What is the doctrine of the Holy Trinity teaches us? The truth is this: the Holy Trinity was not invented or discovered by men. The truth about the Trinity was revealed by God himself. There is one God and in this one God there are three divine Persons; the Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God. Yet there are not three Gods, but one, eternal, incomprehensible God! The Trinity is our identity. We were baptised in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. We mark ourselves with the cross. The cross is our identity. We were welcome by this sublime mark during our baptism. When we die, we will be commended by the same faith. Blessings Fr. Jhack