The Holy Trinity is UNITY
The Holy Trinity: A Mystery to Be Lived
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Today, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
The Readings of the Day
From the Book of Exodus:
In those days, Moses rose early and went up Mount Sinai carrying in his hands the two stone tablets, as the Lord had commanded him. The Lord descended in a cloud and stood before him.
Moses proclaimed the name of the Lord, and the Lord passed before him, proclaiming:
“I am the Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, rich in mercy and faithful.”
At once, Moses bowed down to the ground and worshiped, saying:
“If I have found favor in your sight, Lord, come with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our sins and our iniquities and take us as your own.”
The Word of God.
From the Second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians:
Brothers and sisters, rejoice. Strive for perfection. Encourage one another. Live in peace and harmony, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Greet one another with the sign of peace. All the faithful send you greetings.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
The Word of God.
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From the Holy Gospel according to Saint John:
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but may have eternal life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
Whoever believes in Him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned because he has not believed in the only Son of God.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
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Reflection: The Trinity - A Mystery Not Meant to Be Explained, but Lived
On this feast of the Most
Holy Trinity, I want to focus our reflection not so much on
explaining the mystery itself —because trying to explain the
mystery of the Holy Trinity in scientific, academic, debatable,
newsreel and other human ways of looking at it is
difficult.
The Trinity was
not made merely to be something we can explain concretely. Rather,
the Holy Trinity is made to be lived. We can say that about all of
the Christian faith, but it especially applies here.
“Any
fool can know. The point is to understand.”
-
Albert Einstein
The Holy Trinity - Made to
be Lived
Rather
than focusing only on the concept of “three in one” — Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit — I want us to draw from today’s readings the
essence of the Trinity.
When we speak about the Holy Trinity, we
can labor alongspeaking about many things, but in my opinion the most
important is unity....and
it is the one most oftern overlooked.
If we look at the second
reading, Saint Paul emphasizes this clearly: remain
united.
To celebrate
the Trinity is to celebrate unity.
Unity
is the Essence of the Holy Trinity
We
have just come through Eastertide, celebrating the Resurrection of
Christ. Then we celebrated Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit.
These great feasts, though different, now converge and teach us
something essential: the value of being united.
To speak of the
Holy Trinity is to make real the gift that God Himself gives us—the
gift of unity.
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are
distinct persons, different from one another - and yet perfectly
united. Notice their actions tht would not work if not united: Together they Create, Save, and Sanctify humanity. Three
elements that are separate, but in union together.
They unite
their strength, their gifts, their mission, and together they pour
themselves out for mankind.
This is something we can understand.
More importantly, it is something we can live.
The
Trinity as a Model for Life
What does this mean for
us?
The Holy Trinity is an example, a mirror, and a lesson for
how we should live in the world.
People are different. Some are
like the Father, others like the Son, and others like the Holy
Spirit. We all have different talents, different gifts, and different
callings. One person is made for one thing, another for something
else.
But if we unite, we can create a new world.
We can help
save a world that is losing itself. We can sanctify the world in
which we live.
Unity allows every difference, every talent, and
every gift to become part of one mission, one team. THAT is the image
of the Holy Trinity we should carry in our minds.
Imagine if every member of the family
offered what they had for the good of everyone else. Imagine if each
person placed their gifts at the service of the whole. We would
become one team.
- The Father is unique, but He does not act
alone—He sent the Son.
- The Son is unique, but He
does not act alone—He sent the Holy Spirit.
- The Holy Spirit is unique,
but He does not act alone – He acts in communion with the Father
and the Son.
The Trinity teaches us
collaboration, communion, and mutual love.
A Message for a
Divided World
The most beautiful message I
can offer today is this:
When we speak of the Holy Trinity, we are
speaking of unity
in a divided world.
We
live in divided families, a divided Church, and a divided society.
Three realities are precious to us—the family, the Church, and
the world—and all three are suffering division.
That is why
today is a day to proclaim the value of unity....
"I must become a reflection of the Holy Trinity for the world."
"I must become a reflection of the Holy Trinity for my family."
"I must become a reflection of the Holy Trinity for my "Church.
"I must become an instrument of unity."
Unity in action is the foundation of
the Trinity. How can we ever hope to
understand the Trinity - if we refuse to live unity?
When we live
in unity, we begin to understand others. We begin to accept others.
We begin to work for others, to think of others, and, ultimately, to love
others. Only then do we begin to understand what the Holy Trinity
truly means: love, sacrifice, and living for the good of
another.
For too long we have worried about understanding the
mystery as an intellectual exercise. We seek to create formulas,
experiments, electronic devices... in an attempt to explain what is
unexplainable.
So let's just say it: We are talking about a mystery. And
we must accept that this mystery was not made simply to be
“understood” in the mind. It was made to be lived.
How Do We
Live the Trinity?
How is, "living the Trinity" possible?
First, by accepting that we can do it. You claim to have faith, right? Then put it into action by living through unity.
Work as a team.
Think as a
team.
Act as a team.
Then you will begin to glimpse the Trinity.
Second, through love.
Love one another, deeply.
Love transforms the world.
Love changes people.
As Scripture reminds us,
love covers a multitude of sins.
The essence of the Trinity is
love.
Unity and love come together to reveal the mystery of God:
A God who is love.
A God
who is one and triune.
A God through whom humanity finds its
Creator, Savior, and Sanctifier.
Bringing the Trinity into
Daily Life
What our world desperately
needs today is more of the Holy Trinity.
We need more unity.
We are
too divided.
We do not merely think differently— instead we
deliberately think against one another.
We act against one
another.
We wound one another.
Sometimes, this even happens
within the Church, within the parish, among ministers, and among
believers who serve the same God. Evangelization means proclaiming
the same God, yet sometimes we hurt one another while working for the
Church.
Ministry exists to serve the faithful, to please God, and
to place our gifts at the service of others—and yet even there, we
can wound one another.
The same happens in families.
We struggle to build families, work hard for them, and desire their
good—yet still we sometimes hurt one another.
So today is a feast of unity and love.
Tell the Holy Trinity:
“Lord, I may not fully understand the mystery, but I want to live in unity and love.”
When you live in unity and
love, you begin to understand the mystery — not with the mental being,
but through experience.
You begin to see how God, One and Three,
creates, saves, and sanctifies. Today, let us ask the Lord to renew
families, renew the Church, and renew the world.
May He save those who are
lost, burdened, and defeated.
May He sanctify us all so that,
living in love, we may resemble the family of God:
One heart, one soul, all things held in common, and no one in need because we live in peace.
May the blessing of Almighty God—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—descend upon you and remain with you always.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
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