The Most Holy Trinity
This weekend we celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Trinity. It is a concept that confounds most of us. Having the Father, Son and Holy Spirit together in one Godhead is outside our experience of life. Our world is one in which we expect logic to prevail. I spend my day checking facts, researching details, then making decisions based on reason and knowledge so my logical brain struggles to understand the idea of three persons in one. I know that trying to figure it out with reason will not get me there. It is a true mystery that can’t be understood in a purely worldly way.
There is a simpler way to approach the Trinity. Rather than trying to explain it with our minds, we can hold it in our hearts. We can contemplate and pray about the reality and presence of the Trinity in our lives. We know God created us and loves us, Jesus gave his life to save us and the Holy Spirit encourages us. What more do we need.
Together we are invited into a community of love and a way of living that reflects the Trinity itself. To help us understand what that community could look like, we can turn to the words from today’s second reading, Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians. Paul gives us a simple lesson in living in community. “Brothers and sisters, … try to grow perfect; help one another. Be united: live in peace “and our reward for these efforts will be that “the God of love and peace will be with you”. These words are simple and straight forward which are not reliant on our full understanding of the Trinity. All that is asked of us is to follow Paul’s model of sharing, of belonging and of being community.
On this feast of the Most Holy Trinity, we offer our prayer: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Jane Kelly