“SEEDS OF LIFE”
Sunday, 22nd May 2016.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Prov 8:22-31;
Ps 8:4-9;
Rom 5:1-5;
Jn 16:12-15
THE TRIUNE GOD
Catholics, all over the world, are not only theists, but also strict monotheists. But their God is a triune God --- Three in One and One In Three. Each of these is God by nature; and all of these are One God. Equal in power, eternity and majesty. This supreme mystery may be considered the supreme Biblical revelation. Christians accept this belief in the Triune God on the authority of Jesus Christ and of the New Testament. It is the most profound of the revealed mysteries, and entirely beyond human comprehension. Jesus often spoke of God as his own personal Father. The voice of the Father was heard at the baptism of Jesus : “This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased…listen to him.” At the transfiguration, too, the same voice proclaimed the same message. On both occasion the presence of the cloud referred to the Holy Spirit, to whom explicit reference is made by Jesus, at the time of his departure from this world. “Another Advocate I shall send you – the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father.”
Jesus tells us that God loved the world so much that he sent his own Son so that all who believe in him might not perish, but might have eternal life (Jn 3:16). He describes a personal relationship within the one true God and compel the apostles and disciples to accept that Jesus is the Son of God, and that God is his Father; and that the Holy Spirit is sent on the apostles by the Father and the Son. The early Christians had no choice but to profess Faith in the Most Holy Trinity. After believing, the next step is loving. “If anyone loves me,” says Jesus, “My Father will love him. And we will come to him, and make our home with him/her.”
“…(the married) couple’s fruitful relationship becomes an image for understanding and describing the mystery of God himself, for in the Christian vision of the Trinity, God is contemplated as Father, Son and Spirit of love. The triune God is a communion of love, and the family is its living reflection. Saint John Paul II shed light on this when he said, “Our God in his deepest mystery is not solitude, but a family, for he has within himself fatherhood, sonship and the essence of the family, which is love. That love, in the divine family, is the Holy Spirit”.(Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, AmorisLaetitia, 11)
Prayer: We adore You profoundly bowing and bending down before You, Most Holy Trinity. Lead into Yourself our knowledge and our love. Amen.