“HONEY FROM THE ROCK”
Daily Reflections
Sunday, 11th June 2017.
Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Ex 34: 4-6, 8-9;
Dan 3: 52-56;
2Cor 13: 11-13;
Jn 3:16-18
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 Trinity is a mystery that is worth penetrating and contemplating. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three divine Persons. Each one distinct from the other. Each Person has a perfect intellect and free will. Each one is capable of knowing and loving to a perfect degree. It is this “perfection” of their ability to know and love that makes them one. They each share in the one divine nature and, within that divine nature, are perfectly united. This means that each one knows and loves the other perfectly. And this brings about a unity so profound and deep that they live and act as one God. The unity they share by their mutual knowledge and love also offers each one of them perfect fulfillment as a Person.
Pope Francis’ in his Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitiarelates the Trinity to the family: “…(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, son ship and the essence of the family, which is love. That love, in the divine family, is the Holy Spirit”.
Let us reflect on this Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, on how completely do we imitate the love of the Trinity in your relationships? Let us make a commitment to take another step deeper and, in that step of love, allow God to give you a greater fulfillment as a result.
Prayer: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, help me to know You and to love You. Help me to discover the love You share within Your own divine life. In that discovery, help me to also love others with Your heart. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I trust in You. Amen.