Daily reflection for the Feast of The Holy Trinity

THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM

Jesus was sent to unite us with God in a community of love. The ultimate end, the purpose for which God created us, is the entry of God's creatures into perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity.  

Deacon John Ruscheinsky

I read a story that has stuck with me over the years and I want to share it with you as I begin this reflection today:

A priest was sitting in a Chicago airport waiting for his plane. A man sat down beside him and began to give his opinions on religion. He boasted, "I won't accept anything I can't understand. Take this business of three Gods in One God or whatever it is. I can't buy that. Nobody can explain it to me, so I will not believe it."

Pointing to the sun streaming in the window, the priest asked, "Do you believe in the sun?" "Why, of course," the doubter admitted. "Alright," the priest continued, "the rays you see coming through that window are from the sun, 90,000,000 miles from here. The heat we feel comes from both the sun and from its rays. The Holy Trinity is something like that. The sun is God the Father; the sun sends out its rays, God the Son. Then from both the sun and its rays, from the Father and the Son, proceeds or comes the Holy Spirit, the heat." Then Father asked the man, "Can you explain how that happens?" The doubter quickly changed the subject!

Today, we honor the Most Holy Trinity! We are the first to admit that this is a mystery, something that is true, but something we cannot understand or explain. We know it is true because Jesus told us not only about Himself, but also about His Father and the Holy Spirit several times, especially in today's Gospel. Why do we, as Christians accept it and why do we believe it? We do so because God is the Possessor and the Giver of all Truth.

What Jesus told His disciples holds true for us, today. It is the role of the Holy Spirit to reveal what is true. It is by faith that we trust and believe in the Trinity. God's truth liberates us from doubts, illusions, and fears. Since God is the Source of all truth, then the closer we draw to Him and listen to His Word, the more we will grow in the knowledge of God and His great love for us!

Jesus reveals to all of us the great mystery of our Faith - the triune nature of God and the inseparable union of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus' mission is to reveal the glory of God to us - a Trinity of Persons - God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He was sent to unite us with God in a community of love. The ultimate end, the purpose for which God created us, is the entry of God's creatures into perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity.

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