Daily reflection _ the spirit of wisdom

THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM
Jesus' mission is to reveal the glory of God to us---a Trinity of persons--- God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit---and to unite us with God in a community of love.
Deacon John Ruscheinsky
I read a story that I want to share with you as I begin the 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 come from both the sun and from it 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 Dennis asked the man can you explain how that happens?" The doubter quickly changed the subject.
Today we honor the 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 about the Trinity several times, especially in today's Gospel.  And why we Christians accept it, why we believe it? God who is the possessor and the giver of all truth. As Jesus told His disciples and holds true for us today it is the role of the Holy Spirit to reveal what is true. It is our faith we trust and believe in. And God's truth liberates us from doubts, illusions, and fears. Since God is the source of all truth, then closer we draw to Him and listen to His word, the more we grow in the knowledge of God and of His great love and wisdom for us.
 Jesus reveals to all of us the great mystery of our faith--- He said to the disciples, Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. 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---and to unite us with God in a community of love. The ultimate end, the purpose of which God created us, is the entry of God's creatures into perfect unity of the blessed Trinity.
And so, we honor this day and everyday the blessed Trinity... In many ways the Trinity is like the sun in the heavens. The sun is the source of physical good; the Trinity is the source of God's life in us.  The sun gives energy and strength; the Trinity gives inner power and strength. The sun gives light; the Trinity lights the mind and heart of people. The sun produces heat; the Trinity pours forth spiritual heat---love for God and neighbor. The sun heals sickness and disease; the Trinity heals our souls---sin. The sun helps resist germs and infection; the Trinity drives off spiritual illness. The sun cheers and brightens the world around us; the Trinity cheers the heart.