Last weekend we celebrated the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. It's the central mystery of our faith, yet also the most difficult to comprehend. We often get tied up in the "what" of the Trinity, trying to understand the inner workings of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It may be easier to focus on the "why".
In it's simplest terms the Trinity is a love story. No doubt the greatest love story ever told. It's about a Father who loves us so much, he created a world for us and created us in his image and likeness, because he wants us to share in divine life. We don't always live our freedom correctly though and reject that life by sin. We are unfaithful, but our Father is ever faithful, even to the point of sending his Son to us to teach us how to love, to turn our hearts back to the Father, and die for us to reopen the offer of divine friendship. Their mutual love for each other generates the Holy Spirit who enlivens us and sets our
hearts on fire for the gospel.
There is a profound intimacy between Father and Son. Read John 17 and you hear Jesus pray lovingly to his Father for US! He asks Him to pray for us and protect us. We hear the Father bless his Son too at his Baptism and Transfiguration.
This is a feast about relationships. We are invited to share in this intimacy of the Trinity. We do this by committing ourselves to prayer and service. Sometimes we take our relationships for granted. It is often easier and a relief to communicate via email or text messages, but we miss opportunities to interact and share ourselves with each other.
May we never miss an opportunity to tell those we love how we feel. May we go the extra mile to bring the love of the Trinity to those we meet.
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