The Holy Trinity: A family of Love

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity which is a mystery difficult to comprehend.  In our daily life we begin every one of our prayers, activities, programmes or works with the sign of the cross and call upon God, “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Even though we remember the Trinity several times a day, it is difficult to comprehend the full meaning because the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit we invoke constitute a great Mystery.  The Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity consists of this: the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods, but only one God with three attributes.  We have Father who is the creator, Son, the redeemer and Holy Spirit the sanctifier and the counselor. This is the Mystery of the Trinity of Persons in the one God. If one were to seek for a comparison in order to try to grasp a little of this mystery, the only one that is completely adequate is that which Jesus himself gave us, when he said that just as the living Father has sent him, he is sending out his disciples.  They have to go and baptize all in the name of the Trinity.  He also tells us that he and the father are one and he will send the Spirit on the Apostles who will counsel and guide them in the mission.

The feast of the Holy Trinity reminds us that God is a family of love. We are dealing here not just with some terribly abstract theological doctrine, still less with a mathematical contradiction but that we proclaim our firm belief that in one God there are three Persons. What Scripture reveals to us is a unity of three real persons. Of course, to try to understand fully how one God can be three Persons is not really possible for us. We need our faith and our trust in the word of God that this Trinitarian God is always in our life who guides us protects us and makes our being a reality. Therefore St Paul tells us that the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. The Paraclete will do in them two things: first he will guide the disciples to all truth and second, he will declare to the disciples the things that are to come.  The Holy Spirit will not predict the future; but he will proclaim the teachings of Jesus in the new and changing circumstances in the lives of the disciples.  Through the presence and teaching of the Holy Spirit, the teachings of Jesus will always be fresh and new to every generation of believers.  This is how the Paraclete will glorify Jesus.

Trinity reminds us of relationship, relationship between Father son and Holy Spirit. This relationship is bonded with love. It is the Trinity of love. This same love of the trinity created this universe and created you and me because we are created in the image and likeness of God. Hence we too take part in the Trinity. The trinity ordained that you and me remain with him always. The love of the Trinity created each one of us as the children of God. God expects us to continue that relationship with each other always without any distinction because God didn't make distinctions for everyone was created in the image and likeness of God. Then why do we as humans make distinction? Are we gods to make distinctions? In the eyes of God we are all children and we do share in the Trinity. We share the responsibility of the Trinity to remain faithful to each other. But sometimes we like to make and break relationships, we break relationship of love with our self vested interest or for selfish motives. God wants us to keep the relationship with each other always. In this way we share in Gods plan for his creation or we cooperate in Gods plan for the humanity. Some times we hear husbands giving hard time for their wives or vice versa because of bad habits or infidelity and so on. Children break relationship with their parents for various reasons which brings sadness and ill feeling in the family. 

As we celebrate the jubilee of the nation we ask Lord give us the strength to remain in relationship and keep our family bonds stronger. May the Trinity help us to be strong in our faith. This way we build the kingdom of God here on earth by loving each other.