We closed the Easter season with the coming
of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday, and we return to Ordinary Time with the
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. How
fitting. We have known the Father; we
have met the Son; we have received the Holy Spirit. Now we put them all together to understand—or
at least intuit—the mystery of God’s being.
For the reading in Year C, we hear Jesus words at the Farewell Discourse
from the Gospel of John on how the Holy Spirit will lead the apostles.
Jesus said to his
disciples:
"I have much more
to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But when he comes, the
Spirit of truth,
he will guide you to
all truth.
He will not speak on
his own,
but he will speak what
he hears,
and will declare to
you the things that are coming.
He will glorify me,
because he will take
from what is mine and declare it to you.
Everything that the
Father has is mine;
for this reason I told
you that he will take from what is mine
and declare it to
you."
~Jn 16:12-15
Instead of a homily
today to explain the Trinity, I want to present an episode (“The Persons of the
Trinity”) from Aquinas 101, the Dominican Friar set of lectures on the Catholic
faith as explained by St. Thomas Aquinas.
Here Fr. Dominic Legge O.P. explains the Trinity as the “mystery of God
in Himself.”
Contemplating the
Trinity, as Fr. Dominic explains quoting St. Thomas, “elevates our spirits so
that our minds get some glimpse of the highest truth.” So I hope you sit back with the Trinity today
and absorb the concept with joy.
For the pastoral homily,
I return to Fr. Peter Hahn.
Fr. Hahn quotes Pope
Francis: “The word mercy reveals the very mystery of the most Holy Trinity. Seeing the Father who only wants to forgive
his wayward children, the Son in the His ultimate and supreme act of His love
on the cross which offers to us the forgiveness of our sins, and the Holy
Spirit dwelling in the heart of every person looks sincerely into the eyes of
his brothers and sisters on their shared path of life.”
Sunday Meditation: “When he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth.”
How about this Catholic classic for today’s hymn,
which I bet you sung at Mass today, “Holy, Holy, Holy.”
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
Have a blessed Sunday with the Trinity and Happy
Father’s Day.
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