It always comes down to Love

Prayer for the Day

“Thank You, heavenly Father, beloved Lord Jesus and gracious Holy Spirit, for Your amazing love. How incredible that You would give so much just for us. We praise You for revealing Yourself to us and for filling us with Your grace. Lord, we praise and glorify You!”

Reflection

A bigger mystery than the Trinity to me, as I sit down to write this reflection is, “what am I going to write about the Trinity?”

There is the story of a bishop officiating at a Confirmation, who asked the young people to explain the Trinity.  One kid from the middle of the church stood up and mumbled something quite inaudible.  The Bishop kindly remarked, “I didn’t understand that.”  The lad spoke up louder, “You’re not supposed to, it’s a mystery.”  Indeed, the Church has wrestled for centuries with all manner of ways to understand a “Three-Person” God.  The mystery of one God is enough, but three persons?  That requires more faith than words to explain!

St. Anselm had it right a long time ago when he wrote, "I don't understand so that I can believe; I believe so that I can understand." Just believe Jesus' teaching that there is a Holy Trinity. From there, let's look at our heart's experience of God's beauty, His wisdom, His mercy, and His limitless love. It's as though someone were to ask you, "Do you believe in sunsets, or mountain tops, or starry nights?" We'd tell them, "Just go out and watch a sunset - just go up and sit on a mountain top - just go out on a warm summer evening, lie on your back, and gaze up at a sky filled with stars!"

God the Father is like a beautiful sunset, soothing and quieting my soul. God the Son is like a lover - forgiving and tender, feeding my hunger, satisfying my desire. And the Holy Spirit is like a hot scorching fire, a whirlwind of inspiration, stirring me to intense Praise and Dynamic Action.

The beauty and poetry of the Holy Trinity dwells in our souls through Baptism, since Jesus affirms that He lives in us. Since He lives in the Father and in the Spirit, all three Persons dwell in us with the Power of Love, so that we, too, may love all our brothers and sisters with the power of the Holy Trinity.

It always comes down to Love, doesn’t it?  After all, as St. John writes, God is Love. (1John 4:8)