Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
In the Trinity we profess that there is one God in three Persons. These three Persons who make up the Godhead are distinct from one another and yet they are one God. There are many analogies which attempt to give a glimpse into the life of the Trinity, but these analogies fall short and usually end up in some kind of heresy.
The Trinity is a mystery and yet we can know something about this mystery through the relation of Persons and thus the love that exists within. Through the Trinity we see a perfect outpouring of love. This is a love that we should attempt to achieve within this life. We have so many ways in which we attempt to define love, but the love that is found in the Trinity is a charitable love which is perfect and without limitations. This love is so great a love that it is both mutual and overflowing.
For this reason the Trinity teaches us a lesson into love. The more that we allow ourself to enter into the life of the Trinity the more that we are able to love. As Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity states in her prayer to the Trinity: “O my God, Trinity whom I adore, let me entirely forget myself that I may abide in you, still and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity; let nothing disturb my peace nor separate me from you, O my unchanging God, but that each moment may take me further into the depths of your mystery!”
The words of this prayer should us assist us in contemplating the communion that exists in God and how we should enter more fully into it. In this world we enter into many realities which help to mold our hearts and minds for good or for bad. If we have a desire to grow in the virtue of love then the answer to our desire is entering into a deeper relationship with the Trinity. Through prayer and devotion we enter further into the depths of this mystery.
Let us on this Trinity Sunday desire to model our life and our family after the love that exists within the Trinity. When we use others for our own gain and gratification we are not loving them as love is found within the Trinity. Through this perfect outpouring of love we are able to look upon another through the lens of true love which respects them as one who has been created in the image and the likeness of God.
The Trinity is a unique expression of love that far surpasses any love that we can know in this life or the life to come. Let us be willing to raise our sight towards this profound expression of love and be found willing to model our own life after this love. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are three Persons, but one God. There love is perfect and through entering more deeply into this relationship may we grow in the virtue of love.
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