Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Such a celebration causes us to contemplate the deepest mystery of faith, the inner life of God. Through the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit we are able to see a perfect communion of love which is being made manifest for us and this world.
As we look ahead our nation will come to celebrate its 250th anniversary. Due to this we anticipate the upcoming consecration of our country to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. I invite you to begin the novena to the Sacred Heart this Wednesday leading up to its feast day on June 12th. Our parish will reconsecrate itself to the Sacred Heart the following weekend.
It is through the beating heart of Christ that we are able to see the mysterious love of the Triune God being made visible. We so often fail to enter into the depths of such love as we turn inward upon self overlooking the needs of others and twisting things entrusted to our care so that they no longer meet their God given purpose.
It is through the Trinity we are able to see the manifest love of God pouring forth without reservation. Through the Sacred Heart we are given a vivid image of this love being made manifest. This heart beats in order that we may turn back to God in order that we may be healed of all that burdens us.
Not only are we in need of such healing, but so is our country and world. We must turn back to God in order that we may come to achieve unity and healing as a nation. We must remember that Christ is King and thus He alone is able to bring us to discover our refuge in the midst of all turmoil. A political party cannot save for Christ who saves upon the wood of the cross.
From Exodus Moses would go to his knees as he pleaded for a “stiff-necked people.” Through our national consecration we acknowledge the need for the Lord to enter in to bring healing to a people that are so in need of His mercy. As Saint Paul would address the Corinthians, “mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live in peace.”
We do not experience the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as something which is abstract. Rather, the Trinity is the outpouring of God’s mercy that is to be received. To participate in the life of the Trinity is to enter in through the door of Christ’s pierced side where we choose to conform our life after the virtues of humility, purity, and the sacrificial love that flows from His Most Sacred Heart.
May our encounter with the Trinity and thus the Sacred Heart of Jesus heal us and the world. Let us take to heart the upcoming consecration of our nation to His Most Sacred Heart. Through such faith and preparation we are prepared to enter into the love of the Trinity and to embrace such a love in the midst of a world touched by sin. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
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