How many times a day do we make the sign of the Cross,  “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”?

By so doing, we are invoking the blessing of one God in three Persons on a prayer, a meal, or to begin the most sacred action in our lives, sharing in the holy sacrifice of the Mass. 

At the same time, we proclaim our belief in the very nature of God. 

Just as a rose doesn’t have a “why”, neither does the Holy Trinity have an answer to our “why” or “how”, it just exists as the foundation of all that is.

When Moses asked what God’s name was, God responded, “I am who am”!  

We must just accept the mystery, thank God for being God, and find in its reality the only reason for joy and hope!  

So let’s take a fresh look at Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 

As Persons, their work is that of Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. 

Although we attribute the creation of the world to God the Father,  both the Eternal Word and the Holy Spirit were sharers in that stupendous event.  And all three Persons enjoyed it! 

They danced and played with delight at what they had done.  In fact, they have never ceased their constant joy. 

It is the nature of God to rejoice and to love the creatures that sprang forth.  All three Persons in the one God have never stopped loving us, despite our traitorous betrayal of their love.

The second reading from St. Paul to the Romans assures us that our faith in Jesus Christ leads to our justification.

That brings us a reason to hope through patience in our afflictions.  Patience leads to endurance, and endurance to character.  

“Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given us”. 

In the remarkable Gospel, Jesus reveals to his apostles and to us, the very intimate relationship that He holds with both the Father and the Holy Spirit, making God a Trinity of Persons.

He urges them to “let go” of their narrow focus on his physical presence  and to be prepared for their astounding new role of life “in the Holy Spirit” that will expand their minds and hearts to “all truth”.

The Holy Trinity is not a distant truth, for we are temples of the Holy Spirit and possessed of the truth, the power, and the love of the Trinity. 

May we be caught up even now in the dance and joy of that life!

Each Trinity Sunday, we only scratch the surface of this great mystery of our faith.

In gratitude and faith, let us begin and end every prayer with greater faith and reverence “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen”.