The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

Among the mysteries of God, the Mystery of the Holy Trinity is the greatest, the most difficult to understand. The Catechism of the Catholic Church affirms: "The mystery of the Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and life. Because this is the mystery of God's inner life, it is also the mystery of God "for us."

So how do we understand and accept this Mystery?

The Trinity is a mystery of God's inner life beyond all comprehensionof the finite human mind. Today, I am not trying to explain or ask you to understand the Mystery, but I hope we can reflect on other questions: What is the meaning of the Holy Trinity? How does the holy Trinity relate to our lives?

In the Gospel, St. John states, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life."

Suppose we try to reflect on the whole liturgical system, theological studies, and all the mysteries in the Church. In that case, we may realize that all of that sum up with these:

God is love. The three persons perfectly love each other as one. From the loving-kindness heart of the Trinity, God always wants to be one with us.

This is amazing dear brothers and sisters. God does not only want us to worship and glorify him, but He also desires to be one with us.

God's love does not remain only in himself but extends to us. God's love for us is so deep and so great that, for us to be saved and be one with God, nothing is spared, not even God's only Son.

Even though we are sinful, broken, and, like Moses said in the first reading, "stiff-necked people," still God takes delights in us because he loves us first, and is willing to pay the price for that love. God gave his only Son to invite each of us to participate in the divine life of the Trinity.

Indeed, God's love is the meaning of the Mystery of the Trinity. Even though God would have chosen to remain in perfect love within the three persons of the Trinity, but the great news is that the Trinity desires to extend his love with us because God is relational, and love requires more than one person.

God extended his love through the second person of the Trinity, who came to show God's love by his very life on the cross to open for us a way to enter the life of the Holy Trinity. Christ is God's extended love from the heart of the Trinity for us.

Since God's love comes from the unity of the Trinity, this love is the bond of unity of every faith community because love is always towards unity!

We are created in the image of the Triune God; the very love of the Trinity loves us; therefore, we are called to unity among ourselves. Through the unity, we manifest the unity of the triune God. Our life has meaning only when we remain in loving unity. Love is the link that connects each of us and God.

I often tell people that one of the main reasons why I love to be a priest for Albany is because of you. I left my home and came here five years ago. I thought It would be very challenging for me to live here. Yes. It is indeed challenging. I had to face many difficulties on the journey to this day.

However, my difficulties were nothing compared to your love for me. Even though I am weak and broken, everywhere I go and serve in this beautiful diocese, people often tell me that “we love you and need you.” I saw a lot of love in you and God in you, and your love strengthened me. I feel you are the extended love of the Holy Trinity.

That is what the Trinity is about. We may understand the mystery of the Trinity only when we love and extend that love to others. That is the meaning of our vocation. The vocation of extending the love of the Trinity to others. The Mystery of the Trinity is lived and expressed most clearly when we love in unity.

The Trinity always remains mysterious. However, through God's revelation, we know that God is so loving that he wants to be one with us. The second person of the Trinity became one with us to make us become one with the Trinity. We become one with the Trinity through the sacramental life of the Church, especially in the Eucharist, which we are about to receive.

The Trinity lives by the same divine food, the same life, which is divine love. We participate in the life of the Trinity when we enter the celebration Eucharist, for the Eucharist is the extended love of the Trinity.

The life of Christ is the life of the Trinity, and when we receive the Eucharist, we enter the life of the Trinity.

This is the most wonderful thing dear Brothers and sisters; When we receive the Eucharist, we do not simply receive bread and wine but the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The second person of the Trinity is truly and substantially present in the Eucharist. This truth is the summation of all doctrines, teachings, traditions, and the Scripture in the Catholic Church.

We are sharing the communion cup of the Trinity and are called to be united to become one as the Trinity is one (Jn 17:21). To celebrate the Holy Trinity is to celebrate love. To live the Mystery of the Trinity is to love.

May we imprint the Holy Trinity in our hearts by loving others. From the beginning, God created us out of love, and in the end, we will be one through the love of the Trinity.

May "the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you."