Today
we celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Trinity. We worship God who manifested
himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We worship three persons in one God:
God the father, the creator of the world, God the Son the Savior of the world
and God the Holy Spirit, the sanctifier and the one who leads us to all truths.
Today also we celebrate Father’s Day, a day we give thanks to the fathers in
our lives, who with their wives and in cooperation with the Triune God brought
us to birth in this world. We thank them for their love, their protection and
for providing for our wellbeing. May God the father, and God the Son and God
the Holy Spirit bless, protect and reward you all accordingly.
The
aim of this reflection is not to give a theological expose on the Trinity but
rather to aid us in making the Trinity a part of our life. We begin every
prayer by calling on God the Father, the Son and the Spirit to dwell in us help
us live good and saintly lives. We were baptized into the life of the Trinity
and on the day of our death, our coffin and grave will be blessed and marked by
the sign of the Cross. We begin and end every prayer calling on the blessed
Trinity, to be the beginning and end of all we do or say and to guide our steps
in the right path. The life of every Christian is marked by the Triune God
dwelling in and through us.
The
Trinity is a mystery that presents us with a God of closeness, communion and
intimacy. We see God who desires community, communication and love within the
persons of the Trinity. According to William J. Bausch, “This is an initiating
God, an outgoing God, a creative, life-giving God who stamps his communal life
on us. We are in relationship because God is, we are made in his image and
likeness”. There is absolute love, respect and understanding within the persons
of the Trinity. The unity of mind and purpose is enjoyed and expressed in the
Trinity. God loves the world so much that he gave his son to redeem the world.
In giving his Son, God the Father also gave himself because the Father and the
Son are in perfect communion. They are one in Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the
origin of the mutual relationship and expression of love between the Father and
the Son. The mystery of the Trinity is seen in the intimate relationship
between the person where each person is perfect transparency of the other. In
this love relationship there is no hiding places, none of the three keeps
anything as his own and no one takes particular pride in individual
achievements. The success of one is enjoyed by all; everything is shared,
communicated, given and everything is welcomed. Nothing and no person of the
Trinity is ever taken for granted. The love seen in the Trinity is not a
jealous love, not conceited and certainly not boastful. It is a reciprocal love
where the duty of one is the duty of all. Therefore, in the act attributed to
God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are equally present and cooperated
in the execution of that task. The love of the Trinity is transformative and
redemptive, creative and generative. It is salvific love that assured humanity
redemption from decadence and despair. This is agape love.
This
is the kind of love that should be experienced in the family, among husband and
wife and the children are the expression of that love. Let us pray that we may
demonstrate the love of the Trinity in our dealings with one another, in our
relationships and even in our ministries in the Church. We pray that the
Trinity may teach the leaders of nations to be civil in their utterances, that
there may be mutual respect and tolerance among people and nations of the
world. May the Trinity teach us that whatever we do is done not for ourselves
but for love of him who created us. May the Trinity teach us to love as they
love themselves so that we may show our love in the service to humanity and in
our Church. Amen.
Rev. Augustine Etemma Inwang, MSP
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