Friday, June 14, 2019

June 16, 2019: Homily for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity - Love is the Essence of Trinity



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.




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