Although we have entered into Ordinary Time, the Sundays
that follow Pentecost offer us some rich reminders of the deep Mysteries of our
Catholic Faith. It is as if the whole
sweep of the Seasons of Lent and Easter have created a “wave” that crashes into
the next couple of Sunday celebrations to help us to realize anew what God has
made known to us through Jesus Christ.
Pentecost called us to see the hand of God operating among
us through the Holy Spirit. Today, the
Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, we are plunged by that Spirit into the inner
Mystery of the very Life of God as a Trinity of Persons united in One Love and
One Being. Father, Son and Spirit give Themselves
fully One to the Other, and through the Spirit the Triune Life revealed in
Jesus is shared with the world. We are
destined to share the Life of Glory, the Life of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
In a very real way, the life of the Church on earth mirrors
the Life of the Trinity. Through the
Paschal Mystery, by the Gift of Jesus, the Son of God and Son of Man, we are
given an opening into Eternity that is already experienced in Time. Relationship with God as Father, Son and
Spirit is not an encounter with a mere “force, but rather is an experience of
something intensely personal. Each
unique human person is in direct and real relationship with Each Divine
Person. As we discover the Son Who saves
us, we come to the Father Who loves us as His own children, and the Spirit Who
reveals to us the depth of the Divine Love that is poured out on us through
Christ.
We are sons and daughters of the Father. We are brothers and sisters of the Son. We are formed as Church by the Holy Spirit,
the very Love of the Father and the Son Who builds the Kingdom among us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit!
This week I will be returning from my time away in Africa. I look forward to being back with you. Many thanks to all who have filled in so that
the life of our Parish flows along.
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