Sunday, June 7, 2020

WE CONTEMPLATE THE TRINITY


REFLECTION FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY YEAR A
“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Cor 11:13).

We contemplate today that God is three persons in the one God. In His Trinity of Persons, God is one. So the solemnity of the most Holy Trinity equally exalts that God is one. We swim with joy in this ocean of mystery; the mystery of all mysteries. Because the one God is Trinity, His perfection in Himself: perfect unity, perfect love, and His is Almighty and completely ‘other.’ Our praises add nothing to His greatness. Because He is Trinity in nature, God is the ultimate source of all life, beauty and goodness. This mystery is testified in the Scriptures, proclaimed by the Fathers of the Church, and for all time believed as dogma in the Church. Here is the source and end of contemplation; the Most Holy Trinity!

We contemplate with love and joy as the beauty of the Trinity shines on us. Pause, take a breath and think about the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in perfect Unity as One God. The mind understands in faith but does not comprehend; silent love deepens as words disappear, but the mystery remains. If God were not Trinity by now human mind would have explained Him away in theory and science! We rejoice today that God has communicated Himself to us as Trinity in the one God.

We contemplate how God in His Trinity of Persons is a personal God. He is in perfect communication with Himself. Let us create man in our image and likeness (Gen 1:26). Because He has perfect interpersonal communication in Himself as Trinity of Persons, God reaches out to us as a personal God and draws from us to a personal response. Because He is, I am! So we worship the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We surrender to His majesty all our soul, heart and mind. So He sanctifies our memory, understanding and will. Though these powers can be distinguished in us, they cannot be separated in the human person. Only when we internalize our faith in God as personal can we begin to make sense of it all.

Therefore, we are capable of contemplation in the first place because we have the imprint of the Trinity in us. That is why we are able to contain love, peace and unity within us, and be capable of interpersonal relationship. Hence, we can have personal reflection; a self-examination of our intentions, actions and purposes in life. This is a Trinitarian blessing. But, how many times do we examine our conscience? How often do we pause and allow silence to flood our heats? It is very easy for one to lose himself in life demands and the noise around, and not to be in touch with this Trinitarian imprint in him.

So we learn from the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is the daughter of the Father, the Mother of the Son and the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Her personal response to the mystery before her led her to deep silence—a contemplative woman—who stored up all these things in her heart (Lk 2:51). Like Mary, the Trinity overshadows us. Our soul rejoices as we contemplate the Trinity today. Yes, God is One and Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Fr Jude Chinwenwa Nwachukwu, C.Ss.R
Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church,
Tedi-Muwo, Lagos.
Sunday June 7th, 2020.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

From the achieve: My reflection on the Trinity last year. click below

2 comments:

  1. What the Church wants us to take home in celebrating this mystery is that perfect unity is possible. Tolerance,the perfect key, will be glad to help. After all, we need this virtue to achieve this unity in marriage,family,organisation, association of any kind. Let us ask the Trinity to send this grace to us so as to live in brotherly and sisterly love.

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  2. Amen. Thank you for your contribution. God bless you

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