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
