Sharing in the Life of the Trinity
Meditation
for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
(Prob
8:22-31; Rm 5:1-5; Jn 16:12-15)
Let us meditate on the mystery of the Three Persons in one
God. The doctrine of the Trinity holds that God is one; and the one God is
Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. That means the Father is God, Jesus Christ is
God, and the Holy Spirit is God. The three persons are ‘co-substantial’, ‘co-equal’
and in perfect unity. The mystery of the Trinity in one God is the most sublime
of all mysteries. As we meditate on the Trinity, our understanding of this
mystery comes from our exaltation and contemplation. While reasoning principles
cannot fully grasp this mystery, still reason is not violated by trying to
understand it. In other words, it is not unreasonable to believe in Trinity. On
the other hand, it uplifts and nourishes the mind.
What do we see in most religions that do not recognize God
as Trinity? God for them is ‘completely other’, with no inter personal
relationship with his faithful. Fear is usually part of their spirituality
since there cannot be any ‘shared life’ between the followers and their God. This
is so because, since their God is one and ‘solitary’, it cannot communicate
itself in love, but reach out to his believers by proxy, such as prophets,
messengers and interpreters, or by appearing and disappearing. Those who deny
the Trinity often adhere to their doctrines and promote them with the same zeal
as their cultural beliefs. This is because such a ‘solitary’ God will depend on
his adherents to be loved and worship, and they must hold on to their practices
in order to keep their God relevant. At the end, as culture demands compliance,
so does such religion propagate their faith. Here, man becomes a slave to the
God he worships, or he breaks free and detects to the God who needs his worship
to be fulfilled.
Oh! Let us exult and rejoice that God is One and Trinity! That
means He is perfect love, perfect unity, and in Him is fullness of live. God is
life itself. In the one God is perfect communication; he is the source of
interpersonal relationship. Because God is One and Trinity, He can communicate
Himself and still remain in His perfect self without losing Himself. As we meditate
on the Trinity, we stand in awe at the God who is complete and perfect in
Himself, to whom nothing can be added or subtracted. He does not need us to be
relevant, nor does our worship add to His greatness but they profit us for
our salvation. Because God is Trinity, He can create man in His own image
and likeness, redeem him and sanctify him.
Since God is Trinity of Persons, we can have personal
relationship with Him, calling Him ‘Abba! Father’ (Gal 4:6), and walking hand
in hand with Jesus as our Brother (Heb 2:11), and enjoy communion with the Holy
Spirit who dwells in us and sanctifies us from within as God’s temple (1 Cor
3:16). God, in His Trinity of Persons, shares out His life with us, and still
remains perfectly complete. And we have the duty to reveal this hidden life of
God through our words and actions (cf. 2Cor 4:11). That is why we must be people
who build healthy relationships, and love all peoples as God has loved us in
Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit. Because we carry in ourselves the life of
the Trinity, we derive fulfilment and maturity mostly by loving others and
sharing life with them. That is why selfishness hurts and dehumanizes us. Our sharing
in the life of the Trinity makes it possible for us to go through tribulations and
still maintain our inner joy and peace.
May the almighty God bless you, in the name of the Father and
the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Fr Jude Chinwenwa Nwachukwu, C.Ss.R
Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church,
Tedi-Muwo, Ojo, Lagos.
Sunday 12th June, 2022.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
