May Jesus Christ be
praised and may his holy Mother pray for us.
Today we celebrate the
feast of the Holy Trinity. This is the
fundamental mystery of our faith. We
believe in one God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is God. Yet, we do not believe in three gods. We believe in one God. We believe in one God, in three divine
persons. We believe in the Holy
Trinity. This is the mystery, but it is
a mystery of love.
The Holy Trinity is the
relationship of perfect love. The Father
gives himself completely to the Son. The
Eternal Son of God responds to the gift of the Father by giving himself
completely to the Father. The
relationship between the Father and the Son is complete and total gift. It is a relationship of complete
generosity. It is a relationship that is
so real and so powerful that the relationship between the Father and the Son is
the Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity is the
relationship of perfect love. The Holy
Trinity contains perfect blessedness and perfect happiness. There is no selfishness, so there is no
need. Nothing is lacking. The Holy Trinity is perfect and perpetual
love.
And yet the perfect and
perpetual relationship of perfect love, in a superabundance of love, created
the world and all that is in it. The
Trinity needs nothing. We are
unnecessary to the Trinity for perfect love and perfect happiness. Yet, we are.
We are here, not because God needs us.
We are here because God wants us.
And God wants us to
share in his life. With the incarnation
of God the Son, and the sending of God the Holy Spirit, we have been invited
into the life of God the Father. In
Jesus Christ, we gaze upon the face of the invisible God. In the power of the Holy Spirit, we participate
in the life and the love and the sacrifice and the glory of Jesus Christ. We are drawn into the relationship of perfect
love. We are prepared through the Word
and through the Sacraments to take our place within the life of God.
The relationship of
perfect love created us in love. The
relationship of perfect love invites us to participate in perfect love. As we enter into the sacrifice of Christ, and
we join in the offering of perfect love, may we accept and embrace the love
that God has for us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Preached
at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Monroe, NC
