Life of the Trinity

Thought for the parish pew slip – 3rd June 2007 – Trinity Sunday
Readings: Proverbs 8:1-4&22-31, Romans 5:1-5, John 16:12-15

Today we reflect upon the most Holy Trinity; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Within the oneness of God there are these three persons, perfectly united as one God. The life of God therefore includes an aspect of community; a shared life of perfect love and communion.
Our Old Testament reading reminds us that Wisdom (who we think of as Christ) has been present and working with God since the beginning of creation. In our gospel reading Jesus tells us that everything that is of the Father, is also of the Son and is declared to us by the Spirit. As St Paul puts it, in our reading from Romans, “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.” God wants to share his life of love and communion with us!
Let us therefore make our church community into a community where love is shared, following the model of the Trinity. Even in sufferings and troubles, let’s keep on building a community of love. In fact St Paul teaches us to boast of such troubles because, over time, they become the source of our hope; our outrageous Christian hope of sharing in the glory of God! - Fr Gerard