If you pay close attention to the words of the Mass, you will notice that we invoke the three persons of the Trinity throughout the liturgy, especially in our prayers. Everything comes from the Father, through the Son and in the Spirit. Our belief in the Trinity is the essence of our faith and of our lives as Christian (Christ centered) people. We believe in God, the creator of all life. We believe in Jesus Christ, God's Son, sent from God to become one of us, to redeem us and to show us the depth of God's great love for us. We believe in God the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of wisdom and truth, sent to us by God the Son, to guide us, teach us, comfort and strengthen us. God the Holy Spirit lives with us now.
The unifying feature of the Trinity is love. In the Trinity, we find love that “binds all together in perfect unity” (Col 3: 14). This love is not exclusive, selfish, limited or closely held love. The love that emanates from the Trinity is abounding, abundant, generous love that God pours “out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us" (Romans 5: 5). All of creation springs forth from this swirling vortex of love as we hear so beautifully presented in our first reading today from Proverbs 8: 22 -31. God’s love brought forth the universe. God’s love brought us humans into being. And God’s love found “delight in the human race.”
The Trinity is not some vague, abstract dogma to which we give lip service. The Trinity is an active, pulsing presence in our lives. God exists in a community of three equal, mutually interacting relationships held together by love. We are called to live the same way. Just as God so generously pours love into our hearts, we are expected to pour our God given love out on others. By sharing God’s love, we are building God’s community here at Holy Trinity Parish, in Peachtree City, in Georgia, in the United States of America and in the world. And finally, we are building God’s kingdom, a kingdom of love.
Our One God,
you wanted to be a communion of three persons
so that you could share your one love;
you made yourself one of us in Jesus, your Son,
so that you could draw us into that love.
Give us the grace to respond to your goodness
through the Spirit poured out into our hearts.
Fill us with joy and wonder for you
and inspire us to love our brothers and sisters,
to share with them and to be one with them,
because you have loved us first
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.
