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The Roman Catholic Church is celebrating this weekend the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. St. John in his first letter says, “God is love” (1 John 4:8). God is a community of love between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Therefore, God’s love is perfect. During the History of Salvation, God is revealing Himself as One and Triune God. He is not distant to human reality, but He is very close to us. God, the Father, created all the Universe and spoke to different people in the Old Testament, such as the patriarchs or the prophets. God, the Son, is sent by the Father to redeem humankind through His passion, death, and resurrection. God, the Holy Spirit, came to give life to the Church and teach us the truth that comes from the Father giving us His gifts and fruits. The triune God has been present in our lives.
The Most Holy Trinity is a mystery of faith. But, how it is possible that God is only one God and at the same time He is three persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is only by God’s grace that we can believe in this wonderful mystery. St. Augustine, a saint who helped the Church to build her foundations through philosophy, tried to understand the reality of the Holy Trinity. There is a story about him when he was trying to understand this mystery. I want to share this story with you.
The child by the seaside. The story goes as follows:
While Augustine was working on his book On the Trinity, he was walking by the seaside one day, meditating on the difficult problem of how God could be three Persons at once. He came upon a little child. The child had dug a little hole in the sand, and with a small spoon or seashell was scooping water from the sea into the small hole. Augustine watched him for a while and finally asked the child what he was doing. The child answered that he would scoop all the water from the sea and pour it into the little hole in the sand. ‘What?’ Augustine said. ‘That is impossible. Obviously, the sea is too large and the hole too small.’ ‘Indeed,’ said the child, ‘but I will sooner draw all the water from the sea and empty it into this hole than you will succeed in penetrating the mystery of the Holy Trinity with your limited understanding.’ Augustine turned away in amazement and when he looked back the child had disappeared (medievalists.net).
It is not important to understand the mystery of the Holy Trinity. What really matters is to have a close encounter with God who loves us. God wants us to receive His love, which is perfect, and to share this love with our brothers and sisters. Let us celebrate this solemnity with faith and joy because this weekend is not only the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, but it is also our feast day. Let us remember that all of us belong to this wonderful family of Holy Trinity Church.
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God bless you, and may the Blessed Virgin Mary be with you always!
Fr. Jorge Ramirez
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