Pastor’s Corner 15.06.2025
“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” Amen.
That brief, familiar prayer immediately leads us into the central mystery we celebrate this Sunday – the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity. The Holy Trinity is the most supreme Truth, yet the most unfathomable mystery of our Christian faith. It is the mystery of who God is (cf. CCC 738).
1) All prayers in the Church begin in the Name of the Holy Trinity and end glorifying the Trinity.
2) All Sacraments are administered (we are baptized, confirmed, anointed, our sins are forgiven, our marriages are blessed, and our Bishops, priests and deacons are ordained) in the name of the Holy Trinity.
3) We bless ourselves, and the priest blesses us, in the Name of the Holy Trinity.
As a matter of fact, our profession of faith in the Trinity is what makes us Christians. God our Father, who by sending into the world the Word of truth and the Spirit of sanctification made known to the human race His wondrous mystery. The mystery of the most Holy Trinity is understandable not with our heads but with our hearts. It teaches us that there are three distinct Persons in one God, sharing the same Divine Nature, co-equal and co-eternal.
The Feast of the Holy Trinity comes now, just at the beginning of Ordinary Time, because it is the height of all of the great feast days we have celebrated so far. They all culminate in the Holy Trinity. Each feast day, one after the other, has revealed one more aspect of who God is. He became man, to a virgin mother, revealed himself to all nations, and underwent Baptism to show us the way to eternal life. He was crucified, died, was buried and he resurrected and ascended into heaven to show us, as Paul said, that “if we suffer with him, we will be glorified with him.” (Rom 8:17) And God the Holy Spirit came to us to preserve us in these truths which Jesus himself had taught. In fact, every feast day, every Sunday, every liturgical act is a celebration of the Holy Trinity, a celebration of God who is one in nature, but three in Persons.
Message of the feast
1) Let us respect ourselves and others because everyone is the temple of the Holy Spirit where all Three Persons of the Holy Trinity abide.
2) Let us have the firm conviction that the Trinitarian God abides in us, that He is the Source of our hope, courage, and strength, and that He is our final destination.
3) Let us practice the Trinitarian relationship of love and unity in the family relationships of father, mother, and children because by Baptism we become children of God and members of God’s Trinitarian family.