SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

READINGS AT MASS

Ex. 34:4-6, 8-9

Psalm Dn 3

2 Cor. 13:11-13

Jn. 3:16-18

Theme: GRACE, LOVE AND FELLOWSHIP

Dear friends in Christ, N'wokafu YESU KRISTO...

Today is the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. A day on which we ponder the nature of God. The one, true, and only God who revealed Himself in three Divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Three persons; one God - a mystery. It is God's desire that those who will come to believe in Him (His beloved children who are created in His image) will also come to share in His nature.

God (the Trinity) is a 'community' of self-giving love in a unity that is beyond human understanding. In a world that puts 'the self' at the centre, by gradually forcing us to focus on the factors that divide rather than unite, the message of the Holy Trinity holds an ever deeper lesson for us now more than ever.

In 2 Corinthians 13, one of the Second Readings for Trinity Sunday, Paul's final benediction to the Corinthians (the GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ and the LOVE of God and the FELLOWSHIP of the Holy Spirit...) sums up the whole mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. Remember Paul was writing to a community that has been ravaged by division. In his effort to heal their contention and wrath, he revealed the nature of God and at the same time made it clear to them that those who have experienced GRACE through the Son because of the tender compassion of a LOVING Father and are animated by His Holy Spirit cannot but live in FELLOWSHIP with Him and one another. Grace leads to love and true love leads to fellowship.

The Trinity is an example and a remedy for a divided world. We cannot be fully human (Christian) unless we build a community (friendships, families) based on Divine Love. We simply cannot successfully live and thrive in isolation from God and one another.

PRAYER

Lord, we beseech you to pour out your love into our hearts by means of your Holy Spirit so that we may be drawn closer to you and our fellows in loving fellowship just as you are in the Most Holy Trinity, Amen.

May God bless you.

-Rev. Fr. Kenneth Debre

Sunday, June 4, 2023.

Holy Rosary Parish, Hohoe.