SOLEMNITY OF HOLY TRINITY - Romans 5:1-5
Immediately after the celebration of Pentecost, we enter the common time in which we live and celebrate the ordinary life, that is the life everybody lives as we go on our journey to eternity.
Celebrating everyday life, we must celebrate God, proclaiming with the psalmist:
“How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!” (Ps 8:1).
Whenever we speak of God, we are faced with the mystery of God, whom we cannot live without, even though we are always unable to describe and explain. Before God, we are called to be on a constant search. We must be seekers, who never get tired of seeking the face of God:
You have said, “Seek my face.”
My heart says to you,
“Your face, Lord, do I seek.” (Ps 27:8).
To the ones who seek God’s face, He gives wisdom and knowledge and allows his light to shine on them, filling their hearts with joy and love. Indeed, “the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us.” (Ro 5:5).
Reading through the Scriptures, we discover that God can’t live or be without relationships, because he is relationship by nature. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is Yahweh, the God who affirms himself by his presence among people to save and liberate them. There is no other God but Yahweh. There is only one God. We Christians are monotheists, we believe there is only one God. But the God we believe in - the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - Yahweh - is love, and love is relationship. In his relationship, God reveals himself as Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, who are one God. We call the mystery of God - the Holy Trinity. It does not mean that we believe in three gods, but in one God who is communion. Created in the image of God, we are called to love. Indeed, God has poured his love into our hearts. Thus, we are called to communion. And our lives will only become meaningful when we are open to others and pour love on others in God’s manner. We are called to be God’s family, united in love, being one with Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. The Holy Spirit is moulding our hearts from within for us to be able to live in peace and build up the body of Christ.
Let us pray with the psalm 8:
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
When I see the heavens, the work of your hands,
the moon and the stars which you arranged,
what is man that you should keep him in mind,
mortal man that you care for him?
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
Yet you have made him little less than a god;
with glory and honour you crowned him,
gave him power over the works of your hand,
put all things under his feet.
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
All of them, sheep and cattle,
yes, even the savage beasts,
birds of the air, and fish
that make their way through the waters.
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
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