As I reflect upon the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity that we celebrate this weekend, I thought of our works of mercy here at our parish: our outreach to the Carmelite nuns, our work with Habitat for Humanity, our ministry to the inmates at the federal and state prisons, our visits to the nursing home, our ministry at the VA hospital, and our feeding of the hungry in Jackson. Everything we do should be rooted in our life in the Trinity: in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Our faith has its foundations in the Trinity, as we are not just baptized in the name of Jesus, but rather in the name of the Trinity, as mandated by Jesus himself. We participate in the life of the Trinity as disciples of Christ. Gregory of Nyssa (335-395), an Early Church Father who wrote a great deal about the Trinity, stated that “Holy Baptism imparts to us the grace of eternal life because of our faith in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
As we remember that God is the most perfect expression of love, it makes sense that God is not solitary, but rather an eternal community of three persons who pour out themselves in love for one another. We are called to emulate the love of the Trinity in the way we live in discipleship. The spiritual and corporal works of mercy are some of the ways we can live out the love of the Most Holy Trinity in the reality of daily life.
Blessings to all of you on this great solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity that we celebrate today in our Church’s liturgical year. Father Lincoln.
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