Dear Friends,
Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. This mystery, I can say, is more to be contemplated than understood. For we are unable to grasp the mystery of Godhead in fulness. The mystery of God’s unfathomable love is the one within which we are called to immerse in order to be able to bear fruit. Our contemplation of the Holy Trinity enables us to embrace and behold the truth that God can be known only as unbreakable communion of Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
This communion is the one we are all invite to behold in our daily life as created in the image and likeness of God, in addition to being chosen as children of God by adoption through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. As children of God, we meant to exemplify the identity of the One who called us from darkness to light. When we listen to Christ, the Holy Spirit guides us to the whole truth: not only that Christ died and rose for us, but that we likewise died with him and are born to new life of love and mercy; life of compassion and kindness.
Children of God, we are reminded of the kind of Spirit we have received and who will always lead us on our daily journey. We have received the Spirit of courage, a Spirit of adoption. That very Spirit is the one who gives us the impulse to go and proclaim what we have heard and seen. What we have heard is that Christ is the beloved Son of God who died for our sake, to bring us back to our true identity. What we have seen is that Christ rose from the dead to give us eternal life. On our part, there should be expected commitment and surrender to the mission of God in the world. We are made for “missio Dei.” And the core of this mission is to proclaim the kingdom of God by making disciples.
Fulfilling this mission in today’s world is an ongoing challenge. For the world will always refuse to embrace the Light. Communion and unity among the disciples of Christ will be the stronghold. Exemplifying the love and communion that are the essence of the Holy trinity, those called to God’s vineyard are meant to build a more just society that rooted in love and mercy. For to listen to Christ is to abide by the greatest commandment: to love God with all our heart, all our spirit, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
As we experience the fruits of the Holy Trinity in our daily life, let continue to strive to be the channels the love of God reaches to the world through our faithful service to God and to one another. And let us continue to pray for one another and for our parish family.
Fr. Emery