Trinity

You know, every time I get to Trinity Sunday I start thinking of how I wish I had paid better attention in class when the subject of the Holy Trinity came up.  I always feel somehow limited in my ability to bring clarity to the reality of the Trinity.

Of course there is the basics:  One God, Three Persons.  That's fact!  But trying to explain all that to an unbeliever, or even to those who believe, is difficult.  Besides, any explanation just pales when trying to understand this mystery of our faith.  So let me make a stab at why I think this is important to our faith.

Trinity is all about RELATIONSHIP!  Can you imagine being so close, so intimate with someone that you find that your mannerism, habits, way of thinking and doing things all start to reflect theirs?  The reality of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I believe (just to clarify) is this type of relationship.  Moreover, if the Spirit is in the Son and the Son is in the Father and they are all one, I have come to realize that because the Holy Spirit dwells in the Church, we are part of that unity of relationship.

The real challenge then for each of us is to assume the mannerisms, habits, way of thinking and doing whatever we think and do in life so as to reflect the reality of God.  That's my take on the Trinity and I'm sticking to it!