We are in the week between two great Solemnities.
We just celebrated the great feast of
Pentecost on May 20. Next Sunday, we
will celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. I think both of these
feasts tell us a great deal about the love God has for all of us.
In Pentecost, we find the love of God, (the Holy Spirit)
being sent to us to energize us to proclaim Jesus and what He means in our
lives. We are called to share this love with others.
In the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, we are asked to
discover our identity in the three persons
of the Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We know that
God the Father is our Creator. We are
also called to be co-creators.To bring
new life into our world whether this is as parents or as religious or single
people.We are to nurture and to care
for other people. It also calls us to
care for the earth so that other people will benefit from its resources in
years to come.
We know that the Holy Trinity is a community of love between
the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This
calls us to a relationship with God and a relationship to each other. It calls us to build this relationship and to
grow in this relationship in our communities and wherever we find ourselves.
Sr. Barbara Woeste, OSB
Dear Sister thank you for this good message. One of the best lessons I had in the last ten years was the Gospel of Mark 1.10 "And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. 11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”" Here we have the Trinity imaged for us. It was proclaimed in 325 Nicaea as a special gift of the Christian faith. It is meant to be a mystery that we solve as we deepen our faith. Shall I reveal the mystery? Happy Pentecost! Defend us Holy Trinity, amen. God bless OSB amen.
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