Trinity Sunday: IX in OT:2015:Dt4:32-34,39-40;Rom8:14-17;Mt28:16-20

Trinity Sunday: IX in OT:2015:Dt4:32-34,39-40;Rom8:14-17;Mt28:16-20

Introduction: We believe in the Mystery of Trinity because Jesus who is God taught it clearly, the Evangelists recorded it, the Fathers of the Church tried to explain it and the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople defined it as a dogma of Christian Faith.

Exegesis:  Today’s Gospel describes Jesus’ final apparition to his apostles just before his Ascension into Heaven. Jesus commissioned them to make disciples of all nations and commanded them to baptize those who came to believe, “in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. “ Here is the Trinitarian apostolic blessing of St. Paul, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14). These words are the same words that the ministers of God use when blessing people and objects or when administering the Sacraments. From this evidence and other Biblical passages that are found in the Holy Bible, it is very clear that there are Three Divine Presences in the Holy Trinity. Yet, there is One God.

Event-1: A couple received by mail two tickets for a first class New York City Broadway show. They did not understand who sent them, but they thankfully went. They returned home and found their home stripped of cash, paintings, and jewels. On their table, they found a note which read, "NOW YOU UNDERSTAND."  It was a mystery. May be we will not understand in the beginning but later. After all, why does God have to tell us everything?. We experience light and also its absence darkness.  We experience heat and its absence cold. We experience the reality of God and we worship.

Event-2: A killing time struck up in a conversation.  "Father, I believe only what I can understand. So, I can't buy your Trinity. Perhaps you can explain it to me." The priest reluctantly put down The news paper. "Do you see the sun out there?" "Yup." "OK, it's 80 million miles away from us right now. The rays coming through the window," said the priest, "are coming from the sun. The delightful heat we are enjoying on our bodies right now come from a combination of the sun and its rays. Do you understand that?" The fellow answered, "Sure, padre." "The Trinity," the priest went on, "is like that. God the Father is that blazing sun. The Son is the rays He sends down to us. Then both combine to send us the Holy Spirit who is the heat. If you understand the workings of the sun, its rays, and heat, why do you have difficulty believing the Trinity?" 

Joke: Three boys are in the schoolyard bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, “My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him $50.”

The second boy says, “That’s nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song, they give him $100.”

The third boy says, “I got you both beat. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon. And it takes eight people to collect all the money!”

Practical Applications: 1) We need to respect ourselves and respect others.  Being ‘temples of the Holy spirit’ we should behave well in his holy presence and lead purer and holier lives.

2) The awareness and conviction of the presence of God within us, gives us the strength to face the manifold problems of life with Christian courage.  

4) We are called to become more like the Triune God through all our relationships.  Praying for others means, making our relation with others uniting with God. When Husband and wife live a Christian married life, they relate their family with God. All our activities and relations should be in the presence of Christ if we are Christians. 

Introduction : Trinity Sunday-IX Week in Ordinary Time

Message: The Lord God is one, there is no other.  We have been chosen as his own, and, through the Spirit, are able to call God Abba.  Through baptism all nations are called to share in the life of the Son and acknowledge the triune God.

Saints and Events in this Week:  1 – First – Monday – Saint Justin, Martyr; 2 – Second – Tuesday – Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs; 3 – Third – Wednesday – Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs; 5 – Fifth – Friday – Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr; 6 – Sixth – Saturday – Saint Norbert, Bishop;