The feast of the Most Holy Trinity celebrates one of our most ancient beliefs. We celebrate and reflect on our relationship with God and what our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier has done for us. The scriptures remind us of our God’s graciousness and we rejoice in the God who has acted so mightily and lovingly on our behalf.

The Trinity is not a puzzle. It is a mystery. And those are two very different things. A puzzle has an answer. It is something that you try to figure out, something that you attempt to understand. A mystery has no answer. You cannot understand it because it is greater than you are, something beyond your grasp. You cannot comprehend a mystery, but you can appreciate it. Like a great piece of music it takes you deeper. You cannot solve a mystery, but you can stand before it and allow it to lead you to contemplation. Like beholding a beautiful sunset, it can move your soul. We believe that the Trinity reveals to us the very life of God. This is important because God is the source of all things and so everything that exists is somehow reflective of God, reflective of the Trinity. The Trinity tells us that God is one, that there are no parts and pieces to God.

The Trinity is not a puzzle. It is a mystery, a mystery that applies to us. Let us listen, then, to the call of the Trinity. Let us see in it an invitation to love others deeply and, at the same time, preserve and treasure our own selves. We can find in the Trinity a model for ourselves, a way of loving deeper and of living better.

The most profound mystery of our faith is the mystery we call upon before and after every prayer. We begin and conclude our prayers saying, “In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”

We are not alone. We will never be alone. The Spirit of the Father and the Son has been given to us. Whatever we do, we do with meaning and purpose when we do it with the power of the Holy Spirit. There is nothing that we cannot do when we do it in union with the Spirit of God. When St. Paul wrote in Philippians 7:14, “I can do all things in Him who strengthens me,” he was referring to the spiritual life. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He who loves us, He who forgives us, and He who empowers us. We are baptized into the Trinity, into the intimate Life of God. So therefore we shall, as the Children of God, put our trust in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and ask them to lead us, guide us, and protect us always.

With love and prayers,

Fr. Charley