The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday
May 31, 2015
Gospel Mt
28:16-20
The eleven disciples
went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they all
saw him, they worshiped (1), but they doubted. Then
Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has
been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with
you always, until the end of the age."
The difficult words
(1) To worship is to love God and to
pray to him.
This week’s spotlight
The Holy Trinity
Jesus is the only Son
of God. His Father is our Father. Jesus promised to give us the Holy Spirit,
the Spirit of God, to help us learn to know and love the Father through him and
with him. The Holy Spirit also teaches us how to share that love with others.
The love that is in us comes from God because God himself is love. The Father
loves the Son; the Son loves the Father; and the Holy Spirit, in this communion
of love, gives us the strength to love as they love each other; in spite of our
weaknesses.
The
mystery of the Trinity
Has anyone ever shared a secret with you? When someone tells you
something very private about themselves, it is a sign of their trust and love
for you. This is just what God does by revealing to us that he is a Trinity of
Persons — Father; Son, and Holy Spirit. We could never figure this out on our
own, but God shares this amazing truth about himself so that we can know and
love him more deeply. TheTrinity is a “mystery" of our faith - something
we believe in without totally understanding it, because we trust God who
reveals it to us. We will understand this mystery more perfectly in heaven,
when we see God face-to-face.
Reflection
A mystery...
At Mass,
the priest welcomes us with: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love
of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” In God, three Persons
have for ever loved each other perfectly. First, the almighty Father, creator
of the visible and invisible universe; then his only Son, true God and true
man, come from heaven to save us; and the third, the Holy Spirit, who is God,
who gives us life - the breath of God. Thanks to Jesus, our human intelligence
can better understand the mystery of the Holy Trinity: a single God in three
Persons. We can discover this mystery more and more each day through prayer,
through the Mass, through religion classes... If you can love as God loves,
your face will shine with the mysterious presence of the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit, who each dwell inside of you.
Discussion
questions
1. Where did the disciples meet Jesus?
2. Who was given all power in heaven and on earth?
3. What did Jesus entrust the disciples to do?
4. Who will be with the disciples while they are doing God’s command?
Praying after Communion
After receiving Holy Communion, you can
say this prayer silently to yourself. If you
have not yet
received your First Communion, you can still say this prayer because of your desire to
receive Jesus.
Father, through Jesus, in
communion with the whole Church, I thank you for coming into my heart. Father;
through Jesus, in union with the whole Church, I thank you for coming into my
heart. O Lord, you love us so tenderly. Help us to receive communion like a
gift which gives us life and nourishes us. Breathe your Holy Spirit into us so
that we can better understand the mystery of your Holy Trinity and be able to
talk about it with our friends.
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