The Trinity

My dear Friends

Last Sunday was the Feast of the Holy Trinity. The mystery of the Trinity is at the heart of the Christian faith, and yet remains a difficult one to explain: Three in One and One in Three. Three undivided Persons, totally united in love, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

'In the Father you see me,' says Jesus in the gospel of John and tells HIs disciples that He will send a comforter, an advocate to be with them, an advocate who will impart all the words Jesus has told them. The spirit is their very breath and life and He will speak through them even on the very day they are accused and have to defend themselves.

I was staying with Benigna one year when it was Trinity Sunday. I was in the little bedroom upstairs and just outside the window was a tree. Suddenly 3 fat pigeons came to roost in the tree. The birds looked identical and it was obvious they were part of one family. They looked very natural and completely at home with each other. From time to time one of them would fly off, on a 'mission' as it were, and then return. I found myself pondering that this was like the Trinity: the Father would send the Son and the Spirit off on a mission and then they would return to the nest.

A homely image but perhaps it helps.

Shalom from
Sister Gila