“Christians are baptized in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: not in their names, for there is only one God, the Almighty Father, his only Son and Holy Spirit: the most Holy Trinity.”(Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 233)
Today,
we celebrate the solemnity of the most Blessed Trinity. For us Christians, this
mystery must be the central mystery of our faith and life because it is about God
himself. The Trinity is one of the mysteries that are hidden in God, which can
never be known unless they are revealed by God to us. It is inaccessible through our reason alone,
that is, we can never fully explain it.
The teaching was formulated by the Church, under the guidance of the
Holy Spirit: “The Spirit of Truth, he
will guide you to all truths. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak
what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming.”
In
the gospel, there is a revelation. Jesus, who is God’s Son, reveals the Holy
Spirit. At the same time, Jesus tells us that everything that the Father has is
His, and that He and the Father are one. How are they One? This truth cannot be
acquired by academic knowledge but by our own personal experience of Love. We
will know the mystery of the Trinity if we practice Love. When we love, then we
come to know God who is love – one God in three persons united by infinite
love. And we preach the Trinity best not by theological explanations, but
through our lives of love and unity with one another bonded by God’s love.
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