The Sunday after Pentecost is celebrated each year as Trinity Sunday, a day on which the church meditates on the mystery of our God, one divine unity of three distinct presences. Each way that we speak about the Trinity is inadequate because ultimately God is unfathomable. Though our attempts to grasp the Trinity are insufficient, there is still a deeper understanding that grows from our efforts. This Sunday we will be helped by a poem in Proverbs, Paul’s letter to the Romans, and Jesus’ own words in John. The Trinity might seem like an abstract theological concept, distant from our everyday lives, but the texts for today all describe how this triune God impacts us directly: Divine Wisdom created to guide humanity (Proverbs); God’s love being poured into our hearts through Christ (Romans); Jesus promising the presence of the Holy Spirit who will support us (John). The Trinity is not an abstract concept but is the Divine-guiding and saving and inspiring us on a daily basis. How is the Trinity showing up in our community today?
image: Mosaic saying “One and only trinity” in the abbey of Dormition (Church of the Cenacle), on mount Zion, Jerusalem, Israel.