The Most Holy Trinity

We celebrated the feast of the Most Holy Trinity yesterday at Mass. I contemplated this again today while I was praying after receiving the Eucharist. What a marvelous God we have; to present Himself to us as One God in Three Persons, such a mystery to behold. We have a Father, mighty and loving, always ready to embrace us with His fatherly love; ready to listen and forgive; waiting for us to approach Him and tell Him all our thoughts, concerns, troubles, cares, and just to talk to Him, our dad. He loves us immensely as any Father would. He loves us so much that He gave us His only begotten Son so that we might live.

We have the Son, given to us out of the Father's love; the one who took upon Himself the transgressions of all of us; the one who willingly and on His own gave His life in a most painful and hideous manner, so that we would gain eternal life. He went in our place. He took the punishment in our place. He sacrificed everything out of His total and unparalelled love for us. I scarcely can imagine this without shedding a tear of gratefulness.

And we have the gift given from the Son, the Holy Spirit; our consolor, the other Advocate, the Paraclete, our helper. He gives us the prayers; He speaks for us; He nudges us and awakens in us the Spirit of Life. He is the one that directs us, leads us, guides us, whispers to us, calls us forth to action in our faith life.

Three in one. One in three. The Holy Trinity. Praised be Father, Son and Holy Spirit.