Scripture Reflections for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

“Although this text from Deuteronomy emphasizes the oneness of God, there is a hint of the Trinity even here. Moses refers to the “voice of God” (=the Word, the Second Person) coming forth from the “midst of fire” (=sign of the Holy Spirit, the Third Person).”

"People sometimes give the impression that Jesus was a holy man of God, but through the centuries the Church imposed on him a strange and alien identity, as a member..."

"The Blessed Trinity – the mystery of mysteries! Perhaps, with the help of a few lines taken from a 1910 operetta, we might come to a little understanding of what..."

"'Go, make disciples of all the nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit'. Recently I was returning from baptizing a baby...."

"When the eleven disciples were summoned by Jesus to the mountain in Galilee to meet him, in Galilee where he had begun his public ministry, they were acting under obedience...."

"It may be true that the 'mystery' of the Trinity is not a mystery of the Agatha Christie kind, not something hidden to be puzzled out, but something revealed to..."

“Why is it that we so often fail to recognize God’s presence in the simple things that surround us? Is it because we’re too busy or preoccupied? Or is it perhaps because we approach with the wrong perspective?”

"Friends, Trinity Sunday serves as a wonderful opportunity to unpack the life-giving relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Every time we make the sign of the cross, we..."

"The Trinity is not simply a theological connundrum for scholars to fuss about. It stands at the very heart of our faith, since it expresses the fact that God is..."

"On the feast of the Trinity, we reflect on the uniquely Christian definition of God: God is love. Love is not something that God does, or an attribute that God..."

"Another homily from Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries."

“What are some times when you have seen the mighty and loving power of God in your own life? We all have them. A glorious expression of nature? Divine Providence taking care of you? The natural love of family? Miracle event?”

"Today we celebrate the eternal mystery, the mystery of mysteries. Today we celebrate the mystery of the most Holy Trinity. It is the eternal mystery and the mystery of mysteries...."

“While walking with our Triune God, have you found your unique path?”

"‘Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’ Or more literally: ‘into the..."

“Amongst all the distraction and craziness of life, we must always be looking at the bigger picture, and where it all fits in line. And it all falls in line behind the Trinity. The all consuming Holy Trinity of God, guiding our lives through all the things that arise”

“No formula can ever capture the reality of God because God is too rich to ever be captured, even half adequately, in imagination, thought, and word. The God that atheism rejects is precisely a conceptualized God, a God captured in a picture.”

“God is community – and only in opening our lives in gracious hospitality will we ever understand that”

“The concept of the three persons in one being of the Trinity has consequences not just about who God is but also who we are called to be”

“For if the shape of community in the Church is always to be a work in progress, so too is mission. Both must be continuously focused on Christ in the diverse experiences of our world.”

"It’s often joked that Trinity Sunday is “the preacher’s nightmare.” But while the Trinity can be viewed as the most arcane and inaccessible Christian doctrine, it’s also the most ordinary..."