The Most Holy Trinity

The Most Holy Trinity

Good evening/morning to you all. Who can explain the Holy Trinity to me? – No! Well, me neither. But I had someone say to me very recently that the Holy Trinity is a very complicated concept. It is very complex and perhaps should be left to and for the scholars to mull over and come to any considerations, thoughts and ideas. And, who knows, maybe on some very deep, scholastic and scholarly level, they may have a point.

But this weekend across our Church, we are celebrating the Feast pf the Most Holy Trinity, and so at some level, we need to think about it. We need to have some level of understanding that underpins our faith. We need to be able to take it in, grasp it and use it to develop our faith. But faith is about accepting that which, maybe, we cannot explain. Perhaps you see his as too bland an answer, a brush-off maybe?

But I think that it is so. This is about our faith. Everything that we do, in our prayers, in our prayerful considerations or meditations, we do in faith, in what we know to be true even though we may not be able to explain it fully and completely to others or even to ourselves. We do it in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. We start all of our prayers this way so that we can then offer everything that we then do or say or think or feel, to God in all of His three forms.

We are asking God our Father and Creator to be in charge of us, to look after us and take care of us during this period of prayer and throughout our lives. Just as we would automatically seek the love, care and comfort of our own fathers, their assurance and reassurance of, and on, our life’s decisions. We have an expectation that He will always be there for us, but with God, we make a specific decision to call on Him and to dial Him in to our prayers and thoughts. We know He is always there for us, whenever and wherever we may call on Him, call to Him.

We build on the relationship that he forged with His chosen people throughout the Old Testament. Where we know that he consistently and patiently and steadfastly loved them, looked after them and stayed with them wherever they went and however they may have turned their backs on Him. We build on the promises that He made to them and through them to us here and now, to be our Father for all time.

We are calling on His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who came down to earth to live life as a human being, a living example of God’s love for humanity: His ultimate gift of love of and for us.

This Son who would then suffer and die for us all, for me and for you, and to rise from the dead so that He could save me, save all of us, from our sins.

Jesus, who lived a life full of love of God, His Father, and full of love for all His neighbours, especially those who were in the greatest need, who were on the edges of society, who were deemed lost or broken, unworthy or forgotten.

Jesus, the Son, who said to His apostles, “. . know that I will be with you always. Yes, to the end of time.”

Who promised them that whatever they may do, however they may fall or turn away from Him, that He would never do the same in return. That He would be there to pick them up, to dust them off and to set them back onto their feet again, and again and again. To show His Father’s love, alive in Him and in his every loving action to and for us.

And we call on the Holy Spirit, that gift of strength, of love, of determination, to be with us as we consider what to do next, as we ponder whatever challenge life has thrown at us.

We call on the Holy Spirit to be with us, to guide us, to guard us and to always be with us as we pray and offer up our own thoughts, concerns, wishes, desires, anxieties, with the prayer that we can be guided and supported to make the right choice when necessary, -

to apply ourselves most fully and to constantly and consistently seek God’s help and direction in all and everything that we do.

We call or maybe we simply wait, on the Holy Spirit. For it to come into our lives with its blinding light or comforting glow. That will light up our every darkness; will cast away every shadow and which will brighten our lives to enable us to see God’s love – here, there, everywhere arounds us and enable us to more fully appreciate God’s gift of life and love

God is three and God is One. We may pray to each individually but we know that we are praying to the One true God in all of our prayers. We are His children, the sheep of His flock and we know that He knows each and every one of us by our individual and God-given names. That He chose us and loved us even before time began and will continue this love, long after time has ended.

And we connect and reconnect with Him every time we open and close our conversations with Him, every time we enter into any prayerful contact, every time that we offer up to Him all that we say, all that we do and all that we are by saying these same prayers, in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Bidding Prayers

1.      We pray that all that we do and  say and think and pray is offered to and through the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Lord in your mercy

2.      We pray that peace may come to reign across all countries torn apart by war and terror, especially in the Ukraine, the Middle-East and across Africa. Lord in your mercy

3.      We pray for the children of the parish who all made their Holy Communion last month , that they build on this first time with many return visits and are supported by their parents in this. Lord in your mercy

4.      We pray for the sick of our parish: for  all those who are housebound and possibly feeling alone and forgotten that they feel our love through our actions. Lord in your mercy

5.      We pray for the souls of all those  who have died recently and remember especially – Cathy Manley – formerly Cathy Parry who has died in New Zealand, June Carr whose funeral mass is on 8th June at 1130 and Graham Sabino whose funeral mass is on 9th June at 1.00pm that they may rest in peace forever and that their families are supported and comforted by the Holy Trinity. Lord in your mercy

6.      We pray for our priests and our Parish Team and thank God for the services of Fathers Mario and Emmanuel and the ongoing support of Fr Paschal and for all of those people who volunteer in so many aspects of our church life. We pray that we might receive more volunteers to help give cover where it is needed. Lord in your mercy

7.      We ask Our Lady to intercede for us as we now pray together – Hail Mary. . . . . . .