Jn. 16: 12-15
Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. All the Semitic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, uphold the monotheistic faith in God. Though Christianity upholds this monotheistic notion of God, it also proclaims that there are three persons in this one God: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, united in the bond of love. The incarnation of Jesus was the greatest revelation of the Holy Trinity. It is the Father who sends the Son. The Son revealed the Father and the Holy Spirit. The Son sent the Holy Spirit to continue his redemptive mission through the instrumentality of his bride, the Church.
It is true that all our prayers are addressed to Abba Father through Christ in the Holy Spirit, unfortunately, when we celebrate the solemnity of the Holy Trinity we may reflect on the Holy Trinity and other than that we may not engage in a serious reflection and study on this reality. Why we need to live in constant awareness of the Holy Trinity? We begin our faith journey by receiving the sacrament of baptism in the name of the Holy Trinity. Thus, our faith journey is supposed to be a constant companionship with the Holy Trinity, and even death is not the ultimate point, but for us Christians, it is a new beginning wherein we experience this Trinitarian Communion and love in its fullness, for which each one of us is created and called.
In the gospel, we see Jesus telling his disciples that the Holy Spirit will lead them to the fullness of truth. The fullness of truth is the wisdom concerning the Trinitarian life and communion. It is not enough to grow in our relationship with one person of the Holy Trinity; rather, we need to grow in our intimacy with all the three persons of the Holy Trinity because each person of the Holy Trinity reveals the other and leads us to the fullness of Trinitarian life.
The ideals of Christian life, such as communion, love, and unity, can be imbibed, cherished, and grown only with the presence of the Holy Trinity. In the second reading of the day, Paul in his letter to the Romans speaks: “And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” (Rom. 5:3-5) We can find meaning and hope for our earthly sojourn only through our companionship with the Holy Trinity, especially when we encounter the hard realities of our life. As we celebrate this most important feast, let us be aware of the supreme place of the Holy Trinity in our lives and continue to grow in our relationship with the Holy Trinity.