Thought of the Day June 2, 2020 Trinity, a mystery
“The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity
is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in
himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the
light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching
in the ‘hierarchy of the truths of faith”. The whole history of salvation is
identical with the history of the way and the means by which the one true God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, reveals himself to men ‘and reconciles and unites
with himself those who turn away from sin’”.
(CCC 234)
As we prepare to celebrate the
Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity, it may be good to reflect on this
mystery for the next few days. The
Trinity is a mystery. We can come to know there is a God with the use of our
natural reason. But, we have come to believe in the One God who is Triune in
persons by the grace of revelation through the Sacred Scriptures.
Though there is only one God, after
the fall of man, succeeding generations began to believe in many gods. From
Abraham on the awareness of this One God began to be known. In time, what
separated the Israelites from the other nations and tribes was their faith in
God as the only true God.
What we take for granted-the belief in
the One God-became a faith conviction that many true Israelite suffered and
died for rather than forsake their covenant with God. Thus, it was hard for
many of the Jewish people at the time of Jesus and his followers to accept that
the One God was Triune in person. But this is the mystery that Jesus, the
God-man, came to reveal. As the oneness of God separated the Chosen People from
the rest of the world, the belief in the mystery of the Trinity separates
Christians from other world religions.
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