Thought of the Day June 3, 2020 Reflection on the Trinity
We continue our reflection on the
mystery of the Most Blessed Trinity.
Jesus, the Son of God and the Son Man,
brought the revelation of the mystery of the Trinity, hidden until the time was
ready, into the light. The people of Israel acknowledged the Fatherhood of God.
As the rosebud contains the fullness of the rose, so Jesus began gradually to
unfold the reality of the Triune God.
First, he began by speaking publicly
of the person of the Father, who sent him to speak the words of the Father and
to do the works of the Father. Then he said the One who sees him (Jesus) has seen
the Father, for he and the Father are one.
The glory he had before the world began will be his again, when he
returns to the Father. When accused of making himself equal to God, Jesus did
not deny it. Rather he confirmed it by saying he will sit at the right hand of
God. All this was hard to believe to many of his devout contemporaries in
Israel.
To complete the revelation, Jesus
revealed that he and the Father will send the Holy Spirit to be with his
disciples and to be within them. The Spirit will be another Advocate for them,
giving them the ability to embrace what Jesus had revealed to them. For he will
be the Spirit of Truth witnessing about Jesus to the disciples, who in turn
would also witness. Later, Peter will
say: “It is better for us to obey the Spirit than men.”
Jesus revealed that God is one, but
the Father is a person, the Son is a person and the Holy Spirit is a person.
Before he left them, Jesus commissioned the disciples: “Go and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit.”
Spend some time today reflecting on
this mystery. Who is the Father to you? Who is the Son to you? Who is the Holy
Spirit to you? Let this mystery, like the
rose bud, unfold further for you to see and comprehend more fully.
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