Scripture Reflection, June 15, 2025, The Most Holy Trinity

Proverbs 8:22-31 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15

Today we celebrate the solemnity of The Most Holy Trinity - the belief in a triune God, three distinct “persons” that, taken together, comprise the one true God.

The concept of The Holy Trinity is something we cannot fully comprehend. How can three = one? What do these three distinct persons look like? There is much about the Trinity that is mystery to us - many unanswered questions. However, because of the gift of faith, we believe that God does exist in this particular form. In fact, Christianity, practiced continuously for 2000 years, is built upon this premise.

I like to think that God devised the whole concept of trinity - three in one - in order to help us understand and appreciate the relationship God wants to establish with each one of us. God wants us to feel so connected to the divine that God gives us three different and intriguing ways to feel the love God has for us.

First of all, we are “of God” because God (in the first person) has created us.

Second, even amidst all that God created, we are special; because God sent Jesus (the second person), part of his very being, to teach us how to live together as a community of love. Our creator did this, knowing that Jesus would be tortured and killed. And, even after that, God forgave. And God continues to forgive us, every day.

Moreover, because Jesus gave us the gift of The Holy Spirit (the third person), we are never without God in our lives. The Spirit of God manifests itself in all of creation, and we actually carry the Spirit within us. We are temples of The Holy Spirit.

In every way, God has demonstrated absolute unconditional love for us. In the process, calling us ever more deeply into a relationship of mutual love. God has done everything conceivable to demonstrate that God’s very nature - God’s essence - is love!

We must look for signs of love all around us, every day; and we must do what we can do to be signs of God’s love to all whom we meet. Let’s try to pay attention to love, and challenge those situations where love is absent. It’s never to late to become God-centered; that is, to focus on making God the center of all we are and all we do.

by: Bill Miller