Trinity Sunday: Feast of the Most Holy Trinity

Start of the trad Mass:

Blessed by the holy Trinity, and undivided Unity: we will give glory to Him, because He hath shown His mercy to us. O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is Thy Name in all the earth!

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end!

Notes from The Daily Missal:

“As soon as we have celebrated the Advent of the Holy Ghost, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity…The time is well chosen, for, immediately after the descent of this Divine Spirit, began the preaching and belief and Baptism and confession in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost….In this last part of the ecclesiastical year, the Church, guided by the Holy Ghost, continues the work of the Redemption, realised during the preceding part of the Liturgical Year. The Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My Name, He will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind whatsoever I shall have said to you.”

Let us contemplate Our Blessed Lord’s words just above, during these days of confusion. Let us continue to pray for Holy Church’s illumination and discernment. Praise the Most Holy Trinity!

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In God's Image and Likeness...

We are fundamentally social creatures.  We are not meant to be alone.  The Father decided that Adam should have a "helper" and that they should bear children.  All sins are considered by the Church to be sins against the community, that is one reason we confess.  We are not even meant to keep our deepest and darkest secrets to ourselves.  This is how much we are woven into the fabric of humanity.  Many of our challenges in this testing ground which determines our eternal fate, called earth, involve how we relate to others, how much we love them....how much we are willing to put our own desires aside.  So why did God make us social creatures?  Because HE is fundamentally "social" in His own nature, three in one, Father, Son and Holy Ghost....because we are made in His Image and Likeness.  Its not a perfect comparison, but it is significant.

Happy Valentine's Day.  Saint Valentine, pray for us.  Lord have mercy on us for our sins against chastity.  May we, in our own small way, console Your Heart on this day by remaining pure in mind and body.  May we continue to be a witness to the virtue of chastity, especially to our young people.  Amen.