May 22, 2016
If
you really knew me you would know that I love trinities. The Celtic symbol for
the trinity is one of my favorite images because three circles, three units of
wholeness intersect into one, each remaining their own circle, but at the core
where the circles connect is a beautiful collection of a common essence, a
shared spirit, and a fortified vortex. This is the place where sacredness
happens. This is the heart of the matter. This is where belovedness is born. I
love trinities because that is where our deepest self becomes its deepest self.
Every
twosome becomes a trinity when we invite the Holy Spirit into the center, the
proverbial mush pot of each of our relationships. As the Spirit enters in, our
circles connect, first individually, and then with one another creating that
fortified epicenter where God dwells.
Today
is the feast of the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity and we reflect on God the
Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The twosome of the Father and the
Son become a Trinity because of their perfect love for one another. God’s very
essence is relationship. God’s fullness happens when persons fall in love, live
in love, and are in love. God is love and love must flow between two in order
to create that third and complete person.
As
I sit here in prayer, on my 10th straight day up here at Whispering
Winds, having served as a music minister for two separate women’s retreats and
of course as Buttercup, the 6th grade camp wonder counselor, I take
inventory of the Trinitarian nature of each of these experiences. The love
between hearts in prayer, the exchange of self sacrifice between speakers and
audiences, the flow of joy as laughter and giggles paint the walls with
blessings, the melody of praise and thanksgiving, the conversations where God’s
grace is discovered, the pulse of communion coursing through our veins, the
hugs, the hugs, the hugs. Each one of these relationships were transformed into
holy trinities because there was room for God at the center. How wonderful to
end these 10 days of rich and abundant transfigurations with the feast of the
Holy Trinity!
God
is the master conductor and the symphony played up here on this Holy Ground has
been wild, lovely, and unpredictable. My dad has been here the whole time
whispering to me in the wind and watching the wonders that God does up here. I
know he is proud and I know he loves me so.
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Lectionary: 166
Reading 1 PRV 8:22-31
Thus says the wisdom of God:
"The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways,
the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago;
from of old I was poured forth,
at the first, before the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains or springs of water;
before the mountains were settled into place,
before the hills, I was brought forth;
while as yet the earth and fields were not made,
nor the first clods of the world.
"When the Lord established the heavens I was there,
when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
when he made firm the skies above,
when he fixed fast the foundations of the earth;
when he set for the sea its limit,
so that the waters should not transgress his command;
then was I beside him as his craftsman,
and I was his delight day by day,
playing before him all the while,
playing on the surface of his earth;
and I found delight in the human race."
"The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways,
the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago;
from of old I was poured forth,
at the first, before the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains or springs of water;
before the mountains were settled into place,
before the hills, I was brought forth;
while as yet the earth and fields were not made,
nor the first clods of the world.
"When the Lord established the heavens I was there,
when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
when he made firm the skies above,
when he fixed fast the foundations of the earth;
when he set for the sea its limit,
so that the waters should not transgress his command;
then was I beside him as his craftsman,
and I was his delight day by day,
playing before him all the while,
playing on the surface of his earth;
and I found delight in the human race."
Responsorial Psalm PS 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
R. (2a) O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars which you set in place —
What is man that you should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that you should care for him?
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
You have made him little less than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting all things under his feet:
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
All sheep and oxen,
yes, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas.
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith
to this grace in which we stand,
and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions,
knowing that affliction produces endurance,
and endurance, proven character,
and proven character, hope,
and hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars which you set in place —
What is man that you should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that you should care for him?
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
You have made him little less than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting all things under his feet:
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
All sheep and oxen,
yes, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas.
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
Reading 2 ROM 5:1-5
Brothers and sisters:Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith
to this grace in which we stand,
and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions,
knowing that affliction produces endurance,
and endurance, proven character,
and proven character, hope,
and hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
Alleluia CF. RV 1:8
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit;
to God who is, who was, and who is to come.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,
he will guide you to all truth.
He will not speak on his own,
but he will speak what he hears,
and will declare to you the things that are coming.
He will glorify me,
because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
Everything that the Father has is mine;
for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
and declare it to you."
Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit;
to God who is, who was, and who is to come.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel JN 16:12-15
Jesus said to his disciples:"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,
he will guide you to all truth.
He will not speak on his own,
but he will speak what he hears,
and will declare to you the things that are coming.
He will glorify me,
because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
Everything that the Father has is mine;
for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
and declare it to you."
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