TRINITARIAN LIVING


First Reading: Deut 4:32-34, 39-40
Second Reading: Rom 8:14-17
Gospel: Mt 28:16-20

“Our God in His deepest mystery is not a solitude, but a family, since He has in Himself Fatherhood, Sonship, and the essence of the family, which is love [Holy Spirit],” Said St. John Paul II. This quote unfolds the mystery about today’s feast. It is very clear, right from the book of Genesis that our God wants to be in constant relationship with us. The essence of God is love. The nature of love is to give rise to life, cherish that life and enter into full communion with that life. This is what our God has done. Our God, with the fullness of love could not remain in isolation. His very essence moves Him to give, share, receive and reciprocate. In the first reading, from the book of Deuteronomy we hear a wonderful questioning passage to reflect upon: “Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?  (Deut 4:33-34). What is wrong with our God to choose a nation to be His heir when He has whole of heaven and earth at His disposal? As creator our God has ultimate authority to reign us by subjugating us. There is no need for Him to come behind us to request us to love Him. He can create being who could give perfect obedience to Him, who would unfailingly give love and reverence towards Him. If so, why this God is mad with humans who neglect Him and make Him vulnerable? For all this questions today’s feast in the answer. Our God is love in essence. He cannot not be, than loving.

God created us not to rule with stiffness but to love us. The ultimate purpose of whole creation is to love. It is this essence that forbid our God from destroying human species even after the fall. Love creates, when there is falter, love only corrects that fault, and it never inclines for annihilation. The very essence of God is reflected in whole of creation. God designed His creation in such a way that creation multiplies through deep communion between its creatures. The sexual bond in all creatures is an expression that there should be a cooperation among its species to give rise to a new life. The highest union that takes place among God’s creation, which could possibly resemble the nature of God in its highest degree possible is the family life of humans. The concept of family in humanity is the best expression of God’s nature of being; His way of being. In the feast of the Most Holy Trinity we not only celebrate the divine family: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, but we celebrate a mystical union we share with that divine family. In the second reading St. Paul tells that we are all having the Spirit of God which makes us call God our Father, by that we all become His family members. Thus, it is a celebration of our family feast. Our human family’s connection with divine family is being celebrated today.

As Christians, we are called to exhibit divine family in our lives. Living the Trinitarian life is the need of the time. Covid-19 pandemic reminded the humanity of its interdependence, climate change continues to appeal us of our collective responsibility. The course of action that we need to take in the wake these natural disasters should not emerge from the idea of survival and but from love. Any interventions done without love will lead to destruction. The concrete example for that would be the catastrophe of communism. The lofty ideal of communism to create a better world has overlooked the dignity of the human person, thus leading to elimination of non-productive humans. Today’s feast reminds us again that God never intends to wipe away humans from the earth despite human’s continuous and consistent rebellion. If so, who are we to wipe away people on the basis of utility? Let us reflect divine family in our Christian living to challenge the world. It is only when humanity fully marries divinity, eternity in after life is assured. For that let’s replicate divine family in our family living, in our parish settings, in our religious commitments and in our society at large. Live the Trinitarian life, celebrate the Trinity!

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