In the movie “The Reluctant Saint,” a bishop was conversing with Saint Joseph Cupertino. He said that he found it difficult to understand and explain the Triune God. But Saint Joseph perceived the Holy Trinity in even simpler way: not as a doctrine but as an experience of God’s love. The bishop lamented that it is really the simple heart that truly finds the meaning of the Holy Trinity.

The Holy Trinity is a doctrine, yes, but above all, the Holy Trinity is a “family” of love.  As such, we can only understand it if we begin to experience being part of this Family, if we open our hearts to the love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in our lives. And this Sunday, we are not in church to dissect a lofty topic. In the words of St. Paul in the Second reading today: For those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. We are here to partake of the Family of God.

Yes, God is the One Family of Three Persons united in the strongest possible love. If we believed the Holy Trinity, if we open our hearts to the experience of this love, then we truly feel what it means to be part of this great Family.

In the silence of prayer, in the friendship with the Divine, in the openness to His Will, in the daily offering of our hearts to Him, we experience the simplicity of God, but also His complexity. In other words, we know Him as true: He is One and He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Sono semipro grate,
Father Erick

(For Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2021)