"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."
In the Old Testament, God revealed Himself to the Israelites through Moses. He said, "I am WHO AM". This is not a grammatical error. Through this, God introduced Himself as the God of their ancestors, the God of the living, the unchanging God, the God who is, who was and who is to come. The revelation of the Divine name happened just before God revealed His plan to save Israel from slavery. God introduced Himself to the people He was to save, to the people He planned to be His own.
God's revelation finds fulfillment in the New Testament. Again, as God's plan for our salvation was unfolding, He revealed Himself ever more fully. This time, God did not speak to us through prophets. He Himself spoke to us in the person of Jesus. Jesus revealed God to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Jesus revealed to us that the one God is Trinity.
Of course, our human mind can never fathom this doctrine in its fullness. We can never understand how three can become one. Nevertheless, we accept it through faith because it was revealed to us by God.
God as Trinity shows us how God works in our lives and for our salvation. Our readings and our Gospel for today show us how God works as Trinity, how wonderfully His plan of salvation unfolds. God worked for our salvation as Trinity. The Father created us out of love. The Son became love incarnate to save us and to bring us back to God's love from which we ran away. The Spirit was sent by the Father and the Son to help us remain in God's love and to inspire us to love God back.
The Trinity is a community of love. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit love each other. Therefore, being created in the image of the Trinity, we too are made to be a community of love. The Trinity teaches us that we are one human race, though different in color and creed. We are one because we were created by the one God. We must therefore live in love and in unity as one human race.
Jesus gave us the doctrine of the Trinity not to confuse us. He revealed this to us to make us appreciate the marvel of our salvation. He shows us that the almighty God uses all His might to win us back. The Trinity shows us that God loves us so much because He Himself is love; and in that love he desires all men to share in His oneness. He wants men to be one human race and to be one with Him in love.
God's revelation finds fulfillment in the New Testament. Again, as God's plan for our salvation was unfolding, He revealed Himself ever more fully. This time, God did not speak to us through prophets. He Himself spoke to us in the person of Jesus. Jesus revealed God to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Jesus revealed to us that the one God is Trinity.
Of course, our human mind can never fathom this doctrine in its fullness. We can never understand how three can become one. Nevertheless, we accept it through faith because it was revealed to us by God.
God as Trinity shows us how God works in our lives and for our salvation. Our readings and our Gospel for today show us how God works as Trinity, how wonderfully His plan of salvation unfolds. God worked for our salvation as Trinity. The Father created us out of love. The Son became love incarnate to save us and to bring us back to God's love from which we ran away. The Spirit was sent by the Father and the Son to help us remain in God's love and to inspire us to love God back.
The Trinity is a community of love. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit love each other. Therefore, being created in the image of the Trinity, we too are made to be a community of love. The Trinity teaches us that we are one human race, though different in color and creed. We are one because we were created by the one God. We must therefore live in love and in unity as one human race.
Jesus gave us the doctrine of the Trinity not to confuse us. He revealed this to us to make us appreciate the marvel of our salvation. He shows us that the almighty God uses all His might to win us back. The Trinity shows us that God loves us so much because He Himself is love; and in that love he desires all men to share in His oneness. He wants men to be one human race and to be one with Him in love.
