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Posted on May 16, 2016 by David Jackson in Reflections on Sunday Gospels
TRINITY SUNDAY

Mystery to be mystified by.

    Introduction:   We as Catholics have a rich tradition of using

symbols in our Church. You may have seen a fish on the back of a car or

on a plaque in a house. Do you know why this is a symbol for

Christians? The Greek word for Fish is IXTHOUS: Iesus, Christos,

Theou, Huios, Soter. Jesus Christ Son of God Savior. For the Trinity

we also employ symbols: Three intertwining circles, triangle,

shamrock (trebol), three notes on a musical chord, three forms

of water, liquid, ice, spray.

    God as Father:   Creation.   Here in the valley we get something of

the generosity and abundance with which God gifts us. Nature is

speaking to us of God: We are reminded that God is as certain as the dawn.

We go to South Padre Island and watch the sun rise and the sun set.

But wherever we are the sun is rising and setting.   The abundance

of crops in the sorghum and cotton

and corn fields.   The flowers around the church: the hibiscus just

keeps blooming.   Two Sundays ago after a rain shower one was so gently

blushed by a rain drop in the form of a tear. I wished I had my camera.

Even the human act of procreation speaks of the prodigality of our God.

In one ejaculation of sperm there are literally thousands of seeds.

Only one must unite with the egg to begin a life.

    We know that God is neither Father or Mother. In Genesis we are

told that we are created in the image and likeness of God: male and

female.

    God as Jesus.   This month of June is the month of the Sacred Heart.

We honor Jesus under his title as the Sacred Heart. Heart speaks of love.

For me Jesus is a passionate lover who calls me to receive his love and

then in turn pass it on to others. I saw an interesting type the other day,

Instead of Sacred Heart, it read “Sacred Heat”. The work of Jesus is redemption.

    God as Spirit.   The feast of the Holy Spirit is Pentecost. Two

emphases of that feast were: fear and gifts.   What fears do you have?

What fears do people have? The promise of Jesus is that we can overcome

our fears as did Peter from locked in for fear, to preaching on the

rooftop and converting 3000 that day.   What gifts do people have? The

gift of friendship was told me by a young boy of about l0 years old.

    Practise: one minute going over the high point of my day, share and

thank the Father. One minute with the low point, share and thank Jesus

and ask for help, forgiveness, etc. One minute with tomorrow and ask

Holy spirit for guidance.

    We were baptized and are blessed in the Name of the Father and of

the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

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TRINITY SUNDAY

Mystery to be mystified by.

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