Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity - Year C

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Spiritual Reflection

But when he comes, the Spirit of Truth, He will guide you to all truth. John 16:12

Each person’s life is a continuous dialogue with the Creator, a dialogue directed toward the truth. Regardless of whether or not we acknowledge it, the truth is that we are only creatures whose wealth is powerlessness. We are sinners whose only capital is spiritual misery. God wants us to acknowledge this truth, to place our powerlessness in front of His omnipotence, and to place our abyss of unfaithfulness in front of His unending mercy.

Do we have another solution? We do not have any reliance within ourselves. We can only grab onto the hand of our Creator, relying on His omnipotence and unceasing love, so that in us this wondrous marriage can take place, the perspective of which the Lord Himself unfolds before us. It is the encounter between our human ‘nothingness’ with the ‘Divine Everything.’ The Divine Everything desires to give Himself to us without reservation, to transform us and fill us with the happiness of God alone.

Everything that God has created is permeated with His breath, His will, and His action. The Creator is present in the world surrounding us – in animals, vegetation, and things – through the very act of creation and through the concrete design that God has connected with every living thing. He is present, in a special way, in rational creatures, abiding in them as if in His own temple. The whole created world fulfills God’s will and is permeated with His presence. The created world can become a true source of reliance for a person who is poor in spirit. The Creator’s love also permeates every event, which by the design of God is meant to direct us toward Him and toward our union with Him.

If we look at the world through the eyes of faith, we will notice that our Creator is present in everything, and that this is the presence of Love- – our only authentic reliance. St. Paul, in his discourse at the Areopagus in Athens, spoke to us about God’s presence permeating the whole world: “In him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). If we truly remembered this fundamental truth of our faith, we would attempt to assume a prayerful posture in our contact with the surrounding world so that we can praise God, who permeates the whole of creation. S. C. Biela, God Alone Suffices, pp 113-116.

References from the Catechism of the Catholic Church

260 The ultimate end of the whole divine economy is the entry of God's creatures into the perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity. 100 But even now we are called to be a dwelling for the Most Holy Trinity: "If a man loves me", says the Lord, "he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him": 101

O my God, Trinity whom I adore, help me forget myself entirely so to establish myself in you, unmovable and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity. May nothing be able to trouble my peace or make me leave you, O my unchanging God, but may each minute bring me more deeply into your mystery! Grant my soul peace. Make it your heaven, your beloved dwelling and the place of your rest. May I never abandon you there, but may I be there, whole and entire, completely vigilant in my faith, entirely adoring, and wholly given over to your creative action. 102

2672 The Holy Spirit, whose anointing permeates our whole being, is the interior Master of Christian prayer. He is the artisan of the living tradition of prayer. To be sure, there are as many paths of prayer as there are persons who pray, but it is the same Spirit acting in all and with all. It is in the communion of the Holy Spirit that Christian prayer is prayer in the Church.

Questions for Reflection
1. What kind of dialogue have I had with my Creator this week?
2. Looking at the events of this past week/month – in which might God have been wanting to help me acknowledge my powerlessness?
3. Where can Mary, a perfect dwelling for the Most Holy Trinity, be leading my spiritual life?

Prayer after Sharing: Thank you, God, for allowing me to see the truth about my weaknesses and how it calls upon the abyss of your merciful Love.