[ Today's Readings ]
We celebrate the mystery of the Trinity today. The reason we do this so closely after Pentecost is because now that we have received the Holy Spirit we can better understand this mystery.
Jesus gives us the grace to live and be faithful. That grace is the Holy Spirit living in us. The Father and the Son love one another and they share that love with us. That love is the Holy Spirit. We experience his presence in our lives when we make the same cry that the Spirit makes in Jesus, 'Abba, Father!' This is why our obedience and our love are now linked. We want to please our Father.
The Spirit exists from the beginning and delights in God's creation. He plays on the surface of the earth at the beginning. He is the wisdom which penetrates all things. He is the Spirit who knows the mind of God. And he reveals this to us. It is not stuffy and static knowledge of academia. It is a playful and loving relationship with all that is.
The Holy Spirit is the gift of Pentecost.
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,
he will guide you to all truth.
He comes to us as the love of the Father and the Son. He comes to us as wisdom. He manifests as obedience and love. Through him we come to know and give praise to the Trinity.
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."
The mystery of creation which the Spirit reveals is great.
When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars which you set in place —
What is man that you should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that you should care for him?
But his delight in us is still greater than his delight in the rest of creation. He is pleased to unite us to the Son and reveal the Father.
then was I beside him as his craftsman,
and I was his delight day by day,
playing before him all the while,
playing on the surface of his earth;
and I found delight in the human race.
The power of Pentecost is the reason we have this feast today. So let us pray, Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love!
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