SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST BLESSED TRINITY

-


SIMPLE AND COMPLEX





Talk about God is simple. God is love. God is truth. God is mercy.  But talk about the Trinity is not simple. It sends people into a frenzy. It produces headaches, migraines, debates, doubts, and denial.



We do not have a problem with a simple God. Our problem starts when that God does not seem simple at all. How can one be three? How can three be one? How can a crucified man claim to be God? Can a bird be divine?!



I heard people say that they ditched the doctrine of the Trinity because they couldn’t understand it. The Iglesia ni Cristo speaks of one God, period. The Muslims speak of one God, period. The atheists speak of no God, even better!



Delving into God is delving into truth. And truth too, is simple. But the simplicity of truth passes through the complexity of human experience; otherwise it is childish, irrational, inhuman simplicity. The truth about God is simple but it passes through the entire gamut of decisions, feelings, commitments, sacrifices, etc.



God is Father, but not as simple as a father-king who sits on a throne. Rather he is the Father who falls in love with his creatures and in his heart adopts all men and women into his family. He made all things good but he wants to give them the best. It is not easy and simple but to achieve this, he sends his perfect image, his Son to lead us to him.



The Son is our Savior, but not simply a victor who triumphs after death to showcase his power over evil. The Son so loved the world too, that he considered all men and women his friends rather than his slaves. And for us, he gave his very life. On the cross and at the Resurrection, after giving all he had, he gave us his Spirit.



The Spirit is not a simple strange bird from heaven. He is the Love of God that touches our hearts. He is not an abstract, ghostly spirit but the Spirit who lives in our hearts today. Not a simple task, but he continues to give us life.



The simplicity of God, his truth, is not grasped totally in the classroom or in books. It is in prayer and friendship with him that we discover the One God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit who love and sustains us. When we experience him through our journeys of pain, loneliness, anger, betrayal, love, peace and joy, then God becomes real and not imaginary. The Trinity makes sense when we open ourselves to experience him in our lives.



In the silence of prayer, in the friendship with the divine, in the openness to his will, in the daily offering of our heart 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.
-->

Popular posts from this blog

HOLY MASS IN FILIPINO (TAGALOG)

-
Image
ANG BANAL NA MISA PAMBUNGAD NA AWIT Pari:    Sa ngalan ng Ama, at ng anak, at ng Espiritu Santo. Bayan: Amen P.         Sumainyo ang Panginoon. B.        At sumainyo rin. P.         Mga kapatid, aminin nating ang ating mga kasalanan upang tayo’y maging marapat sa pagdiriwang ng banal na paghahaing ito.             Sinugong Tagapagpagaling sa mga nagsisisi,             Panginoon, kaawaan mo kami. B.        Panginoon, kaawaan mo kami. P.        Dumating na Tagapag-anyayang mga makasalana’y magsisi,             Kristo, kaawaan mo kami. B.         Kristo, kaawaan mo kami. P.         Nakaluklok ka sa kanan ng Diyos Ama para ipamagitan kami             Panginoon, kaawaan mo kami. B.         Panginoon, kaawaan mo kami. P.         Kaawaan tayo ng makapangyarihang Diyos,             Patawarin tayo sa ating mga kasalanan,             At patnubayan tayo sa buhay na walang hanggan. B.        Amen. GLORIA/ LUWALHATI
Read more

SIMBANG GABI DAY 1: READINGS AND REFLECTIONS

-
Image
FIRST DAY: DECEMBER 16   (from the book: Where is the Child?by Fr. R. Marcos (Makati: StPauls);  pls responsibly acknowledge source when using publicly)   fr tam nguyen's photo First Reading: Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-8   Thus says the Lord: Observe what is right, do what is just, for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.   Hay is the one who does this, whoever holds fast to it: Keeping the sabbath without profaning it, keeping one’s hand from doing any evil. The foreigner joined to the Lord should not say, “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people”; Nor should the eunuch say, “See, I am a dry tree.” And foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, to become his servants—All who keep the sabbath without profaning it and hold fast to my covenant, them I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will
Read more

SIMBANG GABI DAY 2: READINGS AND REFLECTIONS

-
Image
SECOND DAY: December 17   (from the book: Where is the Child?by Fr. R. Marcos (Makati: StPauls);  pls responsibly acknowledge source when using publicly)   fr tam nguyen's photo   First Reading: Genesis 49:2, 8-10   Jacob called his sons and said [to them]: “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob, listen to Israel, your father. “You, Judah, shall your brothers praise—your hand on the neck of your enemies;the sons of your father shall bow down to you. Judah is a lion’s cub, you have grown up on prey, my son. He crouches, lies down like a lion, Like a lioness—who would dare rouse him? The scepter shall never depart from Judah, or the mace from between his feet, until tribute comes to him, and he receives the people’s obedience.”     A.             Short Background on the First Reading   1. Who was Judah? Judah was one of the twelve sons of Jacob (or Israel). Jacob was considered the father of the nation of Israel and his twelve sons were cons
Read more