Suy Niệm Tin Mừng Chúa Nhật Lễ Ba Ngôi
Hôm
nay, chúng ta cử hành trọng thể Lễ Chúa
Ba Ngôi. mầu nhiệm Chúa Ba Ngôi là trọng tâm đức tin chúng ta, nơi là
khởi thuỷ mọi sự và là sau cùng củamọi thứ. Mầu nhiệm của sự hiệp nhất và của Thiên Chúa, và đồng thời là sự hiện hữu của Ngài trong ba Ngôi bằng nhau, nhưng trong ba bản thể khác
nhau. Chúa Cha, Chúa Con và Chúa Thánh Thần: sự hiệp nhất trong cùng
một sự hiệp thôngvà thông công trong sự hiệp nhất. Trong ngày trọng đại này, chúng ta phải nhận ra
rằng mầu nhiệm to lớn của Thiên Chúa Ba
Ngôi luôn hiện diện trong cuộc sống của chúng ta: từ Bí Tích Rửa
Tội khởi đầu cuộc sống làm con Chúa của chúng
ta, mà chúng ta đã nhận
được tên Chúa Ba Ngôi, cho
đến khi chúng ta được tham dự trong mầu nhiệm Thánh Thể, nhờ
Mầu Nhiệm Thánh Thể này chúng ta cùng vinh danh Chúa
Cha, nhờ qua Đức Chúa Giêsu Kitô,
Con của Ngài, và tạ ơn Chúa Thánh Thần. Và đây cũng là dấu chỉ mà Kitô hữu chúng tasẽ nhận biết nhau: đó là dấu
thánh giá, Nhân danh Cha, và Con, và Chúa
Thánh Thần.
Sứ mệnh của Chúa Con, Chúa Giêsu Kitô, bao gồm vào sự
mặc khải của Chúa Cha,mà Ngài là hình ảnh Chân, Thiện Mỹ và trong ân sủng của Chúa Thánh Thần, cũng đã được tiết lộ bởi Chúa Con. Ngày nay, qua những lời trong các sách phúc âm cho thấy : Chúa Con nhận được tất cả mọi thứ từ Chúa Cha với sự hoàn toàn hiệp nhất: "Mọi sự Cha
có, đều là của Thầy.", và Chúa Thánh Thần nhận được Thánh Thần từ Chúa Chavà Chúa Con. "Vì
thế Thầy đã nói: Người (Thánh Thần) lấy những gì của Thầy mà loan báo cho anh
em". (Ga 16:15). Và trong một
phần khác của cùng chương
này (Ga 15:26):"Khi
Ðấng Bảo Trợ đến, Ðấng mà Thầy sẽ sai đến với anh em từ nơi Chúa Cha, Người là
Thần Khí sự thật phát xuất từ Chúa Cha, Người sẽ làm chứng về Thầy." Từ tất cả những điều đấy, chúng ta
hãy tìm hiểu rõ về chân lý tuyệt vời và an ủi: Thiên Chúa Ba Ngôi, Từ sự xa cách và tách biệt, đến với chúng ta, ở trong chúng ta và biến đổi chúng ta trong sự đối thoại của Chúa Ba Ngôi. Và điều này, qua Chúa Thánh Thần, nhờ đó chúng ta được hướng dẫn tới vào sự thật toàn vẹn (x. Ga 16:13). , Thánh Lêô Cả, có những lần, đã nói như sau : để duy trì mầu
nhiệm của Thiên Chúa trong
chúng ta và, thật vậy, miệt mài trong quê
hương chúng ta ở trên trời" (x. Phil 3:20), có nghĩa là chúng ta
nóng lòng mong đợi Ðức Giêsu Kitô từ trời đến cứu chúng ta trong Chúa Ba Ngôi
The Solemnity of the Most
Holy Trinity
Today,
we celebrate the solemnity of the mystery at the center of our faith, where
everything originates from and where everything returns to. The mystery of the
unity and of God, and at the same time, his subsistence in three equal and yet,
different Persons. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: unity in communion
and communion in unity. In this great day, we must realize that his great
mystery is ever present in our lives: from the very Sacrament of our Baptism
—which we have received in the name of the Holy Trinity— till our participation
in the mystery of the Eucharist, which is made for the glory of the Father, by
his Son Jesus Christ, thanks to the Holy Spirit. And it is also the signal by
which we Christians recognize one another: the sign of the Cross, in the name
of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
The
mission of the Son, Jesus Christ, consists in the revelation of his Father,
whom He is the perfect image of, and in the gift of the Spirit, which has also
been revealed by the Son. Today, the proclaimed evangelic reading shows it up
to us: the Son receives everything from the Father in perfect unity: «All that
the Father has is mine», and the Spirit receives all that the Spirit is from
the Father and the Son. «Because of this —says Jesus— I have just told you,
that the Spirit will take what is mine and make it known to you» (Jn 16:15).
And in another part of this same chapter (Jn 15:26): «When the Counselor comes,
whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from
the Father, He will testify about me».
From
all that, let us learn the great and comforting truth: the Holy Trinity, far
from being distant and aloof, comes to us, dwells within us and transforms us
in its interlocutors. And this, through the Spirit, which guide us into the
whole truth (cf. Jn 16:13). The incomparable “Christian dignity”, which, St.
Leo the Great, at times, speaks about, is this: to keep God's mystery within us
and, thus, revel in our Earth of our own Heavenly “citizenship” (cf. Phil
3:20), that is, into the Holy Trinity's bosom.
My Homily
for Sunday the Most Holy Trinity (C) Jun
16, 2019
My Homily
for Sunday the Most Holy Trinity (C) Jun
16, 2019
Today,
we celebrate the solemnity of the mystery at the center of our faith, where
everything originates from and where everything returns to. The mystery of the unity and of God, and at
the same time, his subsistence in three equal and yet, different Persons.
The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: unity in communion
and communion in unity.
The mystery of the Holy Trinity is so mysterious that some
of the priests avoid preaching this subject on this Sunday therefore the deacon
gets to work. I hope I don’t get myself trouble.
Today, the Feast of the Holy Trinity is the first Sunday
after Pentecost, the Great Fifty Days of Easter.
Now we are back to what is called Ordinary Time of the
Church calendar. It's not really so "ordinary." Every Sunday is a
Sunday celebrating the Blessed Trinity, the readings during this cycle are
devoted to the mystery of Jesus Christ in all its aspects.
We begin on the Holy Trinity Sunday by contemplating the
mystery of God. The mystery of the Holy Trinity states that there is one God in
three Divine Persons:
This troubled me when I was a kid.
I remember when I was in first grade. We studied
for our first
Communions. There was no books then.. (even though I
don’t think we were able to read well by ourselves yet).
We had
to memorize the
questions and answers that a religious sister read to us and then we repeated and
repeated them until we knew all by heart.
The very first question we had ever learned about God is
“How many
God?” the answer is: “There is only one God but in three persons. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.” Well, with this answer
made the
little brain in my head really confuse at the time.
I kept asking myself: How come the
Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God, yet there is only one
God?
We kids all wondered at that time.
should it be 3 Gods. we learn math
in our class I can prove it 1
+ 1 is 2, 1+1+1 is 3…
How come the sister told us God the
Father, God the Son, and 98
So, the Holy Trinity is a mystery, and because it is a
mystery we cannot solve it with math but with our faith. We must believe
and profess it with
faith and live
with our faith
The Holy Trinity is the mystery of the God who created us and the world
out of a love so perfect and complete that we cannot begin to understand
it; The God who continues to re-create us and our world in the
gift of his Son, the very love of God made man and real for us.
Out of the same mysterious love, God calls us back again and
again, not as an all-powerful Creator demanding homage from the lowly subjects
he created, but as a compassionate Parent welcoming back his own children and loving
them unconditionally.
God invites us to a relationship with him centered in love,
mercy and trust.
Let’s take a moment and think about the Holy Trinity in the
Sign of the Cross that we make at the beginning and end of every prayer.
When we are making the sign of the cross, it is a prayer in
itself, a very profound one.
This visible sign is a powerful profession of our faith in
the existence of the Holy Trinity. In fact, it is a mini-liturgy, doing and
saying something that is distinctively religious.
One of the ways to deepen the meaning of today's celebration
of the Feast of the Holy Trinity is to concentrate on the reverent the use of
this sacred sign.
We touch our heads showing our assent of faith, as we
pronounce the name of the Father, our divine Creator. It's a
dedication of our minds to God. Our fingertips next come to rest at
the base of our hearts, symbol of love.
We speak the name of the great Lover, the Second Person of
the Holy Trinity, God-Man and Savior.
The sign is concluded as the fingers move from one shoulder
to the other, signifying eagerness to give our arms and hands to good works
under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Finally, the hands interlock showing we are united and
single-minded in our efforts. With this conclusive gesture we say
"Amen"; so be it.
In the name of the Holy Trinity we were signed in baptism, have had our sins
forgiven and received many blessings.
Although basic to our faith, the Holy Trinity is not to be understood but professed and admired,
because Jesus talks about the Father and the Advocate, the Holy Spirit in the
Gospels.
We believe God is one nature but three persons, but the full
meaning of those words is far beyond our comprehension.
However, the Trinity is a unique model and sign of harmonious
unity, a unity God expects to see in the daily lives of His children.
Every blessing of the Church flows from the Holy Trinity, traced out through the Sign of the
Cross. Under that sign we are sealed our wedding
vows. And that same familiar sign will offer us a safe passage to
the eternal Kingdom.
Today's celebration of the Holy Trinity confronts us with our response to God's invitation,
and our worthiness to be called God's children.
May this Holy Trinity Sunday inspire each one of us to
manifest faith with our minds, love with our hearts, and service with our
hands, in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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