Humans at Their Best Are...

I found this image on the internet.




Humans at their best are a reflection of the Trinity.


June 19 - Trinity Sunday


There is an old saying: " Two's company, three's a crowd." But this is not always the case. If the "two" agree perfectly on every point, all is well. But if there is a disagreement, it is very useful to have a third to bounce ideas off and get some sort of decision instead of an endless argument.


On the other hand, three can also be in perfect agreement and we have a perfect example this Sunday; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Who first told us about this marvelous and profoundly mysterious phenomenon? The Son, of course! As we saw last year, he solved the ancient problem about the loneliness of God ("How can God be happy if He is alone?") but also scandalized the religious leaders (" God is ONE % He has no Son!")


The First Reading from Exodus shows the great Moses in dialog with God Who describes Himself as "merciful and gracious." Is this true? Of course. If God were not good in every sense He would be defective and . . . thus not limitless in His goodness. Any limit in God is inadmissible no matter how hard it is for us to understand Him.


"Glory and praise forever" - the Responsorial Psalm sets the right note and that will be our joy in Paradise: giving God and eternal standing ovation!


We are familiar with the phrase in the Second Reading: it is one of the opening greetings of the Mass.


The Gospel at first glance says nothing about the Trinity but, as we saw last year, if there is a "father" and a "son" then there is between father and son a mysterious but real bond of love, tenderness, admiration and satisfaction. Among humans, of course, not always - what else is new? But when humans are at their best, then we see on earth a tiny reflection of the tremendous, infinite stream of love, satisfaction and admiration existing forever between the Three Persons.