Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity(Cycle B, YearII)

Community Word: God’s love empowers us to make disciples of all nations.

Theme: We make disciples of all nations when we bear witness to the glory of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Promise: “… I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Mt 28:20b)

Reflection:

As a community of believers, we profess our faith in the Holy Trinity as a communion of three Divine Persons who are ‘one with the other,’ ‘one for the other’ and ‘one in the other,’ the mystery of perfect love of the living God. These three timeless, united and equal Persons have positions of authority based on their loving relationship with each other. The Father is the begetter, the Son the begotten one, and the Holy Spirit the one emanating from both. The distinctiveness of the three Divine Persons does not dissolve God’s oneness, for they are one nature or substance. In them there is no contradiction of will, but perfect unity.

In the gospel of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Jesus commands His apostles: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,”(Mt 28:19).This‘great commission’is a huge challenge to His apostles and now to us, His modern-day disciples, as we ought to proclaim the mystery of the Holy Trinity (the Triune God), considered the ‘central mystery of our Christian faith and life.’ There will always be tough questions and apparent persecutions which may come our way to challenge our shared belief in the Truth, and more often, we may experience a lack of words to defend it.

Our community theme for the week is – We make disciples of all nations when we bear witness to the glory of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit.The best way to evangelize and touch the lives of others is not by words alone, but by living a life rooted in the unity, authority, and intimacy of the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity. Scripture expresses a wonderful comparison between the nature of God and the community we belong.The Three Divine Persons continually collaborate, sharing as one in all their activities – always acting in unity and harmony. They are completely equal with each other, but each one is totally free and possess royal dignity and authority. If members of the Trinity have for all eternity live in self-giving love for each other, Christians in community should be united by mutual love, working together in harmonious consensus and respect for each other’s authority and dignity. The diversity among us should not be a deterrent, but instead it should allow each one to use individual God-given gifts and talents to achieve a common purpose and motivate others to grow spiritually.

Though the persons of Blessed Trinity have different roles in the work of creation and redemption, these does not negate equality of value and nature of each other. They are in perfect community – oneness and intimacy, just as we are expected to exist, not one without others, not above or against others, but one with others and in others. True intimacy is both the mutual expression of love and the willingness to be vulnerable. It is acknowledging weaknesses and allowing others to speak into our lives, whether words of correction or encouragement.

The Blessed Trinity is the source of our beginnings. More so, union with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in eternal life must be our end goal. In bearing witness to the splendor of the Holy Trinity, we endeavor to work hard for unity, submission to proper authority, development of loving relationship with one another in our ‘imperfect’ community. This challenge is indeed tough. But we are assured that we are not alone in our life’s transformation journey because we believe in God’s promise – “… I am with you always, until the end of the age,”(Mt 28:20b).
Prayer:
Almighty and everlasting God, we, Your servants, are grateful to You for giving us the grace to acknowledge and witness to the glory of the Most Holy Trinity with unwavering faith. We thank You for allowing us to worship and bless You, our one true God in three Divine Persons. Keep us steadfast in our faith that we may relentlessly defend our belief against all adversaries. This we ask through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Reflection Questions:
1. How can we relate to the unity of the Blessed Trinity in our day-to-day life?

2. What are your struggles in promoting unity and loving relationship in your family and community? How do you plan to overcome them?

3. Have you taken a small step in “making disciples of all nations” by your little action of love and witnessing to others around you?

This Week’s Daily Mass Reading Guide:
May 27, 2018 (Sun)- Dt 4:32-34, 39-40/Ps 33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22/Rm 8:14-17/Mt 28:16-203
May 28, 2018 (Mon) – 1Pt 1:3-9/Ps111:1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10/Mk 10:17-27
May 29, 2018 (Tue) – 1Pt 1:10-16/Ps 98:1-4/Mk 10:28-31
May 30, 2018 (Wed) – 1Pt 1:18-25/Ps 147:12-15, 19, 20/Mk 10:32-45
May 31, 2018 (Thu) – Zep 3:14-18/Is 12:2-6/Lk 1:39-56
June 1, 2018 (Fri) -1Pt 4:7-13/Ps 96:10-13/Mk 11:11-26
June 2, 2018 (Sat) – Jude 17.20-25/Ps 63:2-6/Mk 11:27-33

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