{"id":2890,"date":"2019-06-16T12:28:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T16:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2019-06-16T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T16:29:06","slug":"the-most-trinity-year-c-homily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-most-trinity-year-c-homily\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Trinity, Year C – Homily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Most Holy Trinity, Year C<\/a>
Proverbs 8:22-31
Psalm 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (2a)
Romans 5:1-5
John 16:12-15
June 16, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a world where science has \/definitive\nanswers for many things, many people come to expect the same type of answers\nfor everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This leads some to deny the existence of\nGod, claiming people only used God to explain what they didn\u2019t understand.  Others expect definitive answers for all\ntheir questions about God.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Believing in God is not about getting\nscientific answers.  Faith is not about\nproving everything.  In fact, the word\n\u201cfaith\u201d means to believe in what cannot be proven.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through study we can come to understand\nmuch about our faith.  Led by the Spirit,\nwe can come to know why many of the commandments are good for us.  Even so, there are aspects of our faith that\nremain a mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we hear the word \u201cmystery,\u201d we might\nthink of a mystery novel or movie where a crime was committed and the book or\nnovel tells us how they capture the criminal. \nAs such, a \u201cmystery\u201d is something to be solved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God wants to help us know the Truth.  Jesus came to bring us the Truth but He\ndidn\u2019t teach us everything.  He told his\ndisciples, \u201cI have much more to tell you,\nbut you cannot bear it now.<\/em>\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus knew we are limited by our\nhumanity.  God is all-knowing and\nall-powerful.  How can we expect to\nunderstand all that God is?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can continue to learn.  That is why we receive the Holy Spirit in\nBaptism and are sealed with it in Confirmation for the Spirit \u201cwill guide you to all truth.<\/em>\u201d  Yet the Spirit does \u201cnot speak on his own<\/em>.\u201d  The\nSpirit comes not to deliver his own message but what He hears from the Father\nand the Son.  In this way, we recall how\nthe Holy Spirit \u201cproceeds from the Father and the Son.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This brings us to the \u201cmystery\u201d that we celebrate\ntoday.  Today we celebrate the Solemnity\nof the Holy Trinity.  Today we celebrate\nthe Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit who are three persons united in a\nperfect unity as one God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a mystery how the three are one but\nit is our faith.  All three are\neternal.  Jesus did not come into\nexistence when He was conceived in Mary\u2019s womb. \nThe Holy Spirit did not come into existence at Pentecost.  Both Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always\nexisted with the Father.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our lives have a beginning and an end and\nwe often try to fit God into this picture. \nThis falls short of believing God is who He is.  It fails to appreciate the awe and wonder that\nis God as He transcends human existence. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trinity is a mystery of a perfect\nrelationship.  The Communion between the\nFather, the Son, and Holy Spirit is something for us to model, appreciating\nthat \u201cwe have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ<\/strong><\/em>\u201d\nand that the \u201clove of God has been poured\nout into our hearts through the\nHoly Spirit<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may not understand the Trinity but we\ncan believe through<\/em><\/strong> what Jesus and the Holy Spirit have revealed<\/em><\/strong>\nto us.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future is not certain.  It\u2019s graduation time.  Graduation marks an end to one stage in\neducation.  We plan for what comes after\nbut there are no guarantees.  We also\ncelebrate Father\u2019s Day this weekend. \nBeing a father comes with uncertainity. \nA father does his best in raising his children but there is no guarantee\nof how the child will turn out. \nParenting includes teaching one\u2019s child to believe in God and to follow\nJesus.  It also includes praying for your\nchild, commending them to God\u2019s care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can never be sure how life will turn\nout.  There is always \u201cmystery\u201d in what\nthe future will bring.  What you can be\ncertain of is that no matter what happens, God is with you.  God protects us as our Father.  Jesus loves us as his brother.  The Holy Spirit guides us \u201cto all truth.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Most Holy Trinity, Year CProverbs 8:22-31Psalm 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (2a)Romans 5:1-5John 16:12-15June 16, 2019 In a world where science has \/definitive answers for many things, many people come to expect the same type of answers for everything. This leads some to deny the existence of God, claiming people only used God to explain what …<\/p>\n

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