Sunday, June 12, 2022
Solemnity of di Most Holy Trinity
“Dem don give Me all power for heaven and for earth. So, make una go make people from all nations My disciples. Make una baptize dem for di name of di Father, and of di Son, and of di Holy Spirit. Make una teach dem to obey everything wey I don command una. And see, I dey with una always, until di end of di age.” Matthew 28:18-20
Di Trinity! Di inner life of God! Di Greatest Mystery of our Faith!
All of us don dey used to di idea say na one God dey. And we fully accept say dis one God na di Father, Son and Holy Spirit. If we just look am from outside, e fit be like say dis two things dey contradict each other. How God fit be one and three at di same time? Na mystery wey worth make we enter deep into am and reflect on am.
First, we need to understand say God di Father, Son and Holy Spirit na three divine Persons. Each One dey distinct from di other. Each Person get understanding wey perfect and free will. Each One fit know and love perfectly.
But na dis “perfection” of Their ability to know and love dey make Them one. Each of Them share di one divine nature and, inside dat divine nature, They dey perfectly united. Dis mean say each One know and love di other perfectly. And dat knowledge (an act of Their perfect understanding) and love (an act of Their perfect will) dey bring unity wey deep well-well, sotey They dey live and act as one God.
Another thing wey dey inspire us as we know and understand am na say di unity wey They share through how They know and love one another still dey give each One of Them complete fulfilment as a Person. Dis show say na unity dey bring fulfilment to “being a person.” Dis na wonderful lesson for each of us.
We no be God, but God make us for His image and likeness. Na so, we dey get full satisfaction di same way wey God dey get am. To talk am clear, we dey get full satisfaction for life through di love wey we get for other people and as we freely choose to know each person, so that we go dey united with dem. How this one go be go depend on di kind relationship wey we get. Of course, God dey call husband and wife to share di deepest kind of unity, as dem dey imitate di life of God. But God dey call people for every kind relationship to share for His life in their own special way.
Today, as we dey celebrate dis Trinity Sunday, reflect on di relationships wey God don call you to. How fully you dey imitate di love of di Trinity for your relationships? Surely, all of us go see areas wey we still need to grow. Make up your mind to take another step deeper and, as you take dat step of love, allow God to give you greater fulfilment through am.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, help me to know You and to love You. Help me discover di love wey You dey share within Your own divine life. As I discover this love, help me to love other people with Your heart too. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, na You I trust.
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Di main picture above: Di Holy Trinity, wey Antonio de Pereda paint, from Wikimedia Commons
