Sunday, June 4, 2023
Solemnity of di Most Holy Trinity
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“Dem don give Me all power for heaven and for earth. So, make una go make people from all nations become My disciples, dey baptize dem for di name of di Father, and of di Son, and of di Holy Spirit, dey teach dem to obey everything wey I don command una. And make una know say I dey with una always, until dis age go end.” Matthew 28:19–20 (Gospel for Year B)
Among all di great feasts wey we dey celebrate for di Church throughout di year, di Solemnity of today bring one Mystery before us wey deep well-well and pass wetin our mind fit reach, so tey we go spend eternity dey contemplate am without end. Di Trinity, di life of di Father, Son and Holy Spirit, no go ever become old, we no go ever understand am finish, and na im go make us worship God and rejoice forever. Even though di Church don use ideas from philosophy to explain di Trinity, no human idea or description go ever fit explain fully Who God be. Even though we fit point to some general truths about God, we no go ever fit show fully di very nature, depth, beauty and almighty power of di Trinity.
As we dey think about this truth, e important make we understand say di Trinity no be, first of all, one mystery for theology wey we dey try define. Instead, di Trinity na, first of all, communion of Persons wey God dey invite us to know. No be mainly through wetin our reasoning fit work out we dey come know God. We dey come know God as we unite with Am through prayer. Even though theology dey very useful and important, wetin God be for His very nature pass any idea from philosophy wey we fit define.
Di Father, Son and Holy Spirit na Persons. And as Persons, Dem want make we know Dem. And Dem want make we know Dem mainly through life of deep prayer wey go bring us close to Dem. Of course, to pray to One Person na to pray to all of Dem, because Dem na One God. But even so, God dey call us to relationship of love with di Father, di Son and di Holy Spirit. And even though our weak minds no fit fully understand wetin God be for His very nature, He go draw us deeper and deeper into knowing Am if we allow Am.
Prayer dey often start with prayers wey we dey recite, with meditation on Scripture, and with listening. But true prayer deep pass all these things. True prayer na contemplative prayer wey, for di end, dey lead us to union with God. Na only God fit start this kind prayer for our lives, and na only God, through this deep kind prayer, fit make us know Him as He be. Some of di greatest mystics for our Church, like Saint John of the Cross and Saint Teresa of Ávila, explain for their mystical theology say di deepest knowledge of God no dey come through ideas or images for our mind. In fact, if we want know God for His very nature, we must allow Am to clear away every idea wey we get about Who He be, so that di pure light of His very nature fit pour upon our minds. Dem say this knowledge pass to know things “about” God. Na di beginning of to “know God Himself.”
Today, reflect on di Most Holy Trinity. As you dey do so, pray to God and ask Am to help you know Am deeper and more closely. Ask Am to make you know His divine love and to open your mind and heart so you fit understand Who He be more deeply. Try humble yourself before di great Mystery of di inner life of God. To dey humble before di Mystery of God mean say we know how small di things wey we know about Am be, and how small we know Him Himself. But that humble truth go help you draw closer to di deeper relationship of love wey God dey call you enter.
Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, abeg draw me enter relationship of love with You, wey be one God and three divine Persons. Through di gift of mystical prayer wey dey transform person, make I dey know and love di mystery and beauty of Your life more every day. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Di images wey dey above: Holy Trinity wey Hendrick van Balen paint, through Web Gallery of Art
