Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross in Green Bay, WI
Reflection for June 15, 2025

Reflection for June 15, 2025

Three in One, one in love

The mystery of the Holy Trinity is not a puzzle to solve but a truth to live

by Sister Agnes Fischer

It was Christ who revealed that there is one true God in three distinct Persons, that they do not divide the one divinity, but each of them is entirely God.

Already the Old Testament began to prepare the people for this revelation, inviting them to listen to the Wisdom of God.

Little by little the apostles began to understand the meaning of Jesus' words, when he spoke to them of his Father and promised them the Spirit of truth.

They learned that Jesus was Lord, the son of God sent by the Father, and when they experienced the action of the Holy Spirit within their hearts, they began to penetrate the mystery that God was Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the central mystery of faith and of Christian life.

Today’s second reading tells us that we are all called to participate in the life of the Blessed Trinity.

We live under the sign of the cross, "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

How important is this Sign in my life?

Is it really a prayer for me?

5 Comments

Millie HAYES
06/13/2025 9:57 am

Good food for thought, Aggie. Thanks

SR ROSE JOCHMANN
06/13/2025 10:54 am

Hi, Aggie,

Thank you for this reflection on the Trinity - from the Old Testament to Jesus words about the Father and the Spirit. Well done!

Linda
06/13/2025 11:47 am

Love. Community. Love in Community. Love for One another. A Community of Love. The Beloved Community, as Martin Luther King, Jr. first envisioned and gave his life for. Other peace and justice, caring groups now do the same. This is what the "mystery" of the Trinity means to me. "How" this all comes to be, and "who" and "when" God invites, calls, inspires, moves, chooses to participate in this "Trinitarian Lived-in-Real Life" Action is, indeed a "mystery," but it is a 'real happening,' none-the-less. This activity of Holy Spirit is not just a matter of words; it is for us to make Real here and now.

As funds are being cut for medical care, education, social needs and human development, as well as for respecting, sustaining, and caring for the Earth, itself, we need all the more to STAND UP FOR and SPEAK FOR Living this Vision of BELOVED COMMUNITY, as JESUS, Himself taught us.

Bette Fischer Rempp
06/13/2025 12:05 pm

A good reminder, Aggie. Well done!

Sr. Mary Kabat
06/13/2025 1:21 pm

The Sign of the Cross is a prayer in itself. Thank you for your thought-provoking reflection.

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