The Most Holy Trinity

On the weekend we celebrated the Holy Trinity. The Holy Trinity is one of the most abstract concepts that is central to our faith as Catholics. So how can having a deeper understanding of the Trinity, help to strengthen our faith and guide us to continue to grow together?

Every time we make the sign of the cross we pray, ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen’. This prayer expresses the mystery of the Trinity, that God reveals himself in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. But how can God be three persons!

In a snapshot, a great way to look at the Trinity is to think of God as having three parts: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each part is its own part, meaning they are not the same as each other. We pray to God the Father and God the Son and we often recognize how the Holy Spirit works through us and asks for guidance from the Holy Spirit.

We have to remember that no one analogy will capture the Holy Trinity entirely, but they are helpful in trying to understand that we have one God not three.

No matter the analogy that you use, what we know for certain is that the Holy Trinity is central to our faith, even if we don’t fully understand it. The Mystery of the Holy Trinity is the source of all the mysteries of our faith.

As Our Faith helps us to believe, and when we believe together, our faith is strengthened.