Have you ever thought about the nature of God; what is God like? One answer we have is in the person of Jesus who is both fully human and fully divine.

During His ministry Jesus goes on to tell us more about God. Jesus regularly refers to the Father. Particularly in John's Gospel, He tells us that He and the Father are one. He goes on to refer to the Holy Spirit. Jesus shows us that the three - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - are distinct but they are also one. One in their divinity. One being in three distinct persons. Something we call the Holy Trinity.

How are we to understand this? the truth is that this side of eternity we can never fully comprehend it. We should not be surprised at this as our human minds and our language is always limited in trying to understand and describe the nature of the divine life of God, the totality of which is beyond our human understanding.

However I think that Jesus helps us to understand something of the nature and the life of the Trinity. The first is the principle of unity. Jesus calls us to be one with each other, both in the church and in the world as He is one with the Father through the Holy Spirit.

Second is the principle of love. Love is one of the foundation stones of the Christian life. This points us towards how the Holy Trinity exists in an eternal state of love for each other. Love that overflows out to us, particularly in this month from the pierced Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Another principle is limitless self-giving. Out of nothing but love the Father gives us his Son, Jesus. Jesus and the Father give us the Holy Spirit. These things are pure gift to us, the free sharing of divinity with humanity. An amazing and beautiful thing.

We cannot fully comprehend the Holy Trinity, that is why we describe it as a mystery. However if we are united, loving, and self giving we really do bring the life of the Holy Trinity into our our hearts and souls and into our bruised and damaged world. In this way we share in the life of the Holy Trinity here and now.

As always, please be assured of my daily prayers for your needs and intentions.

Fr Chris