The Heart of The Trinity

Let us begin today's weblog, in the name of the Father and of the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Everything begins with the Creator, the Generator of life - the First Person of the Holy Trinity, the Father. With the Father, comes the Second Person, the Son, Who is begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. The Third Person is the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son. Three Divine Persons in One God - One Divine Unity is Triune.

What comes from the Father is one with the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are distinct, yet of the same divine substance and nature. What is this nature? It is Love. God is Love. His nature is to love. And because He loved us first by sending His Son to save us, we are to be conformed to His image by loving through the Spirit of His Son.

In our weak human capacity to understand the mystery of the Blessed Trinity, we can almost describe the Heart of the Triune God. His Heart can only be Love. First, there was the Word, and the Word was made Flesh and dwelt among us. In other words, the Word was Love and Love became Man, Who promised to be with us always until the end of time. And because we are made in the image of Love, we are called to be in union with the Blessed Trinity, who is Love. "If a man loves me", says the Lord, "he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him". -John 14:23

On this holy feast of the Holy Trinity, let us pray with Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity:

O my God, Trinity whom I adore,
help me forget myself entirely
so to establish myself in you,
unmovable and peaceful
as if my soul were already in eternity.
May nothing be able to trouble my peace
or make me leave you,
O my unchanging God,
but may each minute bring me
more deeply into your mystery!
Grant my soul peace.
Make it your heaven,
your beloved dwelling
and the place of your rest.
May I never abandon you there,
but may I be there, whole and entire,
completely vigilant in my faith,
entirely adoring, and wholly given over
to your creative action.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and
to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning
is now and ever will be world without end.
Amen.