Rejoicing in Love

The first Sunday following Pentecost Sunday the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. We will perhaps hear homilies at Mass about the essence of the Trinity, about how our God is three divine Persons in One God, and many different analogies explaining the life of the Trinity and how each of the three Persons are distinct yet one. We may hear how St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Trinity, explaining each of the leaves to be Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, yet all held together by the one and same stem. Or maybe we will hear how St. Augustine described the Trinity as a community of love where the Father is the Lover, the Son is the Beloved, and the Holy Spirit as the Love that is present. Whether we prefer the theological explanation of the Oneness of the Trinity or the emphasis on the personal attributes of the distinct Divine Persons of the Trinity, at the core of why we celebrate Trinity Sunday is to remind ourselves of one very simple but profound truth: that God is Love and that we were created in that love, for that love, and so we rejoice.