Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity By Tobe Eze

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

FIRST READING
Exodus 34:4b—6, 8—9

SECOND READING
2 Corinthians 13:11—13

GOSPEL
John 3:16—18

THEME: THE LOVE AMONG THE TRINITY.

GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

BIBLICAL VIEWS ABOUT TRINITY.

In Genesis 1, the Bible said that, when the world was in a formless void, the Spirit was hovering around the water. In the same Genesis, God said let us create man in our own image and likeness. From this statement, it sows that were other persons existing with God that time. If it was only him, he would just say, let me create man in my own image and likeness. The Trinitarian has been into existence from before creation. (Genesis 1:2 and Genesis 1:26).

When Abraham in the same Genesis has lived with his wife for years without issue. Sarah has reached menopause and passed it according to human being for God has no menopause. Abraham may by that time have stopped erection. When men from heaven visited him, and promised them that by that time next year, they be with child. Why three men? To represent the Holy Trinity. (Genesis 18).

In Exodus, when the Israelites were about to leave Egypt, on the Passover night. God directed Moses tell his people Israel to kill a ram without blemish and paint the blood on the three poles of every Israelite’s door poles, so that when he sees the blood, he will Passover them. The three poles were to show that it was only the father that will be passing but the Trinitarian God. (Exodus 12).

In the canticle of Daniel, he also recognized the Trinity. (Daniel 3:57-88). The canticle we sang this morning during Morning Prayer.

Coming to the New Testament, during the baptism of Jesus, the three manifested themselves their. Jesus as a man (the son), spirit as the dove and father as the voice. (Matthew 3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11, and Luke 3:21-22)

Jesus again asked his apostles to go out to the ends of earth, giving them the word of life and baptizing them in the name of the father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19).

After his resurrection, he came to his apostles and told them, the father has given me every power, receive the Holy Spirit. By this it means that the Holy Spirit proceeded from the father through the Son to reach his apostles. (John 20:22-23).

St. Paul himself talked about this same Trinity in today’s second reading, May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2Corinthians 13:14). Again St. Paul in his letter to the Philippians. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:2)

St. John himself talked about the Holy Trinity in his first letter. There are three bodies in heaven and three of them are one. (1John 5:7).

PEOPLE’S VIEW

Some said that Holy Trinity is like water can exist in three States. Gas, liquid and solid. Gas when boiled till point of evaporation, liquid as normal water we know and solid as when frozen to form ice.

Some said they are like a cassava leaf. One leaf that has three ears.

And many other stories both the same right and wrong. Both heresy and good arguments.

THE LOVE AMONG THE TRINITY.

The love between the Trinity is inseparable. It is love that binds them together and this love shifted to us as shown in the gospel. For God so love the world that he gave his only son to die for us. (John 3:16). Let us love God with all our hearts, minds souls and bodies so that we will share in the Trinitarian love. The only perfect love. THANKS AND HAPPY SUNDAY.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN.