Word from the Pastor

The Most Holy Trinity

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.

Dear parish family,​

The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is a basic doctrine of faith in Christianity, understandable not by our heads, but with our hearts. God is not an idea or a concept; He is an experience that we call Love. It teaches us that there are three distinct Persons in one God, sharing the same Divine Nature, co-equal and co-eternal. Our minds cannot fully grasp this doctrine, which teaches that 1 + 1 + 1 = 1 and not 3. But we believe in this Mystery because Jesus, who is God, taught it clearly; the Evangelists recorded it; the Fathers of the Church tried to explain it; and the Councils of Nicea and Constantinople defined it as a dogma of Christian faith.

“God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Gn 1:27). In God, there is a duality of masculinity and femininity, yet a reconciled duality. God is union and communion. It is not good for God to be alone. The God of Israel is One, but not solitary. He is a loving and relational God. As the Shema Israel says: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and with all your might” (Dt 6:4–9). God is by nature relational, open, and giving. He loved us to the point of giving His only Son to save us from the bondage of sins. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life” (Jn 3:16). The Son, in return, gave Himself totally to the Father by sacrificing His life on the Cross for our salvation. The fire of the loving and intimate relationship between the Father and the Son is the Holy Spirit. There is a loving communion and a dynamic exchange between the three Persons of the Holy Trinity.

The Holy Trinity is essential for our Christian life. All prayers in the Church begin in the name of the Holy Trinity and end by glorifying the Trinity. All sacraments are administered in the name of the Holy Trinity. We are baptized, confirmed, anointed, our sins are forgiven, our marriage is blessed, and our bishops, priests, and deacons are ordained in the name of the Holy Trinity. We give glory to the Holy Trinity for the Incarnation of Jesus and for our redemption.

We were created in the image and likeness of God. Therefore, every human being is by nature a person who has the capacity for communion and love (Capax Dei). We can enter into a genuine relationship with God, our Creator, because He first reached out to us through His Son, Jesus Christ. “I have not come to condemn, but to save.” Jesus wants to fill each one of us with eternal life through Baptism. He is inviting us to participate in the very life of the Holy Trinity by embracing His Cross and by stretching ourselves to love our brothers and sisters as He Himself has loved us. Let us, therefore, respect ourselves and others because everyone is the temple of the Holy Spirit where all Three Persons of the Holy Trinity abide. Let us also have the firm conviction that the Trinitarian God abides in us, that He is the source of our hope, courage, and strength, and that He is our final destination.

Happy Feast of the Holy Trinity!

Fr. Jean Jadotte
Pastor