Trinity Sunday

Readings: Proverbs 8v1-4&22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5v1-5; John 16v12-15.

Let us pray: May the words of my mouth and the thoughts and meditations of all our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer.

A Word: Today we call to mind that as Christians we believe in a Triune God. Three persons but one God. A God who reveals God’s self to us as: our creator, our saviour and our guide. A God who we know is one God but who we meet as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. A God who we describe as the Holy Trinity, yet one God. This is a belief of the Church that is set out in the Creeds. This is a belief that is described by the Church as a mystery because it is difficult to understand or make sense of. For how can one God be three persons? Yet even if this belief makes little sense to us, it is the belief of the Church. For whether we understand it or not; or struggle to accept this teaching or not; the Church truly believes that this is what God is.

However, for those of us who cannot make any sense of this, we can step back and breath because we learn many things about through scripture. For, the psalm reminds us that the God who made heaven and earth seeks out humankind. Then in Proverbs we hear that Wisdom came into being before all things were made and was present at creation. We also hear that Wisdom delights and rejoices in the human race and is always calling out to us to give us understanding. Next, in the gospel of John, we hear Jesus telling his disciples that the Spirit of Truth is sent to guide us. Finally, in the letter to the Romans, we hear that God’s love for us has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. The same spirit that tells us that we can find peace with God through Jesus; and, with Jesus, the hope of sharing the glory of God.

All of this tells me that we have a God who is awesome, mighty and loving towards the human race; a God who is reaching out to help us. A God that the letter to the Romans says will send the spirit of God to us when we suffer to bring good out of miserable times. For when we suffer: misery produces endurance; endurance produces character; character produces hope; a hope that can never disappoint.

So whatever we believe about God and whatever we can accept about the Church’s teachings about God; what we do know is that God is there for us, even in the darkest of times.

Let us Pray: Almighty, everlasting and eternal God you have revealed yourself to the Church as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We thank you for the grace you give that helps us to recognise you as a Trinity. We thank you for the power to worship you as a Unity. We ask you to keep us committed in faith and shielded from adversities, but if we must suffer to sense your presence. We pray you will guide us to know you in all your ways and teach us to rejoice in your eternal glory. Amen

Thanks for joining us today.