Reflection for Sunday June 7, Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: John 3:16-18

Gospel: John 3:16-18

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

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Reflection:

Can we fathom the mystery of the Blessed Trinity? No we cannot it is beyond our human understanding to comprehend the mystery of the three persons in one God.

As we journey with our Catholic faith we will be introduced to mysterious dogmas/doctrines such as the Blessed Trinity. No matter how hard we try to understand it we will not be able to understand it. We simply have to believe it and this is part of the mystery of our catholic faith. That’s why for us to further grow in our catholic faith we must always journey with our faith and not with our sight.

The Blessed Trinity is the mysterious fusion of God the Father, the creator (Genesis 1:31-2:4), God the Son that is Jesus (Luke 3:22) and God the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4). What is the binding agent that mysteriously put together these three persons to become one God? It’s their selfless love for each other. The Holy Trinity is also the best model of humility for the reason that there’s no ego amongst them, this is primarily the reason why they were able to fuse and love flawlessly.

The challenge before us is this: We must exercise love towards our fellowmen as the Three Divine Persons in one God exercised love for us and amongst themselves. We must be humble and loving as the Three Divine persons in one God are humble and loving. Do we love as the Holy Trinity exercised love? Do we have humility like the humility of the Holy Trinity?

The gospel talks about the love of God for all of humanity. God sent His only begotten Son to save humanity in exchange for what? God asks us nothing in exchange except that we believe in His beloved Son Jesus. And the moment we believe in Jesus we are already saved. This is another mystery of our Catholic faith that we have to embrace with faith.

Why are we already saved the moment we believe in the Lord? Because the beginning of our salvation starts also when we begin to believe in Jesus. Do we believe in Jesus and do we accept Him as our Lord and Savior? – Marino J. Dasmarinas