Trinity Sunday

Trinity: God who is love. The Father loves the Son and the love that abides them is the Holy Spirit.

1. WHO IS OUR GOD. Speaking of God does not only refer to a being outside us. A god for us is something precious to us. What takes our time, what is most pleasing to us, what occupies a large part of our heart and many others speak of "god" in our lives. It can be money, pleasure, fame, power and the like. Every person has something that he holds on to in his heart. Without it, he cannot stand. Trinity speaks of the face of God. It is not simply about numbers. It speaks of the nature of God. Trinity is not about numbers 1 in 3 and 3 in 1, etc. He is love becomes love takes three things: LOVER - Father; THE BELOVED - Jesus; and the LOVE - Holy Spirit. We may see a God of power or a God of love. Power dominates but love simply gives. Our three readings are very clear to us that our God is someone who simply love and give. He is not a God of power who dominates and conquers. So with our relationships, we may either dominate or simply give. Please take note that dominating is similar to getting. Give and not count the cost. People may be so unfair to us and hurt us, still, give.

2. THE WAY OF LOVE. [Story of Bp Tagle] There was a charity which feeds the poor and the needy every morning. A volunteer was assigned in preparing the bread. He was working so slow in toasting the bread that the first pair is already frozen hard after he finished the second set. A lady saw this and volunteered to donate her toasting machine. The superior refused and said she would not take such luxury. The superior asked the lady, "What time do you come here?" The lady answered, "5:30am." The superior answered,"if we have that machine you would come here 6:30am instead of 5:30am. We need you not the machine." We have substituted lots of things in exchange of love and failed to see the power of love.

3. GIVE OUR BEST. God is best because He loves. We give our best because we love. Please be careful not to make love cheap. I think that love is nowadays becomes too trivial (too cheap) when imprisoned in overyly romanticized matter. The best love still comes from Our Lord. Let us learn from Him and I believe our love will be the best.

The trinity is the God who comes to us. He is love.