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Trinity Sunday May 30, 2010
God's incredible love is totally
incomprehensible. We can try to imagine it, and we can compare it to the love we
experience as human beings, but the reality is that God's love is so
overwhelming and unconditional, that it will never be possible for us to
comprehend how great God's love is. That's why the feast we celebrate today, the
Most Holy Trinity, can leave us with more questions than answers. In truth, any
theologian who has tried to plumb the mystery of the Trinity, whether saints
like Thomas Aquinas or Augustine, or contemporary scholars like Karl Rahner or
Gerald O'Collins, may write page after page, but in the end is still left
standing before the mystery.
One of the most famous images of the Trinity, the
icon by the Russian master Andrei Rublev (ca. 1360-1430), is an image of
hospitality. The three persons of the Trinity are represented by angelic beings
seated around a four-sided table inviting the viewer to come and take a place to
dine with them. When we encounter the love of God and truly experience it, this
is in effect what happens to us: we are seated at the table and enveloped in
God's love.
In the icon, the place at the table is empty,
because it is there for anyone and everyone. It is not just my place or yours.
Everything that the Father has, is also of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. And
so it is with the place at the table. When God invites us in, it is not to the
exclusion of others, but to the welcome of all. We may question how this is even
possible, since as limited creatures we parcel out our time, our resources, and
even our love. God does no such thing. And the more we are caught up in God's
love, the more we are able to express that love to others.
"When he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not
speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you
the things that are coming." - John 16:13
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