Jesus says in the gospel for today: " 'I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now'." (Jn 12: 12) This is so true! The mystery of God is so great and his love for us so amazing that words cannot suffice. Even if Jesus was to teach the apostles and us in plain language the fulness of his message we could not understand it. That is why the Gospel must be proclaimed not just using the written word and speech but also in music, art and architecture along with every other expression of human longing. The mystery of the Holy Trinity has be treated by the great saints at length, for example, De Trinitate which took St Augustine many years to write, some say as many as thirty. The ecumenical councils of the Church and the creeds we pray on Sundays and solemnities testify to the greatness and importance of this foundational mystery. Let us ponder today the Holy Trinity and contemplate the implications of this wonderful doctrine for our own lives. To do this we must be open to the Holy Spirit who we celebrated last Sunday: " 'When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come'. " (Jn 16: 13)
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