Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Midweek Message - The Trinity

 



This coming Sunday we celebrate the  Feast of the Trinity, glorifying God who has revealed himself as a trinity of persons in unity of substance; an infinitely loving communion into which we ourselves, in Christ and in the power of the Spirit, have been adopted:


THE disciples who were present at the Supper saw and heard Jesus Christ making eucharist to the Father over the bread and the cup.  They were witnesses of the intercourse between the Eternal Son and his Eternal Father.  Mortal ears and eyes at that moment perceived the movement of speech and love which passes in the heart of the Godhead; human minds entered into that converse of the Divine Persons which is the life and happiness of the Blessed Trinity.  Belief in the Trinity is not a distant speculation; the Trinity is that blessed family into which we are adopted.  God has asked us into his house, he has spread his table before us, he has set out bread and wine.  We are made one body with the Son of God, and in him converse with the Eternal Father, through the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. (Austin Farrer)

 

We are made one body with the Son of God, and in him converse with the Eternal Father, through the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. 

Reflect on the glory and power of that,

LSP

7 comments:

  1. John 12 & 13 are my favorite chapters in holy scripture.

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  2. He is the model-maker, we are the model...He loves his creations. Timely reminder of this relationship and the intimacy we are privileged.

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  3. Ooops - forgot about Trinity Sunday coming up. For shame!!

    However, after being (gently) slapped down by a certain pastor in Texas re: not paying much attention to the theology of the Trinity, I have embarked on deep study of the subject and could now probably go toe-to-toe with the very finest theologians.

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  4. LL, they're right up there. For me? I think John 's Prologue:

    ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.

    οὖτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν.

    πάντα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν. ὃ γέγονεν

    ἐν αὐτῶ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων·

    καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.

    Just remarkable.

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  5. Well said, Paul. And thank you.

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  6. Well done, Adrienne!

    I'll be referring to Augistine's analogy (Lover, Beloved, Love) on Sunday, but like Aquinas per Sheed in TFB.

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  7. Okay - heading off to Augustine's Lover, Beloved, Love. Can't have too much Trinity. Right?

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