Sunday, 5/22/16
Today is what the Church calls the
feast of the Blessed Trinity, but that name for God does not do justice to the
picture of God we are given by the Bible and the saints.
That word “trinity” forces us to think of God as a three-sided divinity rather than as the Father image we have from the Scriptures or as the saints know him. They present him as everything beautiful, truthful and good.
That word “trinity” forces us to think of God as a three-sided divinity rather than as the Father image we have from the Scriptures or as the saints know him. They present him as everything beautiful, truthful and good.
Actually, I am there quoting St. Thomas Aquinas. He told
us that when you say someone or something is good you are saying they are like
God. When you say someone is beautiful, you are saying that one is like God.
When you say something is truthful, you are saying it is like God.
Perhaps even better than that is
the Beloved Apostle John’s depiction of God as Love.
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