Introduction

Having completed our long and joyful celebration of Easter — which centered on the mystery of the Risen Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity — and having just commemorated the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, today the Church invites us to contemplate the fullness of the divine mystery: one God in three Persons.

The central mystery we celebrate today is this: There is one God, and in this one God, there are three Divine Persons; the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. Yet there are not three Gods, but one, eternal, incomprehensible God.

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity can be seen as a culmination of all the preceding celebrations. Each major feast reveals one facet of the Triune God’s saving work:

• Christmas and Epiphany reveal the Father’s gift of the Son;
• Easter and the Ascension celebrate Christ’s redemptive mission;
• Pentecost marks the Spirit’s descent upon the Church.

All three Persons, distinct yet united, are present in our redemption.

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