Trinity Sunday Year B - 3/5/2012 - Gospel: Mt 28, 16-20
Unity
There is an absolute unity between God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit the feast that we celebrate this week- Trinitarian of God. There is a unity in action, in words and in persons,
What the Father does the Son also does Jn 5,19
I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Jn 14,14
The Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told you. Jn 14,26
When we are baptized we are baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. This universal formula taught by Jesus himself before he left this world and returned to the Father.
The unity of the faith community is a sign of God's love and grace because it brings harmony to the minds and hearts of the people who gracefully live in that community. Unity in faith will help us to achieve not just greatness but as well as doing God's will and made God's love more visible to the world.
The year of grace promoted by the Australian bishop invites each one of us to look back and see how we have responded to Jesus' call: love one another as I have loved you. We need to look back and see how we have followed and be witnesses for Jesus in our lives. Is Jesus the centre of our lives at home, at work and at our community gathering? St Paul tells us that without God's love we have achieved nothing, no matter what people praise you. You might win people's mind and heart but if your work does not make people see that God is working through you then people praise you, not God.
I may be able to speak the language of men and even of angles, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. I have the knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burnt but if I have no love, this does me no good. 1 Cor 13,1
God's grace works mysteriously and there is no need to worry about how and when to start. If you are not sure where to start I think there is no better place than to start within yourself. Look deep into your heart to discover God's grace into your lives and begin to give thanks to God. Just do your daily work as usually with a thankful heart. When you do an act of charity try to do it with love. When you serve someone try to serve them with love. When you listen to some try to listen with an open heart and when some wrongs you try to forgive before the day's end. When you do it you enrich your lives with God's grace.
What the Father does the Son also does Jn 5,19
I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Jn 14,14
The Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told you. Jn 14,26
When we are baptized we are baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. This universal formula taught by Jesus himself before he left this world and returned to the Father.
The unity of the faith community is a sign of God's love and grace because it brings harmony to the minds and hearts of the people who gracefully live in that community. Unity in faith will help us to achieve not just greatness but as well as doing God's will and made God's love more visible to the world.
The year of grace promoted by the Australian bishop invites each one of us to look back and see how we have responded to Jesus' call: love one another as I have loved you. We need to look back and see how we have followed and be witnesses for Jesus in our lives. Is Jesus the centre of our lives at home, at work and at our community gathering? St Paul tells us that without God's love we have achieved nothing, no matter what people praise you. You might win people's mind and heart but if your work does not make people see that God is working through you then people praise you, not God.
I may be able to speak the language of men and even of angles, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. I have the knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burnt but if I have no love, this does me no good. 1 Cor 13,1
God's grace works mysteriously and there is no need to worry about how and when to start. If you are not sure where to start I think there is no better place than to start within yourself. Look deep into your heart to discover God's grace into your lives and begin to give thanks to God. Just do your daily work as usually with a thankful heart. When you do an act of charity try to do it with love. When you serve someone try to serve them with love. When you listen to some try to listen with an open heart and when some wrongs you try to forgive before the day's end. When you do it you enrich your lives with God's grace.
Written by Fr Vũđình Tường
St Francis Xavier Catholic Parish
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane Australia
St Francis Xavier Catholic Parish
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane Australia