THE HOLY TRINITY

The Church continues to invite us to celebrate some notable feasts, even though we are back in Ordinary Time liturgically. The Solemnity of the Holy Trinity follows naturally from our celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit last weekend. The God in whom we put our faith was revealed to us by Jesus of Nazareth and it was he who spoke to us of his Father in heaven and of the Spirit, whom he would send to lead us to the truth. They are one and we are being invited to be one with them.

At the Holy Communion Masses this year I have stressed the wonder of how this happens. Our prayer at Mass, as indeed in all the sacraments, is that the Holy Spirit will make Jesus present so that he may live in us and thereby unite us with his Father. In the Eucharist he literally feeds us with himself.

Please pray for the families of the remaining 26 children in our parish who are making their First Holy Communion this weekend. May they experience the joy of this special occasion. Likewise, may we all rejoice that the Lord continues to sustain us with this gift of himself throughout our lives. Next Sunday we will be celebrating this gift as a community because it is the Feast of Corpus Christi.