Gospel Reflection June 15 – Deacon Frank Iannarino
Sunday, June 15
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
John 16: 12-15
Gospel:
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,
he will guide you to all truth.
He will not speak on his own,
but he will speak what he hears,
and will declare to you the things that are coming.
He will glorify me,
because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
Everything that the Father has is mine;
for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
and declare it to you.”
Gospel Reflection:
Life has many mysteries. Science tries to solve many of them, and it is interesting that as we come to understand some mysteries, we discover even more. Understanding people is similar. Sometimes we don’t even understand people we live with. Sometimes we don’t even understand ourselves. Yet there are those who think they should understand the one who created all this mystery and that God should not be mysterious at all. There is much more in life and about God that we must learn and understand. Jesus tells us this in this weekend’s gospel when he says, “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot handle it now.” He would send the “Spirit of truth” to guide us.
The Holy Trinity is a fundamental mystery of our faith. We were baptized into the Trinity. We begin our prayers in the name of the Trinity: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Our faith in Jesus’ divinity rest on the doctrine of the Trinity. What makes the Mass unique and such a powerful prayer is that Jesus prays with us in the Mass; our prayer is offered to the Father in union with the perfect sacrifice of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.
One of the keys to help us understand the Trinity just a little better is the concept of relationships. Without relationships in our lives, life would be unbearable. Our relationships unite us with others and yet we know we are separate from them. We are one with them, yet we have our own individual lives.
When we struggle to see the Trinity’s presence in our lives, remember that the Holy Spirit is the bridge spanning our doubts. The Holy Spirit connects us to the Father and Son and opens our eyes to the way God is working in the world, even in the midst of life’s hardships. We are not alone in our journey. We are people in a relationship meant for all eternity. The Holy Spirit is always guiding us in this relationship. May we always walk in the light of the Holy Trinity leading us to love and eternal life.
Deacon Frank Iannarino
