Glorious Processions: Trinity Sunday Gospel Reflection

by Catholic Bible Studies And Reflections, Holy Spirit

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.”

John 16:12-15


Glorious Processions

The following is an excerpt from Breaking the Bread: A Biblical Devotional for Catholics Year C. Keep reading insightful Gospel reflections from Scott Hahn and  Ken Ogorek by purchasing a copy HERE.

In today’s Liturgy we’re swept through time in glorious pro-

cession—from before earth and sky were set in place to the

coming of the Spirit upon the new creation, the Church.

We begin in the heart of the Trinity, as we listen to the testimony of Wisdom in today’s First Reading.

Eternally begotten, the firstborn of God, He is poured forth from of old in the

loving delight of the Father. Through Him the heavens were

established, the foundations of the earth fixed. From before

the beginning He was with the Father as His “craftsman,” the

artisan by whom all things were made. And He took special

delight, He tells us, in the crowning glory of God’s handi-

work—the human race.

In today’s Psalm, He comes down from heaven, made “little less than the angels,” to live among us as “the son of man”

(see Hebrews 2:6–10).

All things are put under His feet so that He can restore to

humanity the glory for which we were made from the beginning, the glory lost by sin. He tasted death that we might be

raised to life in the Trinity, that His name might be made

glorious over all the earth.

Through the Son, we have gained grace and “access by

faith” to the Father, as Paul boasts in today’s Epistle (see

Ephesians 2:18). The Spirit, the Love of God, has been poured

out into our hearts—a Spirit of adoption, making us children

of the Father once more (see Romans 8:14–16). This is the

Spirit that Jesus promises in today’s Gospel.

His Spirit comes as divine gift and anointing (see 1 John

2:27) to guide us to all truth, to show us “the things that are

coming,” the things that were meant to be from before all ages.

In the Holy Spirit we come to know that we will find peace

and union in God, that we will share the life of the Trinity

and dwell in God as He dwells in us (see John 14:23; 17:21).

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth. Each Person of the

Blessed Trinity contributes to the holiness of our Church.

Our Triune God declares this truth among many others: that

the Church is holy.

The Church is holy: the Most Holy God is her

author; Christ, her bridegroom, gave himself

up to make her holy; the Spirit of holiness

gives her life. Since she still includes sinners,

she is “the sinless one made up of sinners.”

Her holiness shines in the saints; in Mary she

is already all-holy. (CCC 867)

Sometimes circumstances that seem unbearable enter our life

in dramatic ways. It’s conceivable that a situation—such as a

medical emergency involving an infant—could arise whereby

an emergency baptism would be in order. When appropriate

due to unusual circumstances, any person can baptize following a simple formula invoking the Trinity.

In case of necessity, any person can baptize

provided that he have the intention of doing

that which the Church does and provided

that he pours water on the candidate’s head

while saying: “I baptize you in the name of

the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy

Spirit.” (CCC 1284)

Reflect

How can I live out my baptismal promises in my

day-to-day life?

Who in my community has not been baptized? How

might I help bring this person closer to the sacra-

ment that is our ordinary means of salvation?

Heavenly Father, I love You. Jesus, I adore You.

Holy Spirit, I worship You. Most Holy Trinity,

Undivided Unity, live in me, sustain me, and draw

me ever deeper into the dynamic reality of Your

love, welling up to eternal life in the beauty and

glory of heaven. Amen.

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