Mystery of God

“For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a Spirit of adoption,
through whom we cry, ‘Abba, Father!’”

Romans 8:15

As Christians we believe in a Trinitarian God, that is One God, Three Divine Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We have come to know that God is a Trinity through divine revelation — Scripture and Tradition. It is not something that we can test or prove, but rather a mystery that invites us to wonder.

When we ponder the mystery of the Trinity we are really pondering the nature of God. The Trinity exists as a community, a community of Persons. St. Augustine taught that the Father is the Lover, the Son is the Beloved, and the Holy Spirit is the Love that exists within that relationship. Love is only possible within a relationship and a relationship exists only between persons. So, God is a community of Persons who are in relationship with One Another, and this relationship is love. But, this Community of Love is not closed off, but rather God sent His Son into this world so that we too might become partakers in this special relationship.

By virtue of our baptism, we have been made children of God. We have become “heirs and coheirs with Christ,” meaning that whatever the Father gives to the Son, He also gives to us. We have been invited to partake in the very life of God. As such, we have been asked to partake in this life, living out this love in our lives in this world. It is not always easy. It is a choice that we must make every day — to choose love and to choose to see how God sees things, situations, and people, even those whom we do not like, every day. But we know God will give us the grace that we need to do so. That’s part of the mystery of God’s love, too. That He thinks so highly of us that He would call us His children and to love us unconditionally and to sustain us in all that we do and to forgive us and bear with us even when we do the most egregious of things.

May we never forget the great Love that God is and the love with and for which He has created us, and allow that to encourage us to live out our lives, choosing every day to love.

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