"Come along in our company"

This Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost, the Church will celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. On this day we reflect upon the great mystery who is our triune God: three persons, one God. And what the Church teaches us is that this triune God, who is a communion of persons, wants to be a part of our lives too.

In the first reading we hear of Moses, after receiving the Law, saying to God,"If I find favor with you, O Lord, do come along in our company." In asking God to come along with them, Moses and the people of Israel (the Jews) are asking to be made a part of God's very life and for God to be an ever present part of their's. And God indeed does go with them, eventually dwelling among them in the Temple and making them God's own people, set apart.

As Christians, our belief is that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life." In Jesus, God the Father has sent His Son to us as the fullness of revelation, telling us exactly who God is and revealing God as Trinity. And upon Jesus' Ascension into heaven, the Holy Spirit was sent among the Apostles and disciples, bringing about the Church. Now, by the waters of Baptism and the sacraments of the Church, we also become God's holy people regardless of our familial heritage or bloodline. For, the Church teaches us that, by the waters of Baptism, we become sons and daughters of the Most High God and heirs to God's Kingdom in Christ.

So, as we celebrate this holy feast and reflect on the great mystery of our triune God, let us pray that we may become more aware of the great blessing and privilege it is to be called God's children! God indeed "comes along in our company," most clearly and tangibly now through the working of the Holy Spirit in the sacraments of the Church. May God's abiding presence with us spur us ever onward to proclaim this Good News, of God's love and presence among us, to all the world!

Want to prepare your heart and mind for Mass this weekend? Click here to find the readings this Sunday's Mass.