Pope Francis writes: The mystery of the Trinity also speaks to us of ourselves, of our relationship with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. In fact, through baptism, the Holy Spirit has placed us in the heart and the very life of God, who is a communion of love. God is a “family” of three Persons who love each other so much as to form a single whole. This “divine family” is not closed in on itself, but is open. It communicates itself in creation and in history and has entered into the world of men to call everyone to form part of it. The trinitarian horizon of communion surrounds all of us and stimulates us to live in love and fraternal sharing, certain that where there is love, there is God. 

 
Our being created in the image and likeness of God-Communion calls us to understand ourselves as beings-in-relationship and to live interpersonal relations in solidarity and mutual love. 
 
Such relationships play out, above all, in the sphere of our ecclesial communities, so that the image of the Church as icon of the Trinity is ever clearer. But also in every social relationship, from the family to friendships, to the work environment: they are all concrete occasions offered to us in order to build relationships that are increasingly humanly rich, capable of reciprocal respect and disinterested love. 
 
How amazing that God IS relationship in himself! As the pope says, the reality that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is less a mystery for us to “figure out” (since we can’t!) and more one to be lived out in our families, our schools, our workplaces, and our parish. 
 
Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit, build our relationships with each other so we can be more like you… 
 
Happy Trinity Sunday, 
Fr. Phil Hurley, S.J. 
Pastor