The Holy Trinity

St. Augustine, who is one of he greatest minds in Christianity and the world was having difficulty thinking bout how there could be Three Persons in One God,

And he could not quite get his head around it.

So he went for a walk.

While walking along the beach one day,

He saw a little boy with a bucket.

And he asked the little boy what he was doing.

And the little boy said,

I am going to empty the ocean into this bucket.

And St. Augustine laughed and said,

“You cannot empty the ocean into that little bucket!”

And the boy answered,

“And you cannot grasp the Holy Trinity in your little mind!”

And then the boy disappeared.

nonetheless our Faith is always seeking understanding.

And the way we often gain greater understanding is through experience.

But how do we gain experience of the Holy Trinity?

First of all through Creation.

Did you know There are 2 million insects for every person.

There are 250 billion stars give or take 150 billion in the Milky Way Galaxy.

There are two trillion Galaxies in the universe consisting of billions of stars each.

And then there is you and me!

So we can experience God the Father as a Creator everywhere we look.

Secondly through our humanity.

The Son of God, Jesus Christ.

became flesh and dwelt among us.

He was born of a woman.

And walked the earth

He ate bread and fish.

And Suffered and died.

So we can experience God the Son as someone just like us.

Thirdly through inspiration.

Every great Poet, Musician, Artist and Author

Speaks of inspiration.

A sudden idea or understanding

That came to them out of the blue.

When they least expected it.

This is what “inspiration” is,

Being “in-the-Spirit “

So we experience the Holy Spirit as inspiration.

How these Three Persons of the Holy Trinity are One God is beyond our understanding.

But how they relate to us and are part of our lives,

Every person great and small can experience

If only we open ourselves up to the God

Who lives, and moves and has His being in us and all around us!

God Bless