Holy Trinity

Deuteronomy 4:32-40:
"Ask now of the days of old, before your time, ever since God created man upon the earth; ask from one end of the sky to the other: Did anything so great ever happen before? Was it ever heard of?

Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of fire, as you did, and live?

Or did any god venture to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, with his strong hand and outstretched arm, and by great terrors, all of which the LORD, your God, did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

This is why you must now know, and fix in your heart, that the LORD is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and that there is no other.

You must keep his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you today, that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may have long life on the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you forever."

Psalm 33
For the LORD'S word is true; all his works are trustworthy.
The LORD loves justice and right and fills the earth with goodness.
By the LORD'S word the heavens were made; by the breath of his mouth all their host.
For he spoke, and it came to be, commanded, and it stood in place.
But the LORD'S eyes are upon the reverent, upon those who hope for his gracious help,
Delivering them from death, keeping them alive in times of famine.
Our soul waits for the LORD, who is our help and shield.
May your kindness, LORD, be upon us; we have put our hope in you

Romans Chapter 8
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, "Abba, Father!"

The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

Matthew 28: 16 - 20
The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them.

When they saw him, they worshipped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age."

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God [Jn 1:1]

The Holy Spirit is God, one and equal with the Father and the Son, of the same substance and also of the same nature …yet he is not called the Spirit of the Father alone … but the Spirit of the Father and the Son [DS 490] The Trinity is one. The Father is that which the Son is, the Son is that which the Father is, the Father and the Son that which the Holy Spirit is, by nature one God. [DS 530:26] Each of the persons is the divine nature. [DS 804] God is one, but not solitary. He is not the Father who is the Son, nor is the Son he who is the Father, nor is the Holy Spirit he who is the Father or the Son [DS 530:25] The Father is related to the Son, the Son to the Father, and the Holy Spirit to both. They are called three persons in view of their relations, and we believe in one nature. Everything in them is one where there is no opposition of relationship. The Father is wholly in the Son and wholly in the Holy Spirit; the Son is wholly in the Father and wholly in the Holy Spirit; the Holy Spirit is wholly in the Father and wholly in the Son [DS1331]	We believe in one God, The Father, the Almighty Maker of heaven and earth, Of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ The only Son of God Eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, True God from true God, Begotten not made, Of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men, and for our salvation, He came down from heaven: By the power of the Holy Spirit He became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, And became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate: He suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again, in accordance with the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven And is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory To judge the living and the dead, And his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, The Lord, the giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy, catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come.	In eternity God brings forth his understanding of himself, as the child is the conception and image of the parent. And this is represented in our history by the coming of Jesus, all that we celebrate at Christmas. In eternity God the Child, the very image of the Father is eternally dependent on the Father for his whole being. He comes forth from the Father, and this is represented in our history by the loving obedience of the Word made flesh. All that we celebrate in Holy Week and Easter. In eternity God the Parent breathes forth the Joy he takes in his image, his Child. And this is represented in our history by the breathing forth of the Spirit. All that we celebrate at Pentecost. God the eternal parent. God the eternal Child. God the eternal Joy. This is the life of God. This is the life we look forward to sharing, as the child looks forward to sharing in grown-up life. It does not matter that we do not understand it. It does not matter that we only get hints and glimpses of it in the story of Jesus. It does not matter that we cannot imagine how we could attain it. For God the Father, through his Son, is even now sending us the Holy Spirit so that we shall ourselves live that life of love and joy for eternity. [McCabe – God, Christ and Us]
	Let nothing trouble you, let nothing frighten you. Everything passes. God never changes. Patience obtains all. Whoever has God wants for nothing. God alone is enough. [St Teresa of Avila] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all [Jn 15:26]