Holy Trinity Sunday Homily – 26th May 2013

1. Today we celebrate the highest mystery of the Church – The Most Holy Trinity
2. Man has longed to see God, but due to the sin of our parents, we lost the opportunity
3. But when Christ came He gave us the grace for that restoration of that opportunity.
4. It is only in Heaven that we will come to the full meaning and appreciation of Trinity
5. It was at Christ baptism that we see the 1st the manifestation of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit like a dove on Him and God voice was heard declaring that this is My beloved Son in whom I am well please.
6. Christ is God’s Word & the Holy Spirit God’s Love.
7. The Trinity are inseparable 3 divine persons.
8. What is Catholic Liturgy?
9. How did we get the Liturgy?
10. The central world in Vatican 2, is participation. All of us are are play our part in the part of part to be part of the part.
11. The work is the Liturgy
12. The initiator is the Liturgist – Jesus is greatest Liturgist
13. The people are the beneficiaries
14. The actions initiator by the Greatest Liturgist are the 7 Sacraments.
15. The Pascal Mistry is the Passion, the Death, The Resurrection of Christ.it was a sacrificial action.
16. He did it so that Through Him, with Him & in Him we might get back to God.
17. The basis of our worship is our faith in Him.
18. There are 5 symbols, the Cross, the Altar,
19. When we come to Mass we don’t come to pray to Jesus, we come to pray through Christ, in Him and with Him.
20. In some situation we can pray to Christ to heal somebody, pray to the Holy
21. Mood, action & spirit – the basis of actions at Mass
22. Come, Listen, give thanks, we eat, & go – the Ritual of the Mass
a. Come: The Introductory Rite – we should gather around Christ
b. listen: The Liturgy of the word
c. Thank: The Liturgy of the Eucharist
d. Eat: The Communion Rite
e. Go: The Concluding Rite

FIRST READING
Proverbs 8:22–31

Thus says the wisdom of God:
“The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways, the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago; from of old I was poured forth, at the first, before the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no fountains or springs of water; before the mountains were settled into place, before the hills, I was brought forth; while as yet the earth and fields were not made, nor the first clods of the world.

“When the Lord established the heavens I was there, when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep; when he made firm the skies above, when he fixed fast the foundations of the earth; when he set for the sea its limit, so that the waters should not transgress his command; then was I beside him as his craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, playing before him all the while, playing on the surface of his earth; and I found delight in the human race.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 8:4–5, 6–7, 8–9 (2a)

R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you set in place— What is man that you should be mindful of him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

You have made him little less than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him rule over the works of your hands, putting all things under his feet.

R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, the fishes of the sea, and whatever swims the paths of the seas.

R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

SECOND READING
Romans 5:1–5

Brothers and sisters:
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

ALLELUIA
see Revelation 1:8

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; to God who is, who was, and who is to come.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

GOSPEL
John 16:12–15

Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.”

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