In Opening the Word Scripture reflection for Trinity Sunday, Father Joshua Whitfield reflects upon the Trinity, the central mystery of Christian faith and life, as described in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Father Whitfield emphasizes that the Trinity is a non-negotiable
The Holy Trinity shows how to be open to others and to be good, generous and gentle, Pope Francis said.
"The Trinity teaches us that one can never be without the other. We are not islands, we are in the world to live
Be ready for Mass on Trinity Sunday! Scripture columnist Catherine Cavadini writes that to fully appreciate the gift of God’s love for us, we have to better understand his incarnation: “If the Son truly is ‘true God from true God … consubstantial
Bill Dodds writes that we are part of “one vine, many branches. Each unique, each created to bear fruit. All of us making the same fruit in a large sense (love for God and others), but different fruit in a smaller sense
Preparing us for the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Tim O’Malley writes: “Trinity Sunday has become abstract.” He writes, “Trinity Sunday is a feast of the Church not because it is an occasion to study a doctrine, employing the proper intellectual
Kathryn Jean Lopez, in her most recent column, Taking Note, explores the riches that await us in heaven in the book “Heaven’s Splendor,” written by Dominican Sister Mary Ann Fatula. The sister writes: “Every one of us has been created to need
Be ready for Mass by reading Opening the Word for Trinity Sunday. Timothy P. O’Malley writes that the feast of the Holy Trinity is healing for a stiff-necked people. We must give up the project of going it alone, a bootstraps Catholicism
The Trinity cannot be bypassed because of its complexity; instead, we should marvel in the rich mystery
Question: Is it not more accurate to say that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Word? Calling the Second Person of the Trinity the Son came only after the Incarnation, whereas, “In the beginning was the Word” (Jn 1:1).
Question: My parish is getting a permanent deacon. He is married and already a member of the parish. How might we expect him to help with this ministry and how it relates to the priests and lay people who serve the parish?