SUNDAY
OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY - 2020
ü Before we submerge ourselves in the daily
living of our faith, the liturgy invites us to meditate on the adorable mystery
of our God and, next week on the mystery of the Eucharist.
ü Our God is a community of persons and he has
created us in his image, and thus able to enter into relationships, and with
the need to communicate with other human beings.
FIRST
READING: Exodus 34: 4b-6,8-9
Ø God has called Moses and, very early
in the morning, he goes up to Mount Sinai with two stone tablets.
Ø God comes down in the cloud, which is one of
the symbols that Scripture uses to represent the presence of God. In the story of the Ascension a cloud conceals
the vision of Jesus, and the disciples do not see him anymore. This wants to
let us know that Jesus has entered into a new form of life, a new relationship
with us.
Ø And the book of exodus continues saying that
God proclaims his name
Ø His name is LORD, and he continues to explain
who he is
o
He is merciful
and generous
o
Slow to anger and
rich in love and faithfulness.
§ God is rich in kindness, tender al welcoming
love
§ God is faithful to himself, to his word, to
his love for his creation.
Ø On hearing the words of God, Moses prostates
himself in adoration, this is the posture of man before God, in his presence
there cannot be any arrogance, we all feel our nothingness and thus we incline
ourselves to the dust.
Ø But Moses feels that God loves him, that God
is good, and that God listens to he who speaks and asks something from
him.
o
If I have your
favor, I ask you to journey with us
o
Even if sometimes
we are a stubborn people
o
Forgive our sins
and accept us as your own.
Ø Jesus is the God- with- us who has come to
dwell and journey with us. He has said
that he will be with us until the end of time, and he has also said that he who
sees him sees the Father, that is to say, that Jesus is the image of the
Father, the sacrament of the Father.
Ø He will be with us and he will help us to live
to the full the mission he has entrusted to each one of us and to all together
forming a church, a community in the image of the Trinitarian community.
Ø This is for all of us, not only for Catholics
but for all the baptized. Together we are called to transform this world into
the Kingdom of God with the Spirit that has been given to us.
Ø Before leaving Jesus says to all his disciples
“go, make disciples of all the nations, teaching, baptizing…” and these new baptized
are also called to go…. And all together we cooperate with God in the
transformation and creation of this
world.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM– Daniel 3:52-55
R. (52b) Glory and
praise for ever!
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever;
And blessed is your holy and glorious name,
praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages.
R. Glory and praise for ever!
Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory,
praiseworthy and glorious above all forever.
R. Glory and praise for ever!
Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
R. Glory and praise for ever!
Blessed are you who look into the depths
from your throne upon the cherubim,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
R. Glory and praise for ever!.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever;
And blessed is your holy and glorious name,
praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages.
R. Glory and praise for ever!
Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory,
praiseworthy and glorious above all forever.
R. Glory and praise for ever!
Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
R. Glory and praise for ever!
Blessed are you who look into the depths
from your throne upon the cherubim,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
R. Glory and praise for ever!.
v The Lord
is the God of our fathers.
v The
temple of the Lord is his creation and especially the human being.
v His gaze
fills everything with his love and tenderness.
SECOND
READING 2Cor 13:11-13
Paul invites us to
o Encourage
one another
o Live in peace
And he
continues saying that God who is the God of peace and love will be with us.
He
invites us to greet each other with the holy kiss.
And he
says that the saints, greet us. Who are this saints? All those baptized.
This
fragment ends with an invocation to the Most Holy Trinity
o The
grace of the Lord Jesus
o The love
of God (Father)
o And the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us.
GOSPEL,
Jn 3:16-18
v God has
loved the world so much that he has given us his only son. We may say: God loves the world so much that
he gives us his only Son. (in the present tense)
v Why? Because
God is always present, he is neither “I was” nor “I will be”.
v He has
given us his Son so that, believing in him, we may be saved, that is we may welcome
his salvation which is given us plentifully without having previously done
anything to receive it.
v And God
sends his son not to condemn the world but to save it.
v We
condemn ourselves to be far from God when we do not believe, when we do not
welcome the gift that is offered to us graciously, when we do not love and do
not pardon with compassion all our brothers and sisters.
v I
pondered, as I do frequently, and I asked myself, where we have gotten the idea that if we do such and such we will
be condemned. But on the contrary God through the Gospel of John says to us,
that neither the Father nor Jesus the incarnate son of God condemns anyone, on
the contrary Jesus is sent and comes to us in order to share with us his being
the Son and to save us.
v God has
created us so that we may be close to Him and live his own life for ever, and
he has given us enough proofs for us to believe this. The spirit of evil wants
us to believe that God is a judge who wants to condemn us. This is not true,
this comes from the spirit of lie.
CLARETIAN CORNER
PARIS
Our Lord does not ask for anything new
in his Church; he only asks all of us what we have promised him. Our Divine Redeemer asks us to observe his
Holy Law, and he asks this particularly of the Bishops in such a special way,
and with so much eagerness that I do not know how to express; he only demands
it of them, as if the world’s well-being depended on them.
We have said that
no one should excuse himself. The Lord’s
Holy Law is one and he orders it to be preached equally in the whole world
without exceptions, neither of people, nor kingdoms, nor provinces. Then his grace is ready to fulfill it in all
parts and people
(Venerable María Antonia Paris. “Plan for the Renewal…” in Paris y Claret two pens… n 12-13)
CLARET
The Church of Jesus Christ, extended and
communicated, is Jesus Christ in his plenitude. The Church as the body which is composed by
many members, is subordinated to her head; as espouse, shares in his majesty,
exercises his authority and honors his fecundity; for this she needed the title of spouse, so
that we could see her as the faithful companion of Jesus Christ, the
distributor of the graces, the director of the family, the mother always
fruitful by the preaching and the sacraments, and the wet nurse always
charitable, and loving her children, whom she nourishes with her abundant
breast of doctrine and good works. (St. Antony Mary Claret, “Notes of a Plan… “ in Claret and Paris, two pens… n.3)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MUÑOZ, M. Hortensia and TUTZO, Regina Claretian Missionaries. Paris and Claret Two Pens Moved by the Same Spirit. 2010.
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