The Most Holy Trinity. -Year C - Sunday, 15 June 2025 (EPISODE: 535)
Readings for The Most Holy Trinity.- Year C
FIRST READING: Prov 8:22-31
Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9. "O Lord our God how wonderful your name in all the earth"
SECOND READING: Rom 5:1-5
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Revelation 1:8). Alleluia, alleluia! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. To God who is, who was, and who is to come.
GOSPEL: John 16:12-15
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(EPISODE: 535)
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Jesus, who is a distinct person within the Trinity, is also entirely one with the Father, without losing anything of his personhood. He is perfectly comfortable to subordinate himself to the Father, and the Father, in return, gives his Son all authority and power. So, in response to Christ giving himself entirely to the Father, the Father gives him everything back.
Completely respectful, receiving and giving. Within the Holy Trinity, we see this notion of surrender, of giving oneself entirely, or if one likes that big word, "subordination." It doesn't carry with it any notion of inferiority.
Jesus is not lessened by his complete surrender to the Father. He willingly does it, and in return, he gains everything. In return, the Heavenly Father gives back the obedience of his Son as a profound re-gift.
So, even though there's a hierarchy, there's no domination, and without any form of indignity or of oppressiveness. None at all. This reminds us that in life, there can be equality of dignity, but still distinct roles. But that these roles never mean inequality of dignity or lack of importance. That is not in God's language, and it's certainly not in God's practice. Especially when there's mutual respect and cooperation, entirely giving of oneself and receiving completely freely.
So, mutual respect, mutual cooperation, and complete unity-of-purpose brings a beautiful harmony that is really beyond description.
The Trinity reminds us that God is by very nature, generous, utterly loving, completely giving, and sharing. By definition, (and by nature) God cannot be stingy.
God cannot be unloving. God cannot be someone who doesn't want to share. God cannot be one that doesn't give fully.
God created us so that the joy God has in God's own being and life, might be ours too.
One writer once said that "three is the smallest community you can have." Two is a couple, but three is the smallest community.
God doesn't simply think about himself or talk just to himself. God is so filled by nature with joy, love, generosity, within his very self, that he can't help but reach out to want to include, to create, to draw in and make welcome more. God is never just content with the group that is surrounding him.
God wants more because he wants to share with more. God celebrates with infinite and eternal intensity the beauty of this internal nature as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And we have been created out of generosity and love to be drawn into this relationship, out of generous sharing.
How wonderful. God as Trinity tells us God's nature is love. And God wills to include us, to share with us, to save us. It was the whole Trinity of Father, Son, and Spirit again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, now let us save humanity because we love the creatures formed out of love by our own hand.
And so we celebrate today and every day that our God's inner nature, God's motivation, God's essence, the reason God acts the way God does and draws us in, is a perfect communion of persons sharing the one nature as God and lovingly inviting us, his disciples, to share fully in this life, which is beyond imagining, but it's wonderful, and to echo in our own lives and actions the same profound love, generosity, sharing, community, inclusion, love, respect, justice, diversity, distinction, authority with mutuality that God's nature inspires in us.
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References:
Homily Fr Paul W. Kelly
MISSION 2000 – PRAYING SCRIPTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY. YEAR C).
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The Most Holy Trinity. Year C -(Sunday, 15 June 2025) (EPISODE: 535 )
2. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
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{{May Our Lord's gift of hope encourage you.}} welcome everyone, we gather - Reflection upon God's word, and encounter Christ's presence. On this The Most Holy Trinity.
Brothers and sisters, the Lord is full of love and mercy. And so, as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us acknowledge our sins.
1. *Almighty God, you are one God in three divine persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Lord have mercy.
7. *God — Holy Trinity, you are the source of all life and goodness. Christ have mercy.
12. *God — Holy Trinity, you are the communion of love that invites us into relationship with you and with one another. Lord have mercy
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
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Memorial Acclamation
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
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Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9. "O Lord our God how wonderful your name in all the earth"
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Revelation 1:8). ). Alleluia, alleluia! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. To God who is, who was, and who is to come.
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PREFACE: Trinity
Eucharistic Prayer various 4
(theme variation: theme 1 )
(post version: v1-short)
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{12. May God's love, strength, mercy and kindness guide you all this week.}
1. Go forth; the Mass is ended.
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Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)
"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers.
Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993). (Sydney Australia).
Sung "Mass in Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin" - By Jeffrey M. Ostrowski. The Gloria, Copyright © 2011 ccwatershed.org.
Come Holy Spirit" Hymn: (Dedicated to the memory of Lucyanna Marković, [1998 – 2025]) - inspired by the words of the 9th Century Hymn by Rabanus Maurus. Music and lyrics by Paul Kelly. Arranged, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. Sung by Jessie M, (2025) through Fiverr, - Sound effects by Mark DiAngelo, (soundbible.com, 05.11).
"Quiet Time." Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.
Sound Engineering and editing - P.W. Kelly.
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[Production - KER - 2025]
May God bless and keep you.
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