Belief in the Trinity is the foundation of our Christian faith. This means that if a particular so-called Christian group claims to be Christian but rejects the Trinity, then that group is not Christian after all. But explaining the Trinity is certainly not easy. How can we explain that one is three and three is one? Seems impossible, especially from a mathematical or logical point of view. However, we can still gain some understanding of the Trinity and even experience the Trinity in terms of relationships.
To understand and even experience the Trinity, we can look at different images of God which helps us understand how God relates to us as a Trinity. Firstly, we see the image of God the Father creating the world, and He created all things good. To believe in God the Father is to believe that everything happens for a reason, and that God wishes only good things for us. Secondly, we see the image of Jesus, God the Son. Jesus revealed to us the three persons of the Trinity: God the Father, God the Holy Spirit and himself, God the Son. Through Jesus, we come to know God as a personal God who loves us so much that he became a human person, one of us in all things except sin, to sacrifice his own life and save us from our sins. Finally, we see the image of the Holy Spirit, who comes to live within us, to be our guide and help, and to lead us to the complete truth. At our baptism, we received the gift of the Holy Spirit and this gift is strengthened in us at Confirmation.
So what does this mean to us? It means that we experience and understand the Holy Trinity not as some theological mystery, but how God relates with us as individuals and as a community. God is the Holy Trinity because God is love; God is relationship; and God is community. Likewise, we too are called to follow God's example, and love others, not merely as individuals, but especially as a community. May we grow together as one family of God, embraced with the love of the Holy Trinity.
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