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Father's Day

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G.K. Chesterton

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This Week's Letter From Father

The Most Holy Trinity

June 15, 2025

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Our God is Trinity, a communion of three persons: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, equal, inseparable, eternal, distinct. Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are one of the same essence or substance. There are not three gods. One God is present in three Persons, acting connectedly and independently. The three Persons act together and live in and for each other. The Father is the Creator, the Son is the Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit is the Sustainer or Sanctifier.

According to Julian of Norwich: “Just as the joyful Trinity created all things, so also the same Blessed Trinity will make well all that is not well.”

The term Trinity does not appear in the Sacred Scriptures. Biblical scholar, Sister Carol Dempsey wrote: “Trinity is not ‘native’ to the Bible (…) Hence, even though Catholicism celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the lectionary readings have nothing to do with the Trinity. Instead, they focus on an anthropomorphic and androcentric portrait of ‘God’ and the Power ascribed to the Divine One.”

Tertullian (145-220) was the first early Christian theologian to state the doctrine of the Trinity using the term Trinitas (Trinity). He was also the frst one to develop the formula “of one substance in three persons.”

Saint Irenaeus (c.130-c.200) offers the image that Christ and the Spirit are two Hands of God the Father at work in creation. He says that: “The Spirit prepares human beings for the Son of God; the Son leads them to the Father; the Father gives them immortality (…) The Spirit works, the Son fulfills His ministry, the Father approves.”

Barbara Brown Zikmund points out: “The doctrine of the Trinity erodes the monarchical and patriarchal power of monotheism. When God is no longer viewed as solitary and stark unity, or absolute unrelated personality, we are able to live with- not just fall down before our God.”

The Trinity, a communion and fellowship of total sharing among equals, offers us a model on which to pattern a world order.

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The Knights of Columbus are looking for a few good men this weekend. You should consider joining them.

On Wednesday, June 18, there will be a Blood Drive at the church. Please, save some lives by donating blood!

Thank you, Annmarie Maxim, for the delicious dinner you brought me. Your meal was perfect. I enjoyed it very much.

Thank you, Urania and Mitch Mitchell, for taking me out for lunch. Fr. Jose Ramirez, OFM Cap joined us. The restaurant choice was excellent. I enjoyed our conversation about the Dominican Republic. Many thanks also for the memorable cruise along the Crystal coast in your boat. What beautiful scenery! I was very surprised to see a goat the size of a bull on Money Island!

The latest Pew Research study found that followers of Islam surpassed every other world religion in terms of population growth. From 2010 to 2020, the number of Christians increased by 122 million, while the number of Muslims grew by 327 million. Additionally, the only other demographic group that grew as a percentage of the global population was those who identify as having no religion, often referred as “nones”. By the end of 2020, they accounted for 24.2% of the global population. Hindus were the fourth largest group, experiencing a 12% growth during the same period. In contrast, Buddhist were the only group that experienced a worldwide decline between 2010 and 2020.

Happy Father’s Day,

Fr. Ryszard

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When Jesus was asked which of all the commandments was the greatest, he replied, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the great, and first commandment. And a second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” These two Commandments form the foundation of our mission to Love God, Love Neighbor, and to Share the Good News.