In Praise of the Trinity

The Most Holy Trinity   22 May 2016  

First reading
Proverbs 8:22-31

The Wisdom of God cries aloud:

The Lord created me when his purpose first unfolded,

  before the oldest of his works.

From everlasting I was firmly set,

  from the beginning, before earth came into being.

The deep was not, when I was born,

  there were no springs to gush with water.

Before the mountains were settled,

  before the hills, I came to birth;

before he made the earth, the countryside,

  or the first grains of the world’s dust.

When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there,

  when he drew a ring on the surface of the deep,

when he thickened the clouds above,

  when he fixed fast the springs of the deep,

when he assigned the sea its boundaries

 – and the waters will not invade the shore –

  when he laid down the foundations of the earth,

I was by his side, a master craftsman,

  delighting him day after day,

  ever at play in his presence,

at play everywhere in his world,

  delighting to be with the sons of men

Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 8:4-9

Second reading
Romans 5:1-5

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in which we can boast about looking forward to God’s glory. But that is not all we can boast about; we can boast about our sufferings. These sufferings bring patience, as we know, and patience brings perseverance, and perseverance brings hope, and this hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us.  

Gospel	John 16:12-15

Jesus said:

‘I still have many things to say to you

but they would be too much for you now.

But when the Spirit of truth comes

he will lead you to the complete truth,

since he will not be speaking as from himself

but will say only what he has learnt;

and he will tell you of the things to come.

He will glorify me,

since all he tells you

will be taken from what is mine.

Everything the Father has is mine;

that is why I said:

All he tells you

will be taken from what is mine.’

  Reflection
By Benj Santiago  

“Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us."

Today in the history of our country is the first time we have the presumptive President has been clearly and beyond doubt given a mandate by majority of Filipinos. All of the non-winning candidates had early on conceded just a week after the election. This blessing of a peaceful and orderly election after the campaign that was truly gruelling and many times hurting. An election that is for the first time in the history of our country pushed 55 million voters to fight for their chosen candidates. So much affliction of hate. Family member against another. Community of believers against another group of believers. We are one body, one nation but we suffered so much division and hate. But the good thing is that we had endured and our true character as Filipinos who are God fearing and loving triumphed above all!

Prayers really make wonders. I am sure all the candidates and the voting public prayed. The Holy Spirit enveloped our hearts and the entire nation allowing us to endure the political process that is generally peaceful, credible, and orderly. Thank You Lord! Thank You Holy Spirit! Thank You Father in Heaven!

Prayer

O Most Holy Trinity, we thank You for covering our nation with your mantle of protection and love. We thank You for giving us the most efficient, the swiftest, the most credible and peaceful election! We praise your Name forever. Amen!