Belief in God as One in Three, a Mystery
This Sunday we will celebrate the only feast in honor of God: the feast
of the Holy Trinity. Our Muslim and Jewish friends do not believe in the
Trinity; we Christians do because the three Persons are revealed in the
Gospels. The doctrine of one God but three Persons is the fundamental
belief of our faith. It is also the most mystifying. People propose
metaphors for the Trinity: the three-leaf clover, the three forms of
water, and even an egg (shell, white, and yolk). This week I learned a
new one—a candle. The wick is the Father, the flame is the Son, and the
warmth and light that emanate from the wick and flame is the Holy
Spirit. Click to continue
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