Trinity Sunday (Year C)
Opening the Word • 6m 21s
In today's Gospel reading, we see that God's very life is one of communion. In the Trinity, we see a relationship of giving and receiving, a communion of life and love. God exists as a relationship of Persons. He is Three, and yet the "Lord God is One." How are we to bring this kind of Oneness — of love and communion — to our lives now?
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