Let me ask you a question: Who taught you how to make the sign of the cross?
Maybe you were very little, and you don’t remember. I still remember the moment when
my mother taught me how to make the sign of the cross. I could be 4 or 5 years old.
I hope we all make the sign of the cross every day; at the beginning of our prayer time in the
morning and when we are about to go to bed at night.
We can make the sign of the cross when we pass a Catholic church to recognise the presence of Jesus
in the Blessed Sacrament. We Catholics recall the presence of the Trinity every single day.
Let’s keep it like this because many in the world want to stop us doing it.
There are people who even feel uncomfortable when we pray at the table in a restaurant. But there
are also others who will remember what we did and maybe they will find God because of our witness.
I have had many great conversations with strangers who wanted to talk to me after
seeing me making the sign of the cross and praying before a meal. Of course,
God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are present at every liturgy.
When we gather at Sunday Mass, the first thing we do is make the sign of the cross.
That sign unites us together as the Church community. The relationship between the three
persons in the Holy Trinity is a mystery of unity. It is a relationship of love. The Three Persons
of the Holy Trinity do everything in love and unity. All creation was made out of our triune
God. That’s why we see an amazing harmony in the universe. Human beings were created in love and
unity as well. Amazingly God wants to share his concept of life with you and me. His love was
revealed to us through Jesus, and it was poured out into our lives by the Holy Spirit. I think,
we need to keep reminding ourselves what happened on Pentecost Sunday Day two thousand years ago.
It was the birth of the Church. Those who were in the upper room received as a gift
the third person of the Trinity. As their lives were transformed, they began a different kind
of spiritual journey in the inner rooms of their hearts. At the same time, they were
able to go out to the world and share their experience of the risen Lord without any fear.
Their spiritual connection with the Father and the Son continued in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Nothing has changed. Without the help of the Holy Spirit, we are unable to grasp
the reality of the Trinity and we cannot be authentic witnesses of the Gospel message.
Our God is a relational God, and we have a similar nature to his.
However, many people choose to live in isolation for different reasons. There are some who say,
they don’t need a Church community to grow in faith. May the celebration of this Trinity Sunday
help us to renew our understanding, that we are created by one God revealed to us
in Three Persons. Therefore, we are called to live and worship in a community.
Blessed Francis Jordan, the founder of the Salvatorian Family, said that our Christian
calling is to live in harmony in the global community remembering that God sent his Son
to save all the peoples of the world. Moreover, our Christian task in the world is to evangelise.
I hope we remember the following words of Jesus, “Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations;
baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt 28:19).
The Lord’s mandate is not only about the necessity of sharing the faith
but also it is a great text about the existence of the Most Holy Trinity!
May the reality of communion that occurs inside the Holy Trinity help us to avoid separation from
others. Let us try to live in unity respecting those around us. May peace and reconciliation be
the daily bread of our families and parish communities. Let us find time to praise our
loving God every day, both individually and as a Church gathered to celebrate the Sacraments.
Brothers and Sisters, let me finish with a gentle reminder: each time when we make the sign of the
cross, we express our faith in the Most Holy Trinity. So, let us make it with love and
reverence because it might enlighten the minds of those who live in the darkness of unbelief.
Let us conclude with one of our most important prayers: Glory be to the Father
and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.