Canticle 2 Blessed art thou, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; praised and exalted above all for ever.
Several of my clergy friends jokingly call this day “Heresy Sunday” for all the heresy preached by clergy attempting to explain the Holy Trinity. We try to use analogies, metaphors, and other explanations to explain something about aspects of God and God’s relationship to Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit that, quite honestly, is not explainable. I think the best explanation is that the Holy Trinity is indeed a Holy Mystery, a very real reminder that there are many things about God that are not easily understandable or logically explained.
Too often we spend our time rationalizing God, explaining God, and speaking for God. We spend more energy rationalizing God into manageable spiritual paragraphs than standing in awe of the endless narrative that is God.
Perhaps this Sunday we can be in awe of God, who is utterly known and unknown, who threw the stars across the heavens and breaks bread with us, who is holy mystery.
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