Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an

apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization using media both old and

new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an encounter with

Christ and His Church. The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring

the transformative power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today we invite

you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the

warmth and light of Christ with each one of us.

Peace be with you. Friends, we come to Trinity Sunday. It's been called the

Preacher's Nightmare. I've never agreed with that. I think Trinity Sunday is

wonderful and a wonderful opportunity for preaching. Look, the Trinity is easy.

It's one God. The two processions, the Son from the Father, the Spirit from the

Father and the Son, there are three persons, Father, Son and Spirit, and there are

four imminent relations. Active generation, the Father to the Son, passive

generation, the Son to the Father, active spiration, the Father and Son to the

Spirit, and passive spiration, the Spirit to the Father and the Son. Got it? That's

the Trinity. Now, you're probably gathering. That's the hyper-technical language

the Church has used to describe this mystery. And you're right. But let me just unpack

that a little bit. So one God, Christianity is a monotheistic religion. It

inherited from ancient Israel, this marvelous faith in the one God. Here,

Israel, the Lord, your God is God alone. Any movement in the direction of

multiple gods, of polytheism is ruled out of court. All the first followers of

Jesus were monotheistic Jews. They remained clear in their monotheism. There's

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