The Trinity as Call to Action

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

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🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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It's often joked that Trinity Sunday is "the preacher's nightmare." But while the Trinity can be viewed as the most arcane and inaccessible Christian doctrine, it's also the most ordinary and obvious. Every Catholic invokes the Trinity whenever he crosses himself in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Moreover, every single baptized person has been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Through baptism we've been sealed by the Trinity, brought within its dynamic, and sent out on mission.

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0:00.0	Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an
0:05.4	apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization using media both old and
0:11.4	new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an encounter with
0:16.6	Christ and His Church. The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring
0:21.8	the transformative power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today we invite
0:27.9	you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the
0:32.5	warmth and light of Christ with each one of us. Peace be with you. Friends, we
0:41.4	come today to the great celebration of Trinity Sunday. It's been called the
0:46.6	preacher's nightmares, you know, how do you preach about the Trinity? I think
0:51.3	it shouldn't be the preacher's nightmare. I think it should be the preacher's great
0:54.0	opportunity because I always tell our students here that every Sunday is
0:58.3	Trinity Sunday. So here's a peculiar thing about the Trinity. At one of the same
1:04.2	time, the Trinity is the most arcane and extraordinary of Christian doctrines
1:09.0	and the most ordinary. It's simultaneously the most inaccessible of doctrines
1:16.4	and the most obvious. Now what do I mean? Well on the one hand, there is a highly
1:23.8	developed technical language regarding this great mystery. I've been teaching
1:28.8	the Trinity out here for 20 years. Terms like person, imminent relation,
1:35.0	circummissession, procession, etc. etc. The finest mind in the church from
1:41.3	origin and Gregory of Nissa to Augustine and Anselm to Thomas Aquinas and John
1:46.2	Henry Newman have wrestled with the meaning of this great mysterious dogma. But on
1:54.3	the other hand, the most ordinary Catholic simply and regularly invokes
2:02.3	Trinity every time he crosses himself, commencing prayer in the name of the
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