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 today to Trinity Sunday. I know I know the preacher's nightmare but as you

probably know from previous sermons of mine I don't agree with that at all. I

think every Sunday is Trinity Sunday. The Trinity names what's most fundamental

and basic in our whole theology and spirituality. So we need and we should

rejoice in talking about the Trinity. Can I give you appropriately three kind of

scriptural grounds or justifications for talking about God as a Trinity of

persons? First of all Jesus himself. So Jesus speaks of a father who sent him

and you say okay fair enough. I mean wouldn't Abraham or Jacob or Isaiah, Jeremiah,

Moses, Ezekiel, wouldn't any of them have spoken of God as their father who sent

them on a mission, you know so far so ordinary. But here's where it gets really

complicated. Even though he's other than this father who sent him on a mission

he speaks and acts in the very person of God of Israel. You've heard it said in

the Torah but I say well who can claim that kind of authority except God

himself? My son your sins are forgiven. Well who can forgive sins but God alone

showing his mastery even over the elements of nature walking on the water and

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