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Pastor’s Reflections · Reflexiones del Párroco

Drawn into the Love of the Trinity

Atraídos al Amor de la Trinidad

May 31, 2026 · By Media1 · 4 min read

On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Fr. Álvaro reflects on the heart of our faith: that God is not a solitary being but a communion of love, and that we come to know Him most fully when we love and give ourselves to others. Discover how this divine love invites us to offer our own lives back to God as an eternal gift.

Dear parishioners,

Happy Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity!

The most basic mystery of our faith is the Holy Trinity. God is not a lonely deity. God is one God in a communion of persons. Father, Son and Holy Spirit share the one and only divine nature. St. John teaches us that God is love. This is not the same as saying the opposite: love is god. It would be a big mistake to say that love is an absolute without explaining what love is. Today, culture makes love an emotional and sentimental issue. It makes the idea of love seem absolute and idol-like.

Our faith teaches that love is very specific and different. God is love. If God is love, we can see God when we truly love others and give to others, because we are then sharing God’s nature.

Saint Augustine wrote: “In this is love—in this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only-begotten Son into this world, that we may live through Him.—In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us:”we did not love Him first: for to this end loved He us, that we may love Him: “And sent His Son to be the Atoner for our sins (“litatorem,” i.e. one that sacrifices). He sacrificed for our sins. Where did He find the sacrifice? Where did He find the victim which he would offer pure? Other He found none; His own self He offered. “Beloved, if God so loved us we ought also to love one another. Peter,” said He, “Do you love me?” And he said, “I love.” “Feed my sheep.” Homily VII on the 1st Letter of St. John.

So love has to do with God making us part of his nature and giving us the ability to love in the same way, rather than using our own limited strength. Love means wanting the best for the person you love. Today, we celebrate the Holy Trinity. We pray that we can love like God does, surrender our lives to Him, and accomplish the mission each one of us has. This is exactly the prayer over the bread and wine that is said during today’s church liturgy:

“Sanctify by the invocation of your name, we pray, O Lord our God, this oblation of our service, and by it make of us an eternal offering to you. Through Christ our Lord”

In other words, we honor God by letting us be transformed in an eternal offering to Him each time we receive the Holy Eucharist.

We are grateful to God for the many blessings we have received, especially the many sacraments given to our parishioners. I picked this picture to show what our life is all about: It is a gift from God that we can offer back to him. This will make the Lord lift us up and guide us towards the joy of the saints in heaven.

God bless you!

Fr. Álvaro

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