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"I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end" (Rv 21:6)

The icon of the Holy Trinity is a symbolic representation of the three Persons of the Godhead, united forever in an eternal embrace of divine love and eternal light. Within the oval mandala, representing eternity and divinity, are depicted the traditional iconographic symbols for the three members of the Holy Trinity. A seraph represents the unceasing praise of Heaven in the hymn of the cherubim "Holy" chanted three times, inscribed around the icon in Aramaic, Greek and Arabic.
God the Father is represented by a hand reaching down out of a segment of a circle, breaking into human history, giving His Law (Ex 19) and speaking to man through His Living Word-Jesus.
God, the Son, is represented through His Incarnation, the mystery of His humanity-divinity and the gift of salvation and forgiveness of sins that His sacrifice brought to man. We also see Mary Magdalene, the repentant sinner, at His feet.
God, the Holy Spirit is depicted in the form of a dove, in a circle burning with flames of fire, as the Holy Spirit is symbolized at the Baptism of Christ and in His descent upon the Church at Pentecost.

People who believe the Trinity is a mystery have never read their bible cover to cover.

Christianity is NOT a mystery religion.

Read Romans 1:20 - what it says about the Godhead, and what you can know about it, and who can know it.

You either believe Romans 1:20, or you believe the Trinity is some mystery. There is no reconciling that verse with the belief we cannot grasp the nature of God. The problem is not so much that God is hard to find, the problem is that Mankind loves the dark, and it’s own ways instead of the things of God.

What are the things of God? Read Romans 1:20.

By the way, both Catholics and Protestants need to read their bible, and believe it instead of commentaries and pronouncements. Why take 2nd hand stories when you can go to the source?

One aid I have observed is comparing the Trinity to a Play.

God the Father as the author of the Play (His Plan), God the Son (Christ Jesus) is the main Actor in the Play (His Plan), and in the rafters, God the Holy Spirit runs the spotlight which glorifies the Son.

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The reference to "mystery religions" misses the point. The "mystery" is how there are three persons in one God. One can logically deduce the existence of God. There is no way one can logically deduce the Triune nature of God. It is known to us only because it was revealed.

When I was a visiting professor in Turkey I occasionally got into discussions with my fellow faculty members, all of them Muslims, about differences between Islam and Christianity. The Trinity was always a sticking point. They wanted to know what was the logic behind it. The problem is, there is no logic behind it. It's a brute fact, no more the consequence of reason than any other brute fact. Again, we know it not because we can deduce it, but because it was revealed to us.