Fr. Yamid Blanco, (who speaks heavily accented English) spoke on the Trinity yesterday. He compared the Trinity to a marriage and a family. Father, mother, child = 3 persons in one family. Father, mother, child = love. Father, Son, Holy Ghost (3 in 1)= Love.
I told him it was the best analogy I’d heard in all my years as a Catholic.
Unfortunately, yesterday was his last sermon for us. He’s been transferred to 3 parishes who need a Spanish speaking priest. He came here right out of Seminary, barely speaking English, and now we all laugh at his jokes right on cue. We shall really miss him.
That is a good analogy. I have also thought that, in as much as we are created in His image, we also have a (small “t”) trinitarian nature...we each have our physical person (body), our intellectual person, and our spiritual person. Each is unique unto itself, but all part of the, “us”. Not a perfect analogy to be sure, but it has its uses.
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