"Glory to God the Father, alleluia: Glory to God the Son, alleluia: Glory to God the Spirit, alleluia! "
" ... in light of the paschal mystery is revealed fully the center of the cosmos and of history: God himself, eternal and infinite love. The word that sums up the whole of Revelation is this: "God is love" (1 Jn 4, 8.16), and love is always a mystery, a reality which surpasses reason without contradicting it, and more, by exalting its possibilities. Jesus revealed to us the mystery of God Himself, the Son, has made known the Father in Heaven, and gave us the Holy Spirit, Love of the Father and the Son. Christian theology summarizes the truth about God through this expression: only one substance in three persons. God is not solitude, but perfect communion. That is why the human image of God, fulfilled in love, which is the sincere gift of oneself ... "(May 22, 2005).
The Feast of the Holy Trinity we The invitation to contemplate Him, the Lord invites us to climb in some sense "on the Mount," as did Moses. It seems at first sight lead us away from the world and its problems, but in reality we discover that it is precisely in knowing God more closely than it also receives valuable practical guidance for life: just as happened to Moses who ascended the Sinai and remaining in God's presence, received the law engraved on stone tablets, whose people took the direction to move forward, not to return to slavery but in freedom grow. The name of God depends on our history of light from his face, our journey (May 18, 2008).
Benedict
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