Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Cycle A

Our readings for Sunday are here. 

These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from the Masses of

• June 11, 2017
• June 15, 2014  5PM

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The poems Fr Dennis references these years are:

• 2017 homily — The Monks of St John’s File in for Prayer by Kilian McDonnell
• 2017 homily — Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hadyn
• 2014 homily — There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy by Frederick Faber
• 2014 homily — The Lanyard by Billy Collins

In 2017 —

The Trinity is a dynamic relationship — One God with relationship between one and all and with each other and all of us and each of us, AND a revelation of who we are:

• The Trinity is celebrated all together. (rl note: don’t sweat it; we won’t get it. That’s why the Trinity is a mystery.)

• New York Times article about the metal artist / worker, Alex Calder, who is quoted, “The work is the same but it keeps changing.”

• Kilian McDonnell’s poem, “The Monks of St John’s File in for Prayer,” reminds D2 of the St Mary’s Communion line — all the stories and variety of us, together.
• He thought Robert Hadyn’s poem, “Those Winter Sundays,” captured how God is relational, or as St Ignatius says, “Love is shown more in deeds than words.” Robert Hadyn, our first U.S. Poet Laureate, taught at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor [rl — where the St Mary’s of these posts is located].

In 2014, we reflected from D2’s homily that —

• God is community, 3-in-1 family. We constantly depend on other people for purpose and happiness, like we depend on God.
• God is wider than our imaginations as captured so beautifully in the Frederick Faber poem, the lyrics to the hymn of the same name, “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” (Gather #626).
• Billy Collins’ humorous poem, “The Lanyard” lays out so truthfully that somehow, through God’s Grace, we are “even” with the Trinity with whatever gift we offer at the Altar, 🙂 even a lanyard.

Our featured image is the famous Trinity image of Andrei Rublev from 15th century. I leave you with a wiki link for more information.