The Trinity 

   Father, Son, and Holy Spirit … the Trinity.  The concept of the Holy Trinity is a mystery.  One God, but three distinct persons.  Not three Gods, not three separate persons, but only one God with three separate identities within the one.

  There are many analogies that purport to help understand the Holy Trinity.  These can be dangerous and heretical so great caution must be used.  Even the best can do little to enlighten us to the true mystery that is the Trinity.

   I sometimes see each human being as a trinity.  We have a physical presence that is quite different from our mental presence, our intelligence and thought processes.  In addition, we have a soul, a third presence distinct from the physical and mental presence.  I do not propose this as fact or theology, simply something that helps me to understand.

   I don’t think we should concern ourselves with understanding the trinity in such detail; we must accept it as Truth and Mystery.  When we start trying to explain the mysteries of God in human terms we will most often fail and create confusion and frustration rather than better understanding.

   The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit.  One God, three persons.  That is the Trinity.  Accept it or reject, we will never fully understand it in this lifetime.