Drawn into God’s Love through the Feast of the Trinity

Each year, the Sunday after Pentecost in the Episcopal Church is marked as Trinity Sunday, a day when we pause to wonder at the nature of the God we worship: one God in three persons: Creator, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Unlike most feast days, Trinity Sunday isn’t tied to a specific event in Jesus’ life. It’s different. Instead of commemorating a moment in time, we are invited into the heart of our faith, into the mystery of God’s very being. It is a celebration not of something God did, but of who God is.

At Trinity Church, founded in 1839, this feast holds special meaning. Our name points directly to this holy Mystery. Every Sunday, we gather under the banner of the Trinity, not just as a theological idea, but as a living expression of the God who creates us, redeems us, and sustains us.

In our tradition, the Trinity is not a formula to recite, but a relationship to live into. We speak of God the Father, the Creator of all that is. We follow Jesus the Son, who reveals the love of God in human form. And we trust in the Holy Spirit, God’s presence with us today; comforting, guiding, and empowering us.

While the word “Trinity” never appears in scripture, the experience of God in these three persons is woven through the Bible, from the Spirit hovering over the waters in Genesis, to Jesus’ baptism where the voice of the Father speaks and the Spirit descends, to Paul’s blessing to the early Church: “The grace of Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”

These are not just poetic phrases. They reflect the life of God, a life of a loving relationship, of mutual self-giving. And in the Episcopal Church, that divine relationship shapes our worship. We begin in the name of the Trinity. We baptize in the name of the Trinity. We bless and are blessed in the name of the Trinity. The rhythm of our life together echoes this holy three-in-one.

Trinity Sunday can feel intimidating. How do you preach about something so mysterious? But maybe that’s the point. The Trinity isn’t a puzzle to be solved, it’s a mystery to rest in. In a world that often demands answers, the Church invites us to live with reverent humility. Faith doesn’t always mean having it all figured out. Sometimes it means trusting that God is bigger, deeper, and more beautiful than we can imagine.

To say that God is Trinity is to say that love is the very nature of God, love flowing between Creator, Redeemer, and Holy Spirit. And that same love is what draws us in. We are not just spectators of the divine life, we are invited to share in it. In prayer, in community, in service, in joy, God meets us, holds us, and transforms us.

As the people of Trinity Church, our name is not just historical. It is formational. We are called to reflect the love we see in God: love that is generous, life-giving, and relational. The Triune God shows us that relationship is not weakness, it is strength. We are made in the image of that love and are meant to embody it in our daily lives.

So Trinity Sunday is more than a feast for the head, it is a celebration for the heart. It reminds us that the God we worship is not distant, not rigid, not a list of abstract qualities. God is alive, dynamic, relational; and always drawing us deeper into love.

Whether you’re hearing this idea for the first time or have carried it in your heart for decades, let this Sunday be an invitation: to rest in God’s mystery, to rejoice in God’s love, and to live in the way of the Trinity. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

And so we pray with the words of St. Patrick’s Breastplate, words of trust and strength, words that hold the mystery of the Trinity close:

I bind unto myself today

The strong name of the Trinity,

By invocation of the same,

The Three in One and One in Three.

Amen.

Kevin+