Sunday, January 20, 2008

Descent of the Holy Spirit

Reflecting on this third glorious mystery of the rosary, is it possible to believe that through Pentacost we participate in the eternal exchange of love that is God? It is so. God is love. If God is love, then God as Trinity makes sense-- for love to exist, there must be one who is the lover, one who is the beloved, and the love itself. God the Father's love for God the Son is so real and so strong that it becomes its own person in the Holy Spirit. When the apostles and Mary are showered with the Holy Spirit at Pentacost, it is not "merely" that one of the persons of the Trinity is with them always, but that person is the love that is eternally exchanged between the Father and the Son, and so we are all caught up in that infinite love which is God.

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