June 15, 2025

Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Easter season is over, but the special celebrations continue! This weekend, we’re enjoying a time of reflection on the mystery of the Blessed Trinity: the truth revealed in Jesus Christ that God is both one and three. One divine nature, three divine persons. This truth of our faith can seem a bit abstract, to the point that we sometimes wonder why we dedicate a whole Sunday every year to reflecting on it. The reason, of course, is that the Trinity lies at both the core of our faith and the core of our prayer. It’s easy to see why this truth is at the core of the faith: the Creed we say each Sunday proclaims it, and we know that to profess the truth that Jesus is Lord is to profess the truth of the Trinity. But maybe it’s harder to see why the Trinity is at the core of our prayer—our relationship with God. Some years ago, I received great advice from a spiritual director that helped me bring the mystery of the Trinity into my own prayer. He suggested that I become aware of which Person of the Trinity I was praying to whenever I prayed. Very simple, but very profound. So often, we pray to God as an impersonal heavenly blob, without awareness of the Person or Persons we’re speaking to. But when you pay attention to the Person, prayer truly becomes more personal. You experience God not just as a “power” that’s “out there,” but as a Father, a Son, and a Spirit with different personalities and ways of working within us. So give it a try in your prayer this week! Especially as this weekend’s celebration of Father’s Day brings family relationships to mind (a happy Father’s Day to all dads!), let’s be inspired and enriched by the even deeper relationships among the Persons of the Trinity. Through the intercession of Blessed Mary, Ever-Virgin, and our holy patron St. Thomas, let’s come to appreciate anew the heart of our faith that they knew so well from personal experience. God bless,

Father Jantz