Father Richard and I wish all the fathers of St. Helena Parish a very happy Father’s Day.  What a wonderful day to celebrate and honor our fathers on this Trinity Sunday.  We all have a human father, living or deceased, unknown, familiar or estranged. On this day we offer our prayers for all our dad’s.  Without them we would not be here.  Yet the origin of all creation,  and we’re talking here about the universe, and if there is more than one universe, we are talking about them all, all creation from creatures on another galaxy to inhabitants of this world, we owe our existence to the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Everything that has been, is, and will be,  is through the Holy Trinity.  It is the origin of all creation. 
 
The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit exist from all eternity without beginning,  without end.  And THEY are one and equal. They share in one Godhead.
 
It’s a divine love story that is shared with us, a sharing in the supernatural life of God. God is love.  For the Father loves the Son and the Son loves the Father, and that mutual, spontaneous, eternal love is the Holy Spirit.  God, that is the Trinity,  is an eternal mutual exchange of love.  And we are invited into this circle of love. 
 
The Father so much loved us, his creation, that he sent his only Son, to take on human bone and skin, to take on the form of humanity in every way possible, so to reveal to us and teach us the love the Father has for us, and how we can join this eternal love dance in our lives now and in our eternal lives in union with the Trinity. 
 
And yes, we can ponder, contemplate and meditate on this sharing union of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, but our contemplation must lead to action because actions leads to results. 
 
Here’s why.  The son was sent to us, to save us, to lead us to the Father.  The Holy Spirit is sent to us in Baptism, at Confirmation and at Mass and as we pray.  It was through the Incarnation of Christ his Son, it was through his preaching, his healings, his forgiving of sins that the Church was formed and continues through our actions  as Christians united in the love of the Trinity.  The Son and the Holy Spirit are in action for us. 
 
And so we are sent out into the world to be the salt and yeast necessary to build the Church in the image of God, the Trinity.  We the Faithful are the Church, for without the Faithful there will be no pope, no bishops, no priests.  It is through the Faithful that the Church, the Body of Christ, on earth will construct the steps that lead us into divine union forever. 
 
If we are the Body of Christ, we must be a community. We must not be isolated from others, but must form a community of love, just like the Trinity.  And just like the Trinity we must not seek uniformity, but work toward the unity that comes from diversity. Last week on Pentecost Sunday we saw how those with diverse languages and cultures were united as one, as they listened to the apostles preach with the power of the Holy Spirit; and we heard St. Paul’s say to the Corinthians that though we are many, we are one body in Christ. We in our diversity are united in one truth faith through the Gospel and the Holy Spirit. The Father is unique from the Son, and the Son unique from the Father and so too the uniqueness of the Holy Spirit.  Each person of the Trinity is unique but all share their divinity in total perfection and united in total selfless love. 
 
The word catholic means unity in diversity, catholic as universal, yet diverse. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word catholic (that’s with a small “c”) as comprehensive, universal, broad in sympathies, tastes or interests.  As an example, one has a catholic taste in music, meaning the person likes various kinds of music, a diverse love of music if you will.
 
Unfortunately sometimes diversity for some becomes a source for fear, for mistrust, ever hatred.  It’s a false goal to seek uniformity from everyone.  What a weird world it would be if all of us were alike.  God did not create our world with one kind of tree only, with one kind of animal only, with only one culture of peoples.  Our Christian community needs to be united in its diversity.  This gives glory to God.  From many, we are one. 
 
Let us be renewed by the Trinity: to go out into our world, to praise, to bless, to preach, to share with those who need help, who need nourishment, who need care, who need our prayers. Our mission is to be Christ at every moment of our lives, in traffic, at work, at home, everywhere we are, and not to give up when we fail in a moment of sourness, or impatience.  Brush off your souls, ask for forgiveness and try again.  We try again and again because we recognize the love the Father Son and Holy Spirit has for each other and for us. It is with this Trinitarian love that we build the foundation of our lives until we are in eternal unity with God.
 
To our men who are dads, or to the boys and men who may be dads one day, what an awesome task we have, to love and guide our children, who are either kids or adults, to be open and understanding, to listen, to listen, to listen to our children and react always in gentleness and kindness and with a smile.  And when we don’t, own up to it, ask for forgiveness for our short comings. 
 
Let our goal be our children’s goal: to work for and be ready for complete unification with the Trinity after this life on earth. Jesus is pretty straight-forward when he says in our gospel today: Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.  This is the fullness of truth.