FEAST OF THE HOLY TRINITY

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FEAST OF THE HOLY TRINITY

 

LET US BEGIN
AS WE BEGIN ALL THINGS

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER

 THE SON

 THE HOLY SPIRIT

AMEN.

WEEKS AFTER MY BIRTH
I WAS BAPTIZED
AND GIVEN MY NAME

FRANK ANTHONY

 

I BAPTIZE YOU
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
 THE SON
 THE HOLY SPIRIT
AMEN

 

BY THIS I BECAME A MEMBER OF A CHURCH
FOUNDED BY CHRIST
 MANDATED BY HIM
TO GO OUT
INTO THE WHOLE WORLD
 BRING THEM TO HIM
BY BAPTIZING THEM
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
THE SON
THE HOLY SPIRIT
AMEN

AT THE HOUR OF MY DEATH
MAY SOMEONE SAY TO ME
RETURN SOUL
TO THE LIVING GOD
TO GOD THE FATHER
WHO MADE YOU
TO GOD THE SON WHO SAVED YOU
AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO LED YOU
AMEN.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TRINITY
 

DEDICATED TO THE TRINITY
THE TRINITY AS WE KNOW IT

IS A MYSTERY OF OUR FAITH.

THE FATHER IS GOD

 EQUAL TO THE SON

BUT IS NOT THE SON

THE SON IS GOD

 EQUAL TO THE SPIRIT

BUT IS NOT THE SPIRIT

THE SPIRIT IS GOD
AND EQUAL TO THE FATHER
BUT IS NOT THE FATHER

 

I HAVE A BOOK ON THEOLOGY AT HOME
THE ARTICLE ON THE TRINITY
TAKES UP SIXTEEN PAGES
OF SMALL PRINT
TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE MYSTERY

BUT IT'S LIKE TRYING
TO COMPREHEND THE BEGINNING
OR ENDING OF ETERNITY
IT USUALLY MAKES ME
GO TO SLEEP

 

BUT WE BEGIN

ALL THINGS IN THEIR NAME

 

WE ARE BAPTIZED IN THEIR NAME

WE ARE COMMISSIONED

TO BAPTIZE ALL NATIONS

IN THEIR NAME

I PUT IT TO YOU
WE SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TRINITY

IT IS A PRINCIPAL OF SCIENCE
THAT ONE CAN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND A MYSTERY
BY STUDYING ITS EFFECTS

USING SUCH A PRINCIPAL
MAN DISCOVERED THE ATOM
LONG BEFORE HE COULD SEE IT
EXPLODE IT
 USE IT TO MAKE ELECTRICITY

 

MAN USED SUCH A PRINCIPAL
TO DISCOVER PLANETS
OUT ON THE EDGE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
BEFORE THERE WERE TELESCOPES
STRONG ENOUGH TO SEE THEM.

LONG BEFORE WE HAD ROCKETS
MAN KNEW
HOW HE WOULD TRAVEL
TO THE MOON AND BACK.
SO LET US EXPLORE THE TRINITY

 

THE FATHER LOVED US

 SO MUCH

HE SENT HIS ONLY SON

TO SUFFER

AND DIE

FOR US

THE SON OBEDIENT TO THE FATHER
WILLINGLY GOES TO THE CROSS
BUT THE SON TAKES NO GLORY TO HIMSELF
BUT RATHER SAYS
TO HAVE SEEN ME IS TO HAVE SEEN THE FATHER

 

THE SON SENDS THE COUNCILOR
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH
WHO COMES
NOT TO DO HIS OWN WILL
BUT THAT OF THE CREATOR
 THE SAVIOR

IF I WERE LOOKING AT A FAMILY
THAT ACTED THIS WAY
I WOULD SAY
SEE HOW THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER

 

THAT IS WHAT THE TRINITY IS

 

A LOVE RELATIONSHIP

 

 TO THAT RELATIONSHIP

WE HAVE BEEN CALLED

BY BAPTISM

 WE HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED

TO BRING ALL MEN TO THAT RELATIONSHIP

LOVE IS THE ANSWER
TO ALL OUR QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE TRINITY
HOW IT SHOULD INSPIRE US TO LIVE.
LOVE IS THE ANSWER

 

I KNOW OF NO PROBLEM
PERSONAL OR WORLDWIDE
THAT HAS BEEN SOLVED BY MORE HATRED

RATHER BE KIND AND LOVING
THIS IS THE MESSAGE OF THE TRINITY

 

KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES
WHEN YOU HAVE LOVE

ONE FOR ANOTHER

 

 

FRANK A VOLLMER