A Trinity for All - The Rev. Joyce Keeshin

Sermons from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

The message of the Holy Spirit was being sent to all. It was accessible to all because God is seeking a relationship with all. Today is called Trinity Sunday and it celebrates the three expressions of the Trinity that we address in our prayers throughout our services, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.Our tradition has tended to be steeped in masculine language. And that has been an obstacle for many to relate to God. This Trinity is also frequently described as, Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier and there are other descriptions as well, but it's an attempt to express these three different aspects of God. I find that human words really struggle in trying to describe God. But the focus on Trinity Sunday is to acknowledge those three in the unity of God. As our opening collect expresses, Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servant's grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity and in the power of your divine majesty to worship the unity... God expresses through scripture, this deep longing to be in relationship with us. And that is no easy task... Our God wants to be in relationship with all of God's people. Our Gospels are filled with expressions of God's love for God's people. Expressed in the very being of Jesus, his teaching, his healings, his embrace of all, his outreach to all, his sacrifice for all, his sending of his disciples to the ends of the earth, that all might receive the saving message of love. That all might be one.