Feast of the Holy Trinity 2018 – Pope Francis leads us into Prayerful Reflection

Pope Francis shared this in his morning Angelus Address – to ‘baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit’ means to immerse each person in the depth of God.

It’s a great lead-in to reflections on the Trinity this week.

Therefore, the feast of the Most Holy Trinity makes us contemplate the mystery of a God that creates incessantly, redeems and sanctifies, always with love and for love, and to every creature that receives Him, He gives the gift to reflect a ray of His beauty, goodness, and truth. He has always chosen to walk with humanity and forms a people that are a blessing for all the nations and for every person, none excluded. Therefore, the task of every baptized person is the same as that entrusted by Jesus to His disciples: ”Go [. . . ] and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).

A task that, thinking of the meaning of the verb “baptize,” that is, “immerse,” we can translate with the invitation to “immerse” every human being in this ocean that is the love of God; a love that raises from sin, heals the wounds of the soul and gives us salvation.

https://zenit.org/articles/angelus-address-on-the-feast-of-the-most-holy-trinity-2/