Vatican City, 31 May 2015 (VIS) –
During the Holy Trinity Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis explained to the
faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square that “the Trinity is …
the mystery of the love of the living God. … Jesus revealed this
mystery to us. And when, resurrected, he sent the disciples to
evangelise the people, he told them to baptise them 'in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit'”.
“Therefore, today's liturgical
solemnity, while it makes us contemplate the wonderful mystery from
which we come and to which we are going, also makes us renew our
mission to live in communion with God and to live in communion with
each other, based on the model of divine communion. We are required
to live not without others, or above and against others, but with
others, for others, and in others. This means welcoming and bearing
witness to the beauty of the Gospel together. … In a word” added
Francis, “we have been entrusted the task of building up the
ecclesial community so that it is increasingly a family, able to
reflect the splendour of the Trinity and to evangelise not only
through words, but also with the strength of God's love that abides
in us”.
The Trinity is also “the final
objective of our earthly pilgrimage. … Therefore, we seek to
maintain the 'high tone' of our life, recalling the reason and the
glory for which we exist, work, struggle and suffer; and the immense
reward to which we are called”. The mystery of the Trinity
“embraces all of our life and all our Christian being. We remember
it, for example, every time we make the sign of the Cross: in the
name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”, said the
Holy Father, inviting the thousands of faithful present in St.
Peter's Square to make the sign of the Cross with him.
Then, on the final day of the month of
May, he commended all those present to the Virgin Mary. “May She,
who more than any other creature … knew the mystery of the Most
Holy Trinity, take us by the hand and guide us. … Let us also ask
Her to help the Church, so that she might be a mystery of communion,
a hospitable community where every person, especially the poor and
marginalised, may find welcome and feel like a daughter of God,
wanted and loved”.
After the Marian prayer, the Pope
mentioned that today in Bayonne, France, the priest Louis-Edouard
Cestac, co-founder of the Servants of Mary, was declared blessed.
“His witness of love for God and neighbour inspires the Church to
live the Gospel of charity with joy”.
Finally, he invited all those who meet
in Rome on 4 June, festivity of Corpus Christi, to attend the Mass to
be celebrated in the Basilica of St. John Lateran and to participate
in the procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, “a solemn
public act of faith and love for Jesus-Eucharist, present in the
midst of His people”.
“Before coming to an end, let us once
more make the sign of the Cross, saying aloud, as one, 'In the name
of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit'”, recalling the
mystery of the Holy Trinity”, he concluded.
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