Solemnity of the Holy Trinity - Sunday, May 27, 2018

Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40
Psalms 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22
Romans 8:14-17
Matthew 28: 16-20

In this Sunday’s reading, which is the conclusion to Matthew’s Gospel, the risen Jesus speaks to his disciples on a mountain in Galilee, the northern region of Israel from which they all came. He tells them to make disciples in all the nations; to baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and to teach them all that he has commanded them.   

This became the mission of the Church, and it continues to be our mission, almost 2000 years later. We are called to bring new disciples into the Church—infants, young people and adults. We baptize them in the name of the Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And we pass along the teachings of Jesus, in the hope that all who call themselves Christians will be faithful to them.   

On this special feast day, which celebrates our unique understanding of God, it would be good to ask ourselves how well we are doing the work of Jesus’ Great Commission. As we think and pray about this, we need to remember the final words of Matthew’s Gospel—Jesus’ promise to be with us always.