Father Rick’s Two ~ Minute Homily for Trinity Sunday 

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   May 31, 2026, John 3:16-18 

 God Loves Us This Much! 

Being a priest is truly a profound calling that fills my heart with love for God and my
neighbors. It’s a journey of devotion that I cherish deeply. While I will never experience
the wonderful miracle of bringing a child into the world, I find meaning in the unique
ways I serve and love others through my calling.

I am at a loss for words when I pour water over a child’s head, recognizing that he or
she is more than just a human being. Now, they are a beloved son or daughter of God,
filled with His divine nature and destined for eternity. They are born into Mother Church
with love and hope.

We all assume the role of that child’s mother, guiding them toward the fullness of Christ.

“I baptize you in the Name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” The final
line of Absolution has the same effect on me at every Confession I hear: “I absolve you
from your sins in the Name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”

Our limited human minds cannot completely understand the concept of three distinct
Persons, each fully God. St. Patrick used the three-leaf clover as an analogy, but it is
not perfect. While God hasn’t provided a simple formula to fully explain the mystery of
three Persons in one God, He has revealed an essential truth: God is fundamentally a
loving relationship of Persons.

John the Apostle beautifully reminds us in his first letter that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). I
find personal comfort in the scene in the Garden of Gethsemane just before Jesus’
arrest, where He prays earnestly, with blood streaming from His forehead, saying,
“Father, let this cup pass me by, but let not my will, but yours, be done.”
This moment serves as a powerful reminder of His love and obedience to His Father.

In that one act of Love, He received His Father’s Love and strength to embrace our
cross He carried; He surrendered His human life because He knew in His heart that His
Father loves us as He loves His own Son; and the sacrificial Love Jesus poured out in
His human life on the Cross filled the whole Church at Pentecost and has filled her
down through the ages.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit manifest their perfect love for us in the one Sacrifice of
Jesus at every Mass celebrated throughout the centuries.

“Father, send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts to make them holy, so that they may
become the Body and Blood of your only Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.”

My friends, no one will love you more than the Priest who baptized you, the Priest who
absolved you of your sins, and the Priest who sacrificed Himself on the Cross so that
you may be free to love and serve Him without reserve, even more than you love
yourself. That Priest is Jesus.

Father God, in the name of Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit, use me today to
glorify and praise you.

May God bless you, in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Love Your Neighbor!
Fr. Rick Pilger, IC
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