From Religious Education Curriculum

Community of Love

Last Sunday was Trinity Sunday - a special time in the Church Year when we celebrate the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  It’s a difficult doctrine to get your head around - How can 3 be 1?  

It helps to think of the Trinity as a “community of love” - or in the analogy, God the Father is the love, Jesus is the lover and we’re inspired by the Holy Spirit to share in the loving.

Year 4 students have been exploring how the Sacrament of Reconciliation helps sustain our community of love.  Year 11 Studies in Catholic Thought students have been pondering this mystery through a variety of artworks.   

In the context of last week’s National Reconciliation Week, we can consider the following words from Fr Rod Anglican Parish of Gosford from his Trinity Sunday sermon in 2021:

Belief in the Trinity means that reconciliation with First Nations people must be seen as an essential element of our human existence. The triune formula of Voice, Treaty and Truth along with the reconciliation concept of Makarrata, the coming together after struggle, are all expressions of a trinitarian dynamic.

Belief in the Trinity means that care for the vulnerable and marginalised is an essential element of our human existence.

Belief in the Trinity means that healing relationships with our neighbours, friends and family is an essential element of our human existence…

The Trinity is important because it is about how God loves God’s Self, it’s about how God loves us and therefore It’s also about how we can love one another.

Artwork: Wapirra Trinity by Clarise Nampijinpa Poulson.