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Pope at Angelus: The Trinity is love in service of the world On the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Pope Francis tells the faithful during the Angelus that God loves the world, despite its sins.
By Vatican News
Taking his inspiration from Sunday’s Gospel on this, the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Pope Francis underlined God’s love for the world.
The Pope noted that, in his brief dialogue with Nicodemus, Jesus presents Himself as “He who brings to fulfilment the Father’s plan of salvation for the world.”
God gives his only son
Jesus affirms: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life”.
The Pope explained, “these words are to indicate that the action of the three divine Persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – is a single plan of love that saves humanity and the world.”
“The world is marked by evil and corruption”, said Pope Francis, “and we men and women are sinners.”
God loves us despite our mistakes
Therefore, he continued, “God could intervene to judge the world, to destroy evil and castigate sinners. Instead, He loves the world, despite its sins. God loves every one of us even when we make mistakes and distance ourselves from Him.”
God the Father loved the world so much, emphasized the Pope, that, in order to save it, He gave His only-begotten Son.
The Holy Trinity
“The Trinity is therefore Love, all in the service of the world, which He wishes to save and recreate”, he said.
This feast day, commented Pope Francis, “invites us to let ourselves once again be fascinated by the beauty of God”, and to welcome His love which he gives to us through Jesus Christ.
We live faith in Christ, said the Pope, by “listening to the Word and partaking in the Sacraments, through which the Holy Spirit gives us God’s grace.
Through the Sacraments, he continued, “we can remain in a continuous relationship with the divine Persons; we are stimulated to bear witness to evangelical charity, and we are sustained in our effort to live in unity and in peace, so that everything may be to the glory of the Most Holy Trinity.”
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07 June 2020, 12:06
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