--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 6/07/09 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 6/07/09 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2009/06/07/daily-readings-reflection-for-60709#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 6/07/09 Jun 7, 2009 4:00:02 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Reflection on the Daily Readings for 6/07/09 by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/) Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:32-34.39-40. Psalm 33:4-5.6.9.18-19.20.22. Romans 8:14-17. Matthew 28:16-20. Lectionary # 166. Our sign of the Cross, the Creed, and the Glory be to the Father (a doxology) are among our most revered and recited prayers. They are a great help in leading us to think and pray about the Trinity within our lives. This does not make it easy for us to talk about the Trinity whether in simple language or erudite theological expressions. It is the most profound mystery among all those who believe in God, but it is only acknowledged as belief among us Christians. We often think of and pray to God the Creator and Father; we easily pray to Jesus, the Son of God, and we are praying more frequently to the Holy Spirit in the last half century. We should address prayers to each of the three Persons in the Trinity. The mystery remains as unfathomable even though saints and theologians have tried to describe or explain it. We think of St.Augustine and then of the more simple and direct example given by St. Patrick. Still the mystery of three Persons in One God are something that is beyond our human reasoning though it is reasonable with they mind, heart, and spirit of faith. The Church's liturgy is of great assistance to our learning and praying on this Trinity Sunday by offering us three sets of readings for the cycle of three years. We meditate upon what is called the B Cycle this year. We need, however, to realize that the above prayers are of great assistance to us when we pray to the Trinity. The doctrine of the Trinity took many years to develop a way of thinking about it but it still is a profound mystery for us. St Francis Xavier marveled at how the children of India wanted to learn these simple expressions of the Trinity seen in the prayers mentioned. He himself marveled and said, "O Most Holy Trinity!" as the soul of his faith in the three Persons. Matthew's conclusion to his Gospel is the most direct expression of the Trinity in the New Testament. He cites them as the words of Jesus which are expressed as the commitment of the sacrament of Baptism. We are named and reborn in this sacrament in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit while being given our Christian name. Then we are called to grow in that faith and to witness to it with our lives. We are not to be hesitant for Jesus says, "I am with you always, until the end of the world." Our Christian religion is a personal one both in belief and in the practices of living in communities of faith called churches, parishes, chapels and homes, religious communities, etc. We are not saved alone, we depend on God's graces working within us through our belonging to such communities. The Church is not a Jesus and I community but a community based on the Trinity of Persons. We are united to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Our first reading from Deuteronomy refers to the theophany given to Moses on Mt. Sinai where he learns that God is "I who am." The vision is confirmed by the signs and wonders God works for his people and in their liberation and freedom through the Exodus. Then the Psalm brings us the mystery of God's loving-kindness (Hesed) and justice (Tsedek); covenantal signs of our belonging to a community. Paul in his letter to the Romans speaks about and invokes God as ABBA, Father, then about the Spirit as leading us, and finally of the Son, the Christ, who redeems us and gives us a glimpse of his glory after his suffering and death. Father Roland J.Faley's words help us to meditate upon the mystery we celebrate. He tells us: "There are times when the sign of the cross is a true profession of faith in a God who is our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. At other times it is an unrecognizable, distracted gesture in no semblance of reverence. It might help us to remember that this distinguishing sign of our faith really identifies us as members of a very specific family. Today's readings make it very clear that it is a question of Father, Son, Spirit, and you. We are enveloped in the love of three persons and challenged to bring that love to our community. Just as Matthew's Gospel ends with the Trinity. so our life begins with it. We are baptized in the name of the Triune God." 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