If I had a dollar for every priest likely to launch his Trinity Sunday sermon with, “This is a mystery,” I would be a rich man. The Blessed Trinity is a mystery, but that does not mean it lacks ...

Mass Readings: Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40; Psalm 33:4-22; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20. Happy Trinity Sunday! This is one of those majestic feasts that we ought to celebrate in a bigger way, but ...

The lectionary isn’t exactly subtle this week. It’s Trinity Sunday, so we read two of the most obvious articulations of triune identity in all of scripture—the Great Commission and the Pauline ...

The Trinity Dome rises above the nave of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on dedication day, December 8, 2017. (Credit: RNS photo by Matthew Barrick, Basilica of the ...

When the day came that my niece could finally adopt the two children who had been in her foster care, they celebrated their day of becoming a “forever family” as the greatest of their lives. They ...

Each year when Trinity Sunday rolls around, ushering us into the season of the year known as Ordinary Time, my memory travels back to a Trinity Sunday many years ago. It was my last Sunday living in ...

It was a balmy Trinity Sunday and the door of the old neighborhood church was open. Four of us were taking a shortcut through the back streets of Bologna, rushing to get to a nearby tourist attraction ...

From this pulpit I have a panoramic view of the great cosmati pavement, which was laid down before the High Altar in 1268. It's a spiritual map that speaks to us of the universe and the majesty of our ...

During the Easter season, several readings highlighted the role of the Holy Spirit in sustaining the Christian community after Christ’s death, resurrection and ascension. Over the past weeks, we have ...

A difficult but fundamental concept within Christianity, the Trinity is the belief that God is three separate persons but is still a single God. The doctrine of the Trinity is the Christian belief ...

Sundays are a holy day in Christianity, and Trinity Sunday is particularly holy. It comes after Holy Week, Easter and Pentecost, but what is it exactly, and when does it usually occur? And how is it ...