Let me share with you a reflection on the economic Trinity, that is, not on the inner life of the Trinity (which is called immanent) but on the Indwelling Three Divine Persons.

Generally, Catholics relate only to the Son in their private prayer life. Karl Rahner once

remarked that if the doctrine of the Trinity were dropped from the creed Catholics would not even notice.

That is understandable. The Trinity has often been described as living in isolation. The truth is that Trinitarian theology is a theology of relationships, not about God in se God is not self-contained, egotistical and self-absorbed, but desirous of union with all that God has made.

God, in other words, is a community of three Divine Persons. The Father pours forth His love on His Son Who responds, and this mutuality between Father and Son is the Holy Spirit. What is marvellous is marvellous about this is that the three Divine Persons are eager to share this communal life with us. Hence, the Father sent the Son to recapture our hearts by becoming Incarnate and Redeeming us -- all human beings; and the Father and Son sent the Holy Spirit to transform our hearts so that we can participate in that Trinitarian Community.

The sacraments, especially Baptism and Eucharist, empower us to live in right relationship with each of the Three Divine Persons and our fellow- men and women. Through Baptism a person enters the Family of God as a beloved child of the Father, entitled to pray, "Abba, Father. The waters of Baptism given us by the Son cleanse and heal us.

And the Spirit of God descends up the baptised , igniting the spark of God’s fire of love, a fire we are called upon to fan into a flame. The Eucharist is the ongoing sign of this communion. It nourishes community through the participation of the believers in the love-life of the Trinity . Hence, someone called the Eucharist a Trinitarian sacrament. In the Mass we invoke the Holy Spirit (epiclesis) to make present the Risen Christ under the appearances of Bread and Wine so that we in Christ may be able to offer the Slain Lamb, now Risen, to the Father unto the Praise of His Glory. Thus, Baptism and Eucharist give us the potential to relate to each of the Three Divine Persons ever more deeply. But there has to be a personal response on the part of Each member of the Body.

Unfortunately, participants at Mass are rarely knowledgeable about growth in Prayer and moral improvement. Christian life is a matter of relating to each of the three Divine Persons: to the Father who cares — to a Brother who died for us --and to the Holy Spirit Who enables us to walk in the footprints of the Son and Brother so that we may Passover into heaven which is a fellowship, where all will be One.