The Holy Trinity - One God in Three Persons

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.  And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.    -Matthew 28:19-20

Today is the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity.  What exactly does Holy Trinity mean?  This is one of the mysteries of the Christian faith that's not easy to define.  The bible only mentions the words "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."  There's no true explanation.  Christians believe the Holy Trinity is represented by one god in three persons.  (Not three separate Gods!) Interesting I've heard three different real-life examples of what the holy trinity is all about.  Each one of these helped me understand the concept of the Trinity much more clearly.  I'd like to share them on my blog.  I will list them as educational subjects.....

Psychology & Home Economics 

A woman gets married then she has a child.  Her child has a baby.  This woman now goes by three titles (or personhoods): She's  a wife, a mother, and a grandmother.  (She's the same woman and has not turned schizo changing into three different personalities!)  The same concept can be related to a man.  Once he gets married and has children, he will become a husband, a father, and a grandfather. 

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Astronomy & Physics

The sun shines high in the sky and its rays shoot down to the earth warming the atmosphere.  The sun is representative of the Father sending rays of light towards the earth with an abundance of love.  The rays themselves can be viewed as the Son (Jesus Christ)
who lived and walked on the earth, dying for our redemption.  The heat generated from the sun and its rays is the Holy Spirit.  The sun, the rays, and the warmth all come from a single planetary source.



   Mathematics & Geometry 

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The equilaterial triangle has three congruent angles of equal 60 degree angles.  Each angle is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  If all three angles were not connected, the one geometric figure wouldn't be a triangle as we know of it.  One God in three persons when viewed as a triangle with three connecting angles makes sense.


I'm sure there are a ton of other creative ways to better understand the Trinity.  It's one of those mysteries of faith that's always challenging yet so important to Christianity!

-J.