Sometimes our Catholic theology can be intense. Many times in trying to explain our beliefs we need to have knowledge that should propel us to know and find out more. Similar to other animal instincts, we humans - imprinted with the divine nature, should seek to know more about God and how we fit into His plan. If we are truly the glory of God and the highlight of His creation, why would we not desire to know and experience God more throughout our lives?
There are many animals with unique characteristics: the heart of a shrimp is located in its head, a snail can sleep for three years, the fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have been confused at a crime scene, slugs have four noses, it takes a sloth two weeks to digest its food (they are slow about everything it seems), and finally, the sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.” uses every letter of the alphabet.
Now I know the final example was not a unique characteristic about animals of the wild, but maybe about the human animal; we can think and process and reason. That is why our faith in God should seek understanding, and our instincts should be to come to know God more and more.
Today's Feast of the Holy Trinity reminds us of our belief in one God in three persons (The Trinity). As Pope Benedict XVI wrote on May 22, 2005, “God is not solitude but perfect communion”.
When we say we believe in ONE God we might be tempted to think that God is alone. However, God’s ONENESS does not refer to the number
of persons. God is three persons in ONE substance (or one ‘nature’ or one ‘being’). The three persons (Father, Son and Spirit) are so united that they are ONE in being. Therefore, God is not alone! The three divine persons are united in a communion of love… Quite the opposite of loneliness.
Human relationships are brought to perfection when they imitate, insofar as they can, the love of the trinity. So if you can believe the truth that cows can sleep standing up, but only can dream laying down, and the average four year-old child asks over 400 questions a day, maybe you can continue to search for God and the truth to find out more about yourself.