Holy Trinity Sunday – June 7th

Living the Gospel – Sign of the Cross

Every time we bless ourselves or begin prayer with the sign of the cross, we reaffirm our belief in the Trinity. That seemingly simple prayer, ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,’ is in fact, a confirmation of our belief in a triune God – three in one. The earliest use of the sign of the cross only involved tracing a small cross with the thumb or finger on the forehead as it is still done in baptisms or blessings today. Later, describing the shape of the cross on forehead, abdomen and shoulders became the common practice.

The Holy Trinity is the most important belief of our faith.

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Liturgical Art and Reflection by Jenny Close

Since the Trinity is one of the great mysteries of our faith, trying to design an image that touches on its meaning seems an impossible task. Three sources come to mind, however: colours, numbers and shapes.

In the Trinity there are three persons in one God and ‘three’ is a prime number which can only be divided by itself and one. Prime numbers have a mystical quality, and, together with the primary colours and related and repeated shapes, they evoke a dynamic sense of the divine.

Something for Us All to Reflect Upon

If relationships are at the core of God then, for those who accept the invitation into the Trinity’s embrace, relationships are meant to be our core business too. The degree to which we understand the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity will be shown in the care we take in our many and varied relationships: be they social, intimate or professional.

Every time we do anything to form new and good relationships, mend those which are broken, help other relationships to be deeper and richer or just enjoy the ones we have, we discover one thing: Trinity Sunday is a moveable feast!  (Richard Leonard)

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Photos from our Feast Day

On Thursday we celebrated the Feast of the Holy Trinity.

We used pretzels to demostrate the threeness of the Trinity and the childtren had a lovely time dipping their pretzels in chocolate and sprinkles which is like God being sprinkled all around Trinity.

The students also made a triangle from paddle pop sticks and labelled each side with a part of the Trinity and had God in the middle as he is a special part of the whole Trinity. The triangle shape is quite significant to our school as it is reflected in our school emblem.

What a special way to make connections to what the Trinity is and the meaning it has for us as a Catholic School.

Thought of the Week