For
centuries, theologians have made much effort to study the mystery of God; they
delve conceptually into his nature and expound their conclusions, using
different terminologies. But frequently, our words conceal rather than reveal
his mystery. As a good friend of mine used to say: "To speak of God with
human words is more or less like interpreting Mozart with the strings of a
comb". Jesus does no speak much about God. He simply offers us his
experience. Jesus calls God “Father” and he experiences him as a mystery of
goodness. He experiences him vividly in life as the Presence of goodness that
blesses life and attracts his sons and daughters and motivates them to fight
against what is harmful to human beings. For Jesus, this ultimate mystery of
being that we believers call “God” is a close and friendly presence that makes
its way in the world in order to build, with us and alongside us, a more human
life. Jesus never separates this Father from his project of transforming the
world. He cannot think of him as
someone locked up in his unfathomable mystery, with his back turned on the
suffering of his sons and daughters.
Hence, he asks his followers to open themselves up to this God, to
believe in the Good News of his project, to join him in working for a more just
and a happier world for everybody, and to seek always that his justice, his
truth and his peace reign more and more among us. On the other hand, Jesus
experiences himself as “Son” of this God, born to be the driving force in the
world behind God’s humanizing project and to bring it to its definitive
fullness over death even. That is
why he seeks at all times what the Father wants[1]. His faithfulness to him makes him look
always for the good of his sons and daughters. His passion for God translates into compassion for all those
who suffer. Therefore, the whole existence of Jesus, the Son of God, is about
healing life and relieving suffering, defending victims and demanding justice
for them, sowing acts of goodness, and offering to everyone God’s mercy and
gratuitous forgiveness—the salvation that comes from the Father. And Jesus
always acts driven by God’s “Spirit.” The Spirit is the Father’s love that sends him to announce to the poor
the Good News of his saving project. The Spirit is the breath of God that moves him to heal life. The Spirit is his saving strength that
is manifested in his whole prophetic ministry[2].
This Spirit will never be quenched in the world when Jesus is absent. He himself so promises it to his
disciples. The strength of the Spirit
will make them witnesses of Jesus, Son of God, and co-workers in the Father’s
saving project. This is the way we
Christians live in practice the mystery of the Trinity • AE
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