TRINITY SUNDAY
29th May 2026
Greetings,
As a curate, I used to feel that I'd drawn the short straw if I was on the preaching rota for Trinity Sunday. I would ponder, How can I explain one in three and three in one in a way that people will understand? And I remember being taken to task by a clergy widow for preaching what was in effect an academic lecture - and probably not a very good one! St. Patrick famously used the three leaf clover as a way of introducing his hearers to the mystery of God, who we know as one God, yet three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. As I've grown older, I've come to realise that the key word here is Mystery. Far from being an academic conundrum to be teased out and resolved - which of course we can never do - God the Holy Trinity is Ultimate Mystery and the sustaining essence of life, including, of course, our own. In the face of this Ultimate Mystery, the only appropriate response is awe and wonder, adoration and worship of a kind which, whilst engaging the mind, truly nourishes heart and soul. And as Trinity suggests that God is persons-in-relationship, we are drawn most fully into this mystery when we come together in worship. It is sometimes asked What is the point of going to church? To which the answer has to be, None whatsoever, unless we are willing to be church. Being is all and it is the work of the Spirit. As we celebrate Trinity Sunday, may God draw us more and more into the fullness of life and being.
Charles Booth
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