Pastor’s Note May 31, 2026

Dear Parishioners:

Have you ever found yourself staring at an image, a photograph, a picture— and your whole mind starts to be pulled into the world of that depiction? It could be a photo of a long-lost friend, a joyful snapshot of a vacation, or a fine work of art. The image itself has captured and preserved only a frame, a still shot of the life, beauty, and meaning behind and within what our eyes see. As we fondly look at such an image, our minds take us deeper, into the truth and depth of what is really represented: the joy of shared moments, the bonds of love bridging time, the eternal truths of God’s magnificent, mysterious world. We of course would say that what is most real is not the physical, two-dimensional image itself, but the life, truth, and love which have given rise to the representation. On this Trinity Sunday, we profess our God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And what becomes so distinguishing in our understanding of God is that he is not captured and comprehended by a two-dimensional image. Yes, we have rightly have images of the Persons of the Trinity, yet this feast today reminds us to be taken deeper into the very life of God. God is a dynamic, eternal, active, ever-relating communion of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Behind and beneath our images for God is the God who is eternally alive, enduringly merciful, overpouring and overwhelming the world with his love and truth. This celebration of our trinitarian God wants to take us deeper…into the splendor of all that God has created, into the love that is the very heart of God’s nature, and into the grand story of God’s gift of himself, giving, revealing, and granting life, his very life to us.

God’s peace,

Fr. John