FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTIONS The mystery of the Holy Trinity

One of the foundational truths of our faith is the “one God in three Persons: Father all-powerful, Christ Lord and Savior, Spirit of love.” How do we understand the Trinity? We don’t! God, by definition, is ineffable, beyond conceptualization, beyond imagination, beyond language. The Christian belief that God is a trinity helps underscore how rich  Read more …

Why do you not believe me?

ng back to God and coming back to church are two aspects of faith: individual and ecclesial (community). The individual aspect is reflected by, or seen in, “the human heart.” In the Old Testament the Lord says to his people “Return to me with all your heart” (Joel 2). “Behold, the days are coming, says  Read more …

FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTIONS

Hosanna! Crucify Him There is an uneasy union of feelings in today’s celebration: Is Palm Sunday the day of Jesus’ victorious procession into Jerusalem? Is it the day of his disastrous downfall? It is both. Today’s liturgy is a collision of glorious hosannas and somber omens.  Let us ask ourselves: What is really happening in  Read more …

FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTIONS

Judica dies Solis In English, “Judica Sunday”, is the name given to the fifth Sunday of Lent, derived from the first words of the Introit of that day: “Judica me, Deus”— “Judge me, O God” (Psalm 42).  This Sunday is also called Passion Sunday, because from this day the Church occupies herself exclusively with the  Read more …

FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTIONS

Miracles happen Miracles always involve the impossible – otherwise they wouldn’t be miracles! Impossible, however is a relative term. What may be an insurmountable obstacle to one person may well be within the realm of capability of another. But there are supernatural miracles – the ones where it requires divine intervention to bring about the  Read more …