Vicar Writes: Trinity Sunday - Entering the Dance of Divine Love

The triad of Ascension Day (Thursday, 3 June),

Pentecost Sunday (last Sunday), and Trinity

Sunday (today) forms a powerful sequence in

our Church Calendar. These three feasts together

unveil the fullness of God’s redemptive work and

reveal the relational heart of our Trinitarian God

— Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The doctrine of the Trinity is central to Christian

belief, yet remains one of the most profound and

mysterious truths we affirm. It proclaims that

God exists eternally as three distinct Persons —

Father, Son and Holy Spirit — and yet is one in essence and being.

While the word Trinity is not found in the Bible, Scripture bears consistent

witness to this divine mystery. At Jesus’ baptism, in His promise of the Spirit, in

His prayers to the Father — the relational life of the Godhead is gently, yet

unmistakably, revealed.

The Church wrestled with this mystery in its early centuries. In the second

century, Tertullian coined the term to describe this divine communion. At the

Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, the Church formally rejected the Arian teaching that

denied Christ’s divinity and affirmed that Jesus is “God of God, Light of Light, very

God of very God.”

Various analogies have been used to help people to understand the Trinity such

as ice, water and vapour or sun, light and heat. While analogies can only go so

far in capturing this divine mystery, one ancient Greek term offers a rich glimpse

into the heart of the Trinity: perichoresis — meaning “mutual indwelling” or more

poetically, “dancing around one another.”

This concept beautifully expresses:

• Mutual indwelling – Each Person of the Trinity fully resides in the others.

There is no isolation or competition, only perfect unity and shared life.

• Dynamic relationship – The Trinity is not a static idea, but a living, vibrant

relationship. Like a divine dance, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit move in constant harmony — loving, giving, responding, and delighting in one

another.

This eternal dance of love is the source of all life and creation. It is also the model

for how we are called to live.

The Trinity is not just a doctrine to be studied — it is a relationship to be

mirrored. In a world shaped by hierarchies, power struggles, and rigid structures,

the Trinity offers a radical alternative: mutual submission, self-giving love, and

shared joy.

We are invited to reflect this divine pattern in our communities, families, and

churches. To love not competitively, but cooperatively. To live not for dominance,

but for communion. As Jesus said, “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved

you. Abide in my love” (John 15:9).

On this Trinity Sunday, let us marvel at the mystery. Let us enter the divine dance

— and allow the love shared by Father, Son, and Spirit to shape our hearts, our

relationships, and our world.