Safe Distance Confessions by Appointment
call me 706-267-1073
or in the Meeting Room at 5pm on Saturday
 
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Saturday Vigil Mass at 6pm
Sunday Morning Mass at 8am and 11am
Three options for participation:
1. In Church    2.  In the Churchyard    3.  At Home via livestreamDrive by Communion at 9:10am in front of the Rectory on Lovell Ave.
 
Praise and Worship Service with Ryan Beke on Sunday at 5pm
Join us in Church or via livestream
 
School for Disciples on Wednesday
Join us in the Churchyard at 5:30pm for Prayer and Cocktails
We share our experience of Week #6 of the Ignatian Adventure
 
Will we ever get back to a place called “normal”?  I have my doubts but at least this week we return to the liturgical season of Ordinary Time. Given the present state of our world I think ordinary is a very good thing.  This Sunday and next, however, are designated as solemnities—special days that call our attention to central mysteries of our faith. Today on Trinity Sunday we celebrate the mystery of the Holy Trinity, one God in three persons.
 
Trying to explain how God can be one and also saying that God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit can be quite a challenge. Our brains automatically try and check out and say, “Does not compute! Does not compute!”  So, how do we understand the Trinity? We don’t!  God, by definition is beyond conceptualization, beyond imagination, beyond language.  God will always be mystery and there is no way that I could ever explain how I could ever be in relationship with the Creator of the universe, but in the depths of my being I know that I am.
 
One of the things that enables me to even begin to approach this wonderful mystery is described in the first letter of John: “We have known the love of God and have believed in it. God is love. Those who live in love live in God and God in them.”
 
In the doctrine of the Trinity we see that love is part of the fabric of creation; it is essential to the eternal, need-nothing Creator. From eternity past, the Father and the Son and the Spirit have been in community, in relationship. They have loved each other. That loving relationship is bound up in the very nature of God himself.  A solitary god could not be love. He may learn to love. He may yearn for love. But he cannot in himself be love since love requires an object. Real love requires relationship.
 
Our modern society values individualism, personal rights, and self-gratification. This solemnity invites us to live not for ourselves but in communion with one another as does the Holy Trinity. As Christians, love will always be our basic mission because God is love.  The Holy Spirit will inspire us to live this mission out in different ways, through different vocations, but the mission is to love.
 
I rejoice as I see members of this faith community giving themselves to this mission in everyday ways.  “Normal” for us is a faith community that builds on the sacrificial love that God has shown us through Jesus Christ.  So, I am asking your help with Project Re-Connect.  Over the past few years, some parishioners and our friends have chosen to leave our faith community.  I know there are many different motives for these decisions, but we miss our friends. I (and hopefully a couple of extroverted volunteers) would like to reach out to those who have left the parish and invite them back. Should you know of any of these former parishioners among your family or friends, please let me know.   The easiest way to do this is to text me (706-267-1073) their name, phone number and/or email.  You could also drop a note into the basket with the contact information and your name on it.  God is love.  Let’s help our family and friends re-connect to the that love in a deeper way.