Fr. Michael Clark’s Sermon from the St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport for Holy Trinity Sunday centered on a beautiful painting in the Venerable English College in Rome whose subject matter is the Most Holy Trinity.  In his sermon, Fr. Clark remarked, “It is an intriguing but dangerous depiction of the undepictable.  How on earth can we use Art to express the Most Holy Trinity?  It is dangerous, because the Trinity is a mystery that is not easily stated; it is not simply stated.  It is an intriguing picture, because even though the Trinity is a mystery, we must be able to say something about it.  If you hear priests tell you that the Trinity is a mystery, and they fail to give you any account of it, hold them to account.  Not only priests, but all Christians must be able to give some account of what the Trinity is.  It is indeed a mystery, but not a riddle.  And when words fail, when human language fails, Art takes up the story.  Language quickly reaches it limits,  and even more quickly when describing the essence of God, Himself.  The Holy Trinity is who God is, in His essence.  The mystery has been revealed to us, not to tease us, not to titillate us, or to tell us something that we cannot know anything about, but instead it is revealed because it is essential that we understand who God is in His Himself: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  But each of those three titles presents its own challenge to our understanding, and that perhaps is where we need the help of ….

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