The Trinity is manifested today in the sound and in the sight and in the motion. The sound of the Lord's voice above the waters had been heard for many centuries. The voice of the LORD is over the waters, the LORD, over vast waters. The voice of the LORD is mighty; the voice of the LORD is majestic. The Lord led his people through the depths of the Red Sea. The Lord led Joshua and the Ark across the Jordan river into the Promised land. The Lord led Elijah across the Jordan river to be taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot. The Father speaks today of the love for His Son. This is my beloved Son. We worship a God of love.
The sight of the Lord in the flesh is hidden in the mystery of the plan of creation. How could God take our flesh? He made our flesh. The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being. Just as God brought the earth out of the waters of chaos, Jesus emerges today from the waters as creator, sanctifier, purifier, and healer. We worship a God who is close to us and cares for us.
The motion of the Holy Spirit is part of our everyday life as Christians and as spiritual persons. The motion of the Holy Spirit, descending like a dove
and coming upon Jesus, is setting the seal of the Spirit on the work of God. Our first day as Christians when we emerged from the waters, the Holy Spirit descended on us and gave us a new name: we are now like Jesus the beloved of the Father, adopted offspring of the Father, branches grafted onto the vine of life, newly born, washed clean and pure and innocent in the waters of new life. We have died and have drowned the old life and we have emerged from the waters and drawn in the breath of new life.
We could look at this moment as but the beginning of Jesus' public ministry as a teacher and healer and savior. Our baptism was but the beginning of our life as Christians and we learned and were healed and saved and we continue today in the mystery of the Eucharist to learn to be healed and to be saved.
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