Pastor's Corner

Yes, today we honor our Dads, as best we can. We let them grill out (so we can eat, of course!); we let them wear the shirts and shorts and socks they want (so long as we aren’t within 3 miles of them!); we say we love them and give them a present (yes, another tacky tie…). For some of us, the best we can do is trim around the headstones, lay flowers, and pray. But nevertheless: long live Father’s Day!

The Bible is filled with images of trees of paradise, and it’s really worthwhile exploring them for what they reveal.

My suggestion is that any divinity we can totally comprehend is simply not God—it is at best a construct of our imagination, and at worst a ruse to mislead us. I cannot (and therefore do not) try to “explain” the Trinity; I simply adore (love and serve) the Triune God. Although the following words of St Thomas Aquinas were written with regard to the Real Presence in the Eucharist, they apply here, too: Praestet fides supplementum/Sensuum defectui (“Faith stands ready as a helper/When the senses fail to see”).

So for myself, the suggestion I need to follow much more is to turn off my own leaf-blower, to see where the Spirit wills to blow, and follow.