Saturday, June 14, 2025
Happy Saturday, friend! We are so excited to share with you what's coming up this week as we all prepare our hearts by praying with readings for Sunday, the day of rest with our Lord.
Live Liturgically // This Week’s Feast Days
Sunday, June 15 // The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Thursday, June 19 // Optional Memorial of Saint Romuald, Abbot
Letter from the Editor //
Dear Sister,
God created the earth so that we might have a relationship with Him, that His creatures may say yes to Him and love Him in return. This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. We contemplate the reality that our God is three Divine Persons in one. The Father is eternally pouring Himself into the Son and the Son eternally pouring Himself out in love in return, and from this endless love the Holy Spirit proceeds. The love is so excessive that our God wanted to create us and share this love with us. The Psalmist asks in wonder, “What is man that you should be mindful of him?” (Psalm 8:5) Before anything was created, His Wisdom was there ready to find “delight in the human race” (Proverbs 8:31).
God created us in His image—to have the likeness of the Trinity, “the love of God has been poured out into our hearts” (Romans 5:5). And as the love is poured into us, we are meant to pour His love into others. The Holy Spirit will help us, showing us how to love others as He loves others. The Spirit “will guide [us] in all truth” (John 16:13), doing so from Pentecost until now and beyond. Jesus has given us all that the Father has given Him (see John 16:14-15). Let us dwell on that truth—let us be covered in God’s love and let it transform us more and more into His likeness, so that we may be crowned “with glory and honor” (Psalm 8:6).
In Christ’s Love,
Susanna
Read the Readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity:
First Reading // Proverbs 8:22-31
Responsorial Psalm // Psalm 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Second Reading // Romans 5:1-5
Gospel // John 16:12-15
Susanna Spencer holds a master's in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and is the Devotions Editor for Blessed is She. She is a freelance writer and editor and a teacher-in-training living with her philosopher husband and four kids in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She loves reading theology, attending beautiful liturgies, cooking delicious food, and casually following baseball. She is the author of the Gospel Studies including Seek His Kingdom: A Meditation on Matthew , Listen to Him: A Meditation on Mark, and Abide in His Love: A Meditation on John. She was narrator for Found: Advent With the Good Shepherd and Rescued: Lent With the Lamb of God and a contributing author and editor for our children’s devotional prayer book, Rise Up. She was the Theological Editor of the Blessed Conversations Studies. Find out more about her here.
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