How many persons are there in God?
There are three persons in the one true and
living God: the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit. They are the same in substance,
equal in power and glory.
(New City Catechism)
Plural in the beginning:
Let us make man…
The Divine counsel gathered for this act of image-making.
Son, Word, holding Father’s hand,
Shaping, making, always in union,
Preincarnate, perfect Man forming man;
Spirit, life-breathing,
Animating Adam, resurrecting bones,
Will of Father the constant motivation;
And Father: complete within
Tri-union with Spirit, Son,
Will enacted, embodied, perfected.
And we, somehow, swept into the dance:
I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
Complexity shatters minds,
And yet: true from the beginning.
Father, Spirit, Son; always complete,
Yet drawing orphans into family.
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Teacher, writer, blogger, husband, father, Christian. Living in Wyndham in Melbourne's west, on the land of the Kulin Nation. Searching for words to console and feed hearts and souls.
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Simply beautiful. I was particularly moved by the last line.
Thanks, Tony! I’m really glad you found it moving.
As someone who lost their father at age 14 and my mother when I was 35, I’m so glad that I am not really an orphan. Thanks, Matthew.
Thankyou, Lyn. I can imagine that would be particularly comforting to know! I’m glad the poem was meaningful for you.