Waiting. Who really likes to wait? Do any of you? When you hear the word “waiting room” what comes to your mind? Out of date magazines, a boringvideo loop about health, cranky children, a morning wasted, an afternoon in shambles, hurry up and do nothing. Think about waiting for a test result, waiting for someone who is late, waiting for word from someone you love. Think about being caught in traffic, stuck on the freeway as you are desperately trying to get somewhere. Wouldn’t it be great to have one of those Mars lamps with the suction cup that you could reach out and stick to the roof of your car when the traffic gets tight so that everyone will pull aside for you?

Who is this, that even the wind and sea obey Him? (Mark 4:41)

Miracles come in various shapes and sizes. Some are small and isolated: Jesus healing Peter’s mother-in-law of a fever. Some are fun and almost frivolous: Jesus making 180 gallons of wine at a wedding run dry. This one is didactic and large, of “titanic” proportions, you might say. Jesus calms a storm on the sea of Galilee with two little imperatives. The wind and waves obey Him.

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory. (Isaiah 6)

And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in three persons and three persons in one God, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the substance. (Athanasian Creed)

Blessed be the Holy Trinity and the undivided Unity.

In case you can’t already tell, it is Holy Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost devoted to the sublime mystery of God’s tri-unity as three distinct Persons in one, undivided Being. If you think you’re going to go home today understanding the doctrine of the trinity better than when you arrived, think again. If you’re looking for some tidbit of relevance, a little nugget of inspirational uplift, a sweet hour of prayer, you may be disappointed. Today’s menu is doctrine. Theology. God-talk.