This weekend as we celebrate The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, we in fact celebrate Creation.

Pope Francis states in Laudato Si our concern for environment of the earth. He also speaks to the care we owe to our Common Home about the afflictions that plague humanity—for our common home is not separated into different parts hut rather it is about the totality of humanity and the varied human afflictions are connected to all and to everything, and are in need of healing.

And in this we come to the Trinity. The Trinity is, for many, a difficult subject to grasp: Three Persons in One God. How do we understand God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit? Do we see the Trinity as a singular God who shows Himself to us differently—just as we are one person who operates in many roles: father, son and uncle or mother, daughter, aunt? While that maybe simplistic, it enables us to see the beauty and the dignity, as well as the practicality, of creation. The Trinity is everywhere.

St Bonaventure states that before original sin “human beings could see the reflection of the Trinity in all creation.” And so all creation must be respected. Many other theologians have said that we humans post-original sin-see creation as a web of relationships. Some have said that we see this web of relationships in the reverse side of a tapestry, it is chaotic, all the materials and textiles in a this “web” are a “mess”, but with God’s help and when we are in the Kingdom of Heaven we shall see the tapestry from the front—and the web of strings and confusion will be clear and beautiful, we shall see Creation as God intends it to be seen and understood.

In our first reading today from Proverbs, 8:22-31, we hear about the Divine work of Creation and that the Trinity was not just present at that moment but was the Cause of Creation, in all its glory. In our second reading from St Paul to the Romans, 5:1-5, he offers guidance in the human struggle that will lead healing our humanity and the world—in all our afflictions. Yet we have hope in the love of God poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. And at last supper, Jesus Himself tells the apostles—and us—that the spirit of Truth will guide us to and reveal all Truths to us. You see, we are not alone and we are indeed called to “Be not afraid.”

And back to the Most Holy Trinity and our understanding of God. We come to know and see God through the whole of the Created world. All of God’s creation rejoices in His Glory, and we are called to see and recognize God in that beauty: the flowers, the trees, the animals and the oceans and mountains, the valleys and streams, the sunrise and sunset; and, we are also commanded to see the beauty of God in each other—the Face of Christ in all.

So what should that mean in our treatment of others? How do we see them—as other humans like ourselves or as the causes of our discord? In our world today the word “diversity” has come to mean those things that differentiate us—all those names and titles the drive a wedge in humanity: the color of our skin, our biological sex—male and female, our wealth or poverty, and so much more. Think of all the time, energy and discord that comprises those descriptive meanings…and then think of the one singular thing that all human beings share—that we are adopted children of the One True God. We—male or female, black or white, of means or not, gay or straight—are all Created children of God, in His Image and likeness, and when we begin to focus on that unifying aspect rather than the differences fade. Perhaps and the differences can face way and we can focus on the biggest human affliction of all—when we don’t see the Face of God in each other because we cannot fathom that God is everything and is in everything.

Indeed, the Most Holy Trinity is beyond our human understanding but let us take anew look around with eyes of faith wide open, and see God Himself in one another…and let the healing begin.