On Sunday we celebrated the feast of the Holy Trinity. The Holy Trinity is one of the most important mysteries in our Catholic faith. We think about God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit as three separate elements but these elements together are the One God. In the bible we are presented with many different images of God - creator, father, teacher, guide, loving, forgiving ….. How do you perceive God? Every time we make the sign of the cross we are remembering the Holy Trinity: “In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

A really simple analogy that we can use to understand the mystery of the Trinity is to think about an apple. An apple is made up of three parts: the peel, the flesh and the core. Each part of the apple has a different purpose. The peel protects the apple and keeps it healthy, the flesh is good to eat and the core contains the seeds from which apple trees grow. Like the peel of the apple, God the Father is our protector: He loves us and provides strength through both the good times and the bad. The Son is the goodness to enjoy in our lives - just like the flesh of the apple. At Easter Jesus was buried, like the seed in the apple core, and then rose again. The faith that was planted like the apple seed then grows through the Holy Spirit in our lives.  Share this analogy with your children and look for ways that this mystery is part of our lives each and every day.