This Sunday we look at the doctrine of the Trinity. This is the idea of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, jokingly referred to as two men and a bird. Analogies used to explain the idea of God being three separate and distinct parts and yet of the same essence are water, steam and ice or different musical notes together in harmony. We are made in God's image and so exploring the Trinity is a project of self discovery; it tells me something about who I am. Augustine explained it thus. There are three separate parts to my day to day living. These are: I (as myself), another person (whom I love), and the love itself (between the two of us). It is through living out this trilogy that I become fully and authentically human. If I become too self-centred and focus entirely on myself then the three become two and I am only a part of the person that I am able to be. So go on then, in the words of the song, "Don't you want somebody to love, don't you need somebody to love, wouldn't you love somebody to love, you'd better find somebody to love."

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