First Prelude:
Picture the universe as a magnificent temple, erected to the honor of the most Blessed Trinity, and imagine the angels, all men and all creatures offering homage to their supreme Lord.
Second Prelude:
Most Adorable Trinity, impart to me the grace to be penetrated with the purest love, the most profound humility, and the liveliest gratitude toward Thee.
First Point
The Sublime Mystery of the Most Blessed Trinity
What the angels behold in never-ending astonishment in heaven, is revealed to us on earth as a mystery of faith—the mystery of the most Blessed Trinity. This mystery is the greatest and most sublime of the mysteries of our holy religion. From it all others proceed, and to it they can again be traced back. The human mind cannot conceive three persons in one Divinity, each one possessing the Godhead, entire and undivided. But this, as all the other mysteries of our holy religion, is not revealed to us that we should understand, but that in all humility we should believe. How could poor, weak creatures comprehend the Infinite Being? Higher than heaven above earth is His very Essence above all created things. Therefore the Psalmist exclaims: “Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high; and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?” (Ps. 112, 5–6).
Our adoration of the Triune God should be the more humble, the less we comprehend Him. We should rejoice in the sublime perfections of our God, in the countless graces and benefits that we owe to the Blessed Trinity. He, the Lord, our God, is the fountain-head and last aim of all things, our sole and highest Good, the center of all our desires, all our endeavors, and all our love. Let us employ the swiftly fleeting short span of life for His faithful service and let us utilize the countless graces with which the infinite love of God has overwhelmed us, for the honor and glory of the most Blessed Trinity. Doing this, we shall merit a high degree of heavenly glory and shall be made worthy to pass from the obscurity of faith to the clarity of eternal brightness, where the knowledge of this sacred mystery will merit for us inexpressible glory. Let us, today, beg the Lord of Hosts, the Triune God, to deign to imbue us with the sentiments worthy of His sublime Majesty, that with profound humility and self-renunciation we may offer Him the homage of our mind and heart, glorify Him incessantly in all our thoughts, words and actions.
Second Point
All Creatures Should Proclaim the Praise and Honor of the Most Blessed Trinity
Holy Scripture expresses this obligation in the words: “The heavens show forth the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of his hands” (Ps. 18, 20). All nature, every being, in its own way lauds the glory of the Creator. The beasts of the forest, the birds of the air, proclaim His omnipotence, His wisdom, His goodness and love. We behold the perfections of God, as it were, the features of His countenance, portrayed in faint outlines in the visible creation as in a mirror, mysteriously, as the Apostle says. But everything created should lead us to God, should invite us to admire His greatness, praise His goodness and thank Him for His gifts. Man is king of creation, the image of the three Divine Persons, whose mind is capable of appreciating the works of God and glorifying their Author.
Above all, therefore, we should render homage to our Creator in humble submission and employ all created things for His service. Is it not meet and just that we consecrate all the faculties of body and soul to Him who has given them to us? Our memory should be ever mindful of the benefits conferred upon us; our understanding should penetrate more profoundly the sublime attributes of God, and our will lovingly conform to things which contribute to the honor of the Triune God. Let us frequently say to ourselves: I am created for God and not for the world, which passeth away. My whole life shall be an act of praise—to know God, to serve Him must be the sole aim of my life. I will employ all things to the honor of Him who gave them to me. Our vocation imposes upon us a still greater duty of glorifying God, since we belong to God not only in all justice but also through love and of our own free will. Our whole life to our last breath shall be consecrated to the honor of the Father, Whose children we are; to the honor of the Son, Who has chosen us to be His spouses; to the honor of the Holy Ghost, Who has consecrated our hearts as His temple.
Am I zealous in utilizing all creatures as means to raise my mind and heart to the Creator?
Affections:
O most Blessed Trinity, our God, immortal King of Eternity! Thou alone art great and wonderful, Thou alone, glorious and praiseworthy! Who can extol the glory of Thy Majesty!—who fathom the depths of Thy wisdom—who enumerate the treasures of Thy mercy? In profoundest reverence and humility I adore Thee and thank Thy infinite goodness for the countless favors with which Thou hast overwhelmed me, Thy poor creature. My whole being shall be consecrated solely to Thee, my supreme Lord and God, and through all my thoughts, sentiments and actions I will incessantly repeat: “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, now and forever, Amen.”
Resolution:
I will frequently adore the most Holy Trinity with profoundest reverence and humility, and perform all my actions in honor of the Triune God.
Spiritual Bouquet:
“Praise, honor, glory and love be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.”
Prayer:
Our Father…
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