Gospel: Jn. 3, 16 – 18
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Homily
Today we celebrate Father’s day in a world which is becoming more and more fatherless. This week I was looking at a TV programme in which two lesbians were going to adopt a little child. We often hear also of delinquent fathers and absent fathers and many children are today growing up without experiencing what it means to have a father. Some children have been able to negotiate the drama of growing up successfully without the experience of having a father but others as we know have not been as successful. To celebrate Fathers’ day is to commit ourselves to making the experience of having a father and the experience of fatherhood an integral part of daily living. What is more important for us the disciples of Jesus is that today we also celebrate the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity. This is a solemnity which does not celebrate an event in the life of Jesus but rather celebrates Trinitarian love, i.e. the love which exists between the three persons of the Trinity, i.e Father, Son and Spirit and its consequences in the world. Trinitarian love is love which does not remain locked up in itself but goes out to include others within its ambit. And so the Gospel passage tells us “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” God, Father of all of us has a project and that project is that every single human being must be saved. The Son believes and accepts the project of the Father and so comes into the world, in obedience to the Father “not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” The Spirit, bond of love between Father and Son is so perfect that it is personified and strengthens and encourages the Son to bring the Father’s project to completion.
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The Project of the FATHER has to be the project of every father. Every father wants his son or daughter to arrive at their fullest potential or does not deserve the name father. Every son or daughter wants the other children of his/her father to arrive at their fullest potential and so is willing to help and make sacrifice to achieve this. Every mother (the third person in the human triad) encourages and strengthens the children for this enterprise.
“As we look at the Trinity and compare it with our human families, we can say that the Trinity is the family life of God. God is relationship and in the Trinity there is revealed not only something about God, but also about fatherhood. It is an intimate, self-giving relationship. As we hear of delinquent, absent and abusing fathers, and “fatherless children” ,we come to the conclusion that the lost father is lost relationship, broken promise, torn covenant, lost Trinity. The disappearance of fatherhood is the disappearance of intimacy.” (John Kavanaugh, S. J. of Saint Louis University)
During the Easter season which we have just completed, on more than one occasion, the Gospels reminded us that we, the present day disciples have been sent into the world to continue the mission of Jesus. We were told, “as the Father has sent me, so am I sending you.” We are sent therefore not to condemn the world but so that the world might be saved through us.
The question then for all of us who consider ourselves to be disciples of Jesus is how do we go about saving this world in which we live.
Pope Paul VI reminded us that “the world is tired of teachers and only listens to a teacher when the teacher is also a witness” Unfortunately, so very often we are teachers without being witnesses, our lives give the lie to what we say; we do not walk the talk. Our Christian families must live what the Trinity tells us about Fatherhood. Only when in our families true fatherhood is lived, ie. intimate, self-giving relationships, will sons and daughters be willing to help the other children of his/her father to arrive at their fullest and make the necessary sacrifice to achieve this. Only then will mothers be successful in encouraging and strengthening the children for this enterprise
Prayer
All powerful and ever-loving God, we thank you for including us within the ambit of your love. We thank you for the myriads of saints who have so lived that we and others have experienced the tremendous love which you have for all humanity. Help us who believe in the name of your Son Jesus, to understand that we too are called to foster believe in your son Jesus, not only by our words but more importantly by the lives we live. Help us to do whatever is necessary so that true fatherhood may became more prevalent. We ask this through the intercession of Mary our Mother and your Son, Jesus. Amen
