The Epistle of the Trinity

With the day of the Archangel Michael on September 29, a weeks-long hushed period comes to an end, a time without highlights, seemingly standing still between the great festivals of St. John and Michael.  Those who have experienced these ten weeks at the altar will be impressed with the always returning prayer to the Trinity.  Although this epistle disappears and is, in a certain sense, overwhelmed by the appeal to Michael, it also resounds, barely audibly, like under- and over-tones in music.  In due time, these words become the undercurrent of all our religious life.  It is as if the words of this epistle want to say:

Whatever may happen:

I am there.

I shall be there.

Always shall I be there.

Whatever befalls you,

In good and bad fortune,

In joy and sorrow,

Your life is My creating life.

No matter how dark the future will be,

Stronger than all darkness that will lame you

Is the light of the Spirit

That shines on everything and everyone.

That is the silent, strong undercurrent of infinite trust of God in human beings, which is with us always, from the cradle to the grave,

All our life,

All our lives.

-Rev. Bastiaan Baan, September 28, 2025