Ah, Father’s Day and Trinity Sunday. Interesting combination!
The photo is of us four kids with our dad. Doesn’t it look like we are having a good time? Perhaps it is my brother who is making us laugh, but one thing I can say about Dad is that he has a wonderful sense of humour that he has passed onto his children.
Dad is a hard-working man, still, at age 78, but today he will take a Sunday afternoon off to enjoy his family. The tradition is that we buy him Chinese food so that he cannot even pull out the old barbeque that he enjoys so much. I will be leaving shortly to pick up my sister and niece who have ordered that food.
In spiritual direction, I always ask about what the retreatant’s vision of God is and I listen carefully as they speak about their own father to see the parallels. Most people have a relationship with one of the members of the Trinity and God as Father does seem to be the common one.
God as Father is often an image that women balk at. I like it but it is not my only image of God. I tend to embrace the other two members of the Trinity also, both Jesus as God and man, and the Spirit, as Wind and Fire.
In some ways, I can see that Dad has elements of the Trinity. He is Father, protector and provider. He is Jesus, divine and human. He is Spirit, mysterious and active.
Off to celebrate!!
Peace,
Suzanne
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