Most Catholics would agree that the Holy Trinity is difficult to understand. Not my youngest. A year ago, my then eight-year-old, was asking questions about it. Like a good home schooling mom, I saw opportunity knocking, and approached the topic.
After a lengthy discussion, Cam informed me that I made this lesson too hard. This is how I should have explained it:
“The Holy Trinity is simple. There are three persons in one God. The Old Testament says that God names himself as the God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. There are three persons, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. There is one God for each person. God the Father for Abraham, God the Son for Isaac, and God the Holy Spirit for Jacob. They don’t have to share ‘their’ God.”
Today, Cam has a “better” understanding. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob have to share God because there is only one God, not one for each. Obviously, Cam’s understanding of the Holy Trinity is a work in progress, but then, so is mine.
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