Brothers,
Many of us remember the original movie Willy Wonka. There is that funny scene when Grandpa Joe and Charlie are rushing through the factory, and Wonka suddenly says, “So much time and so little to do…wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it!” It is a funny line because it captures something we all experience.

Don’t we often feel there is so little time and so much to do. Hospital visits, homilies, marriages, baptisms, funerals, parish and AOD ministry, family obligations, work, and the unexpected needs of those entrusted to our care. The calendar fills quickly.

Yet this Sunday's Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity invites us to reverse our thinking.

The Trinity reminds us that before there was ministry, there was relationship. Before there was work, there was love. Before creation itself, there was the eternal communion of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In the Gospel, Jesus tells us that all that the Father has belongs to Him, and the Spirit will take from what is Christ's and declare it to us. We see a God who is not isolated but eternally giving and receiving in love.

At times, the temptation in ministry is to believe our effectiveness depends on how much we accomplish. The Trinity teaches otherwise. Our first vocation is not activity but communion with God.

As we approach the many ordination anniversary celebrations of June, perhaps the Lord is inviting us to slow down long enough to remember why we were ordained in the first place. Not simply to do more, but to belong more completely to Him.

So, this week, brothers, take a few moments before the tabernacle, on a walk or run, or in quiet prayer. Let the Trinity remind you that the Father delights in you, the Son has redeemed you, and the Holy Spirit dwells within you.

There may indeed be so much to do. But there is infinitely more grace than time.

In Christ the Servant + Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Receive + Believe + Teach + Practice