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Ordinations 2011

Consecration Prayer

Chalice presented to the New Priest

தியானப் பாடல்

நீ என் மகனல்லவா
உன்னை அழைத்ததும் நானல்லவா
நீ என் மகனல்லவா
உன்னை அழைத்ததும் நானல்லவா
கலக்கம் வேண்டாம் கவலை வேண்டாம்
காலமுழுவதும் உடனிருப்பேன்
நீ என் மகனல்லவா
ஆண்டவரின் ஆவி என்மேலே
ஏனெனில் என்னை அருட்பொழிவு செய்தார்
ஆண்டவர் வாழ்க

1
அருட்மிகு பலியாய் அரவணைத்து
நலிவுற்ற நெஞ்சத்திற்கு உறுதியூட்டு
மேடு பள்ளங்களை சமன்செய்ய
ஏற்றத் தாழ்வுகளை வேரறுக்க
உன்னைத் தேர்ந்துள்ளேன்
அழிக்கவே ஆக்கவே உன்னை அனுப்புகிறேன்
ஆண்டவரின்....

2
இடிந்து கிடப்பதை சீர்படுத்த
அழிந்து போனதை உருவாக்க -2
வாழ்வை அழந்தோர் வாழ்வு பெற-2
சிறையில் வாடுவோர் விடுதலையாய்
உன்னை தேர்ந்துள்ளேன்
படைக்கவே வளர்க்கவே
உன்னை அனுப்புகிறேன்
ஆண்டவரின்.......

இயேசுநாதருடைய திருஇருதயத்தின் செபமாலை

கிறிஸ்துவின் திருஆத்துமமே, என்னைப் பரிசுத்தமாக்கும்.
கிறிஸ்துவின் திருச்சரீரமே என்னை இரட்சித்தருளும்.
கிறிஸ்துவின் திருஇரத்தமே, என்னை நிறைவித்தருளும்.

கிறிஸ்துவின் திருவிலாவிலிருந்து வந்த திருநீரே, என்னைக் கழுவியருளும்.

கிறிஸ்துவின் திருப்பாடுகளே, என்னைத் தேற்றுங்கள்.
ஓ நல்ல இயேசுவே, எனக்கு செவிசாய்த்தருளும்.
உமது திருக்காயங்களுக்குள்ளே என்னை மறைத்தருளும்.
உம்மைவிட்டு என்னைப் பிரியவிடாதேயும்.
தீய எதிரியிடமிருந்து என்னைக் காத்தருளும்.
என் மரணநேரத்தில் என்னை அழைத்து,
உமது புனிதர்களோடு எக்காலமும்
உம்மைப் புகழ எனக்கு கற்பித்தருளும். -ஆமென்

பெரிய மணியில் :
இருதயத்தில் தாழ்ச்சியும் மனதில் சாந்தமும் நிறைந்த
ஆண்டவராகிய இயேசுவே/ என் இருதயத்தை தேவரீருடைய
திருஇருதயத்துக்கு ஒத்ததாகப் பண்ணியருளும்.

சிறியமணியில் :
இயேசுவின் மதுரமான திருஇருதயமே! என் சிநேகமாயிரும்.

பத்துமணி முடிந்தபின் :
மரியாயின் மாசற்ற இருதயமே! என் இரட்சணியமாயிரும்.

ஒவ்வொரு பத்து மணிச் செபமும், கீழ்க்கண்ட கருத்துக்களுக்காகச் சொல்லப்பட வேண்டும்.
1-ம் பத்துமணி - பிற சமயத்தினரும், பிரிந்துபோன சகோதரர்களுமான மக்களால் அவருக்குண்டாகும் நிந்தை அவமானங்களுக்குப் பரிகாரமாக.
2-ம் பத்துமணி - பொல்லாத கிறிஸ்தவர்களால் அவருக்கு உண்டாகும் நிந்தை அவமானங்களுக்குப் பரிகாரமாக.
3-ம் பத்துமணி - நாம்தாமே அவருக்கு உண்டாக்கும் நிந்தை அவமானங்களுக்குப் பரிகாரமாக.
4-ம் பத்துமணி - சகல மனிதராலும் அவருக்கு உண்டாகும் நிந்தை அவமானங்களுக்குப் பரிகாரமாகவும், பரிசுத்த தேவமாதா சகல புனிதர்களுடைய சிநேகப் பற்றுதலோடு நாமும் நம்முடைய இருதயத்தை ஒப்புக்கொடுப்போம்.
5-ம் பத்துமணி - இயேசுவின் திருஇருதயமே! நாங்களும் மற்றவர்களும் சிநேகிக்கும்படி அநுக்கிரகம் செய்தருளும்.

ஐம்பது மணி முடிந்தபின் :
இயேசுவின் திருஇருதயமே! எங்கள் பேரில் இரக்கமாயிரும்.
ஜென்ம மாசின்றி உற்பவித்த புனித மரியாயின் மாசற்ற இருதயமே! எங்களுக்காக வேண்டிக்கொள்ளும்.
இயேசுநாதருடைய திருஇருதயம், எங்கும் சிநேகிக்கப் படுவதாக.
என் இயேசுவே! இரக்கமாயிரும்.
திருஇருதயத்தின் சிநேகிதராகிய புனித சூசையப்பரே! எங்களுக்காக வேண்டிக்
கொள்ளும். - ஆமென்.

இறை இரக்கத்தின் ஜெபமாலை

இயேசுவே! நீர் மரித்தீர். ஆனால் இந்த மரிப்பு

ஆன்மாக்களின் வாழ்க்கை ஊற்றாகவும் இரக்கத்தின் கடலுமா

கவும் வழிந்தோடியது. ஓ! வாழ்வின் ஊற்றே! கண்டுபிடிக்க

முடியாத இறைவனின் இரக்கமே உலக முழுவதையும் உம்முள்

அடக்கி உமது இரக்கம் முழுமையும் எம்மீது பொழிந்தருளும்.

இயேசுவின் இருதயத்திலிருந்து இரக்கத்தின் ஊற்றாக

வழிந்தோடிய இரத்தமே! தண்ணீரே! உம் மீது நம்பிக்கை

வைக்கிறேன். ( மும்முறை )

i) கர்த்தர் கற்பித்த ஜெபம்

ii) மங்கள வார்த்தை ஜெபம்

iii) விசுவாசப் பிரமாணம்

ஜெபமாலையின் பெரியமணியில் :

நித்திய பிதாவே! உமது நேசக்குமாரனாகிய எமது

ஆண்டவர் இயேசுக் கிறிஸ்துவின்/ உடலையும் உதிரத்தையும்,

ஆன்மாவையும், தெய்வீகத்தையும் எமது பாவங்களுக்காவும்,

அகில உலகின் பாவங்களுக்காகவும், பரிகாரமாக உமக்கு

ஒப்புக்கொடுக்கிறோம்.

ஜெபமாலையின் சிறிய மணியில் :

இயேசுகிறிஸ்துவின் வேதனை நிறைந்த பாடுகள்

வழியாக எங்கள் மீதும், அகில உலகின் மீதும் இரக்கமாயிரும்.

ஐம்பது மணி முடிந்தபின் :

தூய இறைவா, தூய எல்லாம் வல்லவரே, தூய

நித்தியரே, எங்கள் மீதும் அகில உலகின் மீதும் இரக்கமாயிரும்.

(மூன்று முறை).

கடைசி ஜெபம் :

இரக்கமுள்ள இயேசுவே உம்மை நாங்கள் விசுவசிக்

கிறோம். உம்மில் எங்கள் நம்பிக்கையை வைக்கிறோம்.

எங்கள் பலவீனத்திலும், இயலாமையிலும், எங்களுக்கு

உதவியாக வாரும். நீர் எல்லோராலும் அறியப்படவும், நேசிக்

கப்படவும் செய்ய எங்களுக்கு வரம் தாரும்.

அனைகடந்த உமது அன்பில் நம்பிக்கை வைக்கவும் உமது

மகிமைக்காகவும், எங்கள் மீட்புக்காகவும் உலகிலும் எம்மிலும்

உள்ள தீயசக்திகளை முறியடிக்கவும் எமக்கு வரமருளும்.

என் ஆத்துமாவே கர்த்தரை ஸ்தோத்தரி

என் ஆத்துமாவே கர்த்தரை ஸ்தோத்தரி; என் முழு

உள்ளமே கர்த்தரின் பரிசுத்த நாமத்தை ஸ்தோத்தரி, என்

ஆத்துமாவே கர்த்தரையே ஸ்தோத்தரி@ கர்த்தர் செய்த சகல

உபகாரங்களையும் மறவாதே.

திரித்துவப் புகழ்

பிதாவுக்கும்இ சுதனுக்கும்இ பரிசுத்த ஆவிக்கும் மகிமை

உண்டாவதாக. ஆதியிலே இருந்ததுபோல/ இப்பொழுதும்/

எப்பொழுதும்/ என்றென்றும்/ இருப்பதாக - ஆமென்.

CONSECRATION OF THE HUMAN RACE TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Most Sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thee. We are Thine and Thine we wish to be; but to be more surely united with Thee, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to Thy Most Sacred Heart.

Many indeed have never known Thee; many, too, despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart. Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee. Grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.

Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one flock and one Shepherd.

Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church, assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound, from pole to pole with one cry: Praise to thy Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to It be glory and honor forever. Amen.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom Come!

-(Ordered by His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, Dec. 11, 1925. For One Fold and One Shepherd.)

CONSECRATION OF PRIESTS TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Lord Jesus, our most loving Redeemer and a priest forever, look down with mercy upon us Thy supplicants, whom Thou has deigned to call Thy friends and to make partakers of Thy priesthood. We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be forever. Therefore to Thy Most Sacred Heart, which Thou hast shown to toiling humanity as its only refuge and salvation, we dedicate and surrender ourselves today. Thou who hast promised to priests who are devoted to Thy Sacred Heart copious fruits in their divine ministry, make us, we beseech Thee, fit laborers in Thy vineyard, truly meek and humble, filled with a spirit of devotion and patience, so aflame with love of Thee that we may not cease to enkindle and keep burning this same fire of love in the hearts of the faithful.

Renew our hearts, therefore, in the fire of Thy Heart, so that henceforth we may strive for nothing other than to advance Thy glory and to win to Thee the souls whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy Precious Blood. O Good Shepherd, have mercy most of all upon Thy priests, our brothers, if such there be, who, walking in the vanity of their own mind, have saddened Thee and Thy Beloved Spouse, the Church, by their lamentable defection. 

Grant us grace to lead them back to Thine embrace, or at least to expiate their sins, to repair the damage they have done, and, by the consolation of our love, to lessen the sorrow with which they have afflicted Thee.

And lastly let each of us pray to Thee in these words of Augustine: O sweet Jesus, live Thou in me, and let the living coal of thy love glow within my spirit and blaze up into a perfect fire; let it burn forever upon the altar of my heart; let it give warmth to my inmost parts; let it flame up in the secret places of my soul. In the day of my consummation let me be found consumed by Thee, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.

CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART

I, ( your name. . .), give myself and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ my person and my life, my actions, pains, and sufferings, so that I may be unwilling to make use of any part of my being save to honor, love, and glorify the Sacred Heart.

This is my unchanging purpose, namely, to be all His, and to do all things for the love of Him, at the same time renouncing with all my heart whatever is displeasing to Him.

I therefore take Thee, O Sacred Heart, to be the only object of my love, the guardian of my life, my assurance of salvation, the remedy of my weakness and inconstancy, the atonement for all the faults of my life and my sure refuge at the hour of death.

Be then, O Heart of goodness, my justification before God Thy Father, and turn away from me the strokes of His righteous anger. O Heart of love, I put all my confidence in Thee, for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty; but I hope for all things from Thy goodness and bounty.

Do Thou consume in me all that can displease Thee or resist Thy holy will. Let Thy pure love imprint Thee so deeply upon my heart that I shall nevermore be able to forget Thee or to be separated from Thee. May I obtain from all Thy loving kindness the grace of having my name written in Thee, for in Thee I desire to place all my happiness and all my glory, living and dying in true bondage to Thee.

- St. Margaret Mary

SOUL OF CHRIST

Anima Christi, sanctifica me.
Corpus Christi, salva me.
Sanguis Christi, inebria me.
Aqua lateris Christi, lava me.
Passio Christi, conforta me.
O bone Jesu, exaudi me.
Intra tua vulnera absconde me.
Ne permittas me separari a te.
Ab hoste maligno defende me.
In hora mortis meae voca me.
Et iube me venire ad te,
Ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te.
In saecula saeculorum.
Amen

Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me (refresh me)
Water from the side of Christ, wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Separated from Thee let me never be
From the malicious enemy defend me
(from the malignant enemy defend me)
In the hour of my death call me
And bid me come unto Thee
That I may praise Thee with Thy saints
and with Thy angels
(That with thy saints I may praise Thee)
Forever and ever. Amen.

கிறிஸ்துவின் திருஆத்துமமே,  என்னைப் பரிசுத்தமாக்கும். 

கிறிஸ்துவின் திருச்சரீரமே என்னை இரட்சித்தருளும்.

கிறிஸ்துவின் திருஇரத்தமே, என்னை நிறைவித்தருளும்.

கிறிஸ்துவின் திருவிலாவிலிருந்து வந்த திருநீரே, என்னைக்  கழுவியருளும். 

கிறிஸ்துவின் திருப்பாடுகளே, என்னைத் தேற்றுங்கள். 

ஓ நல்ல இயேசுவே, எனக்கு செவிசாய்த்தருளும்.

உமது திருக்காயங்களுக்குள்ளே என்னை மறைத்தருளும்.

உம்மைவிட்டு என்னைப் பிரியவிடாதேயும். 

தீய எதிரியிடமிருந்து என்னைக் காத்தருளும். 

என் மரணநேரத்தில் என்னை அழைத்து,

உமது புனிதர்களோடு எக்காலமும் 

உம்மைப் புகழ எனக்கு கற்பித்தருளும். -ஆமென்

ACT OF REPARATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

O Jesus, divine Savior, deign to cast a look of mercy upon Your children, who assemble in the same spirit of faith, reparation, and love, and come to deplore their own infidelities, and those of all poor sinners, their brethren.

May we touch Your divine Heart by the unanimous and solemn promises we are about to make and obtain mercy for ourselves, for the world, and for all who are so unhappy as not to love You. We all promise that for the future:

For the forgetfulness and ingratitude of men, *(We will console you O Lord)
For the way You are deserted in Your holy tabernacle,
For the crimes of sinners,
For the hatred of the impious,
For the blasphemies uttered against You,
For the sacrileges that profane Your Sacrament of Love,
For the outrages against Your divinity,
For the injuries of which You are the adorable Victim,
For the coldness of the greater part of your children,
For the contempt of your loving invitation,
For the infidelity of those who called themselves Your friends,
For the abuse of Your grace,
For our own unfaithfulness,
For the incomprehensible hardness of our hearts,
For our long delay in loving You,
For our tepidity in Your holy service,
For Your bitter sadness at the loss of souls,
For Your long waiting at the door of our hearts,
For the heartless scorn that grieves You,
For Your loving sighs,
For Your loving tears,
For Your loving imprisonment,
For Your loving death,

* We will console you, 0 Lord

Let us pray

0 Jesus! divine Savior, from whose Heart comes forth this bitter complaint, "I looked for one that would comfort me, and I found none," graciously accept the feeble consolation we offer You, and aid us so powerfully by your grace, that we may, for the time to come, shun more and more all that can displease You, and prove ourselves in everything, and everywhere, and forever Your most faithful and devoted servants. We ask it through Your Sacred Heart, O Lord, who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit one God, world without end. Amen.

ACT OF TRUST

0 Sacred Heart of Jesus,
I Place My Trust in Thee

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee,
Whatever may befall me, Lord, though dark the hour may be;
In all my woes, in all my joys, though nought but grief I see,
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee.

When those I loved have passed away, and I am sore distressed,
0 Sacred Heart of Jesus, I fly toThee for rest.
In all my trials, great or small, my confidence shall be
Unshaken as I cry, dear Lord, I place my trust in Thee.

This is my one sweet prayer, dear Lord, my faith, my trust, my love,
But most of all in that last hour, when death points up above,
O sweet Savior, may Thy face smile on my soul all free.
Oh may I cry with rapturous love, I've placed my trust in Thee.

NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART

O Lord Jesus Christ, to Your most Sacred Heart, I confide this intention (state it). Only look upon me, then do what Your love inspires. Let Your Sacred Heart decide... I count on You... I trust in You... I throw myself on Your mercy. Lord, Jesus, You will not fail me.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Your love for me.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Your kingdom come.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked You for many favors, but I earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Your open Heart. When the Eternal Father looks upon it, He will see it covered with Your Precious Blood. It will be no longer my prayer, but Yours, Jesus. Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You. Let me not be disappointed. Amen.

NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART

Divine Jesus, You have said, "Ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you." Behold me kneeling at Your feet, filled with a lively faith and confidence in the promises dictated by Your Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary. I come to ask this favor: (Mention your request).

To whom can I turn if not to You, Whose Heart is the source of all graces and merits? Where should I seek if not in the treasure which contains all the riches of Your kindness and mercy? Where should I knock if not at the door through which God gives Himself to us and through which we go to God? I have recourse to You, Heart of Jesus. In You I find consolation when afflicted, protection when persecuted, strength when burdened with trials, and light in doubt and darkness.

Dear Jesus, I firmly believe that You can grant me the grace I implore, even though it should require a miracle. You have only to will it and my prayer will be granted. I admit that I am most unworthy of Your favors, but this is not a reason for me to be discouraged. You are the God of mercy, and You will not refuse a contrite heart. Cast upon me a look of mercy, I beg of You, and Your kind Heart will find in my miseries and weakness a reason for granting my prayer.

Sacred Heart, whatever may be Your decision with regard to my request, I will never stop adoring, loving, praising, and serving You. My Jesus, be pleased to accept this my act of perfect resignation to the decrees of Your adorable Heart, which I sincerely desire may be fulfilled in and by me and all Your creatures forever.

Grant me the grace for which I humbly implore You through the Immaculate Heart of Your most sorrowful Mother. You entrusted me to her as her child, and her prayers are all-powerful with You. Amen.

LITANY TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the World, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, formed in the womb of the Virgin Mother by the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, united substantially with the word of God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, glowing furnace of charity, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, vessel of justice and love, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Divinity, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, patient and rich in mercy, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, rich to all who invoke Thee, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, fount of life and holiness, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, saturated with revilings, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, crushed for our iniquities, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, made obedient unto death, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in Thee, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord,
Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
V. Jesus, meek and humble of Heart.
R. Make our hearts like unto Thine.

Let us pray

Almighty and everlasting God, look upon the Heart of Thy well-beloved Son and upon the acts of praise and satisfaction which He renders unto Thee in the name of sinners; and do Thou, in Thy great goodness, grant pardon to them who seek Thy mercy, in the name of the same Thy Son, Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, world without end.

Pentecost Sunday

We are God’s handiwork, a small but unique part of God’s great ongoing work of art. But we are also invited to participate in the process by becoming co-artists and co-creators of the future.
We do this by allowing God to work in and through us. When we are radically free or on the way to radical freedom, divine energy can flow through us unhindered. This divine energy, which is also called the Holy Spirit, infinitely powerful, creative, and healing. We see it at work in the prophets, the mystics, and the saints, but above all in Jesus. The Holy Spirit is Jesus’ spirit....
God’s Work, like God’s Wisdom, is revolutionary. It turns the world upside down. We participate by adding our voices to the many prophetic voices that are speaking out boldly in our day and age. There are countless numbers of people around the world who are doing God’s Work. The challenge we face is to join them, if we have not already done so.


- Albert Nolan's Jesus Today, p. 191

In Footsteps of Father Damien

Trinity in the Old Testament

Introduction

The Old Testament proclaims the father clearly, but the son in a way difficult to recognize. Therefore, by, part by part could they progress from clarity to clarity and could they be enlightened with the light of the Trinity. The Trinitarian concepts are more explicitly laid out in the New Testament, they are implicitly revealed in the Old Testament. Belief in the Trinity is based on the incarnation of God in Christ. The foreshadowing of this doctrine can be found in the Old Testament. According to St. Bonaventure, "The mystery of the Blessed Trinity was the general law of preparation; this distinctively Christian doctrine is foreshadowed on many pages of the Old Testament.

1. The Birth of the Word Trinity

The word Trinity does not appear as a theological term until near the end of the second century. Theophilus first used it as Trias, the Bishop of Antioch in 180ad and later by Tertullian as Trinitas to signify that God exists in three persons. Through the centuries, the doctrine has been violently attacked and robustly defended. A doctrine then is nothing else than the facts almighty God made known to human beings by revelation, facts about in Himself, or about God in his relations with His creatures.

2. Mystery of Trinity in Unity

There is one point in scripture, that is when God is revealed in three persons simultaneously and sometimes that event is depicted as a representation of the trinity. 'Not the baptism of Jesus; there we see Jesus, and the Holy Spirit as a dove but only hear the voice of God. When do we see all three visible? The Lord appeared to [Abraham] by the Oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. He lifted up his eyes and looked and beholds three men stood in front of him [Gen 18:1-2]. St. Augustine, St. Ambrose, St. Hilary and the Fathers generally, interpret this incident as a veiled manifestation of the mystery of the Trinity.

The triple Sanctus of Isaiah, " Holy, Holy, Holy, the Lord God of Hosts [ Gen 6:3] and the tribe blessing recorded in Numbers [Gen:6:24-26] have also been pointed out as heralding the sublime mystery of the Trinity in Unity.

3. The Use of Plural Form

Genesis 1:26-27 verses are the most important because here God uses Plural forms "Let us make man in Our image". I have separated the plural forms into nouns, pronouns, verbs and as adjectives. Let see what they mean;

1. The plural nouns as [God- Elohim, Lord- Adonai] are the two most frequently used nouns of God in the Old Testament.
   
2. Three plural pronouns [we, our, us] used to different times in four different passages [Gen 1:26;3:22;11:7;Isa 6:8]
   
3. Five plural verbs are applied to God as creates, makes, wanders, reveals and Judges.
   

God often speak in the plural form of Himself [Gen 1:26]. Let us make man to Our image and likeness [Gen 3:22].

1. Plural adjectives that describe God as Holy. Finally, God's Oneness is conveyed by personal pronouns like He, His, I, Myself, Me. So the trinity is witnessed in the Old Testament by personal pronouns like We, Us, Ours.
   

The plural nouns and pronouns applied to God, like We, Us, Our, Elohim,

Adonai are powerful evidence of the Trinity hidden in the Old Testament. The almost exclusive use of the plural Elohim for God and Adonai for Lord, make a strong case that any honest seeker could see. Therefore, this extensive pattern is irrefutable.

4. The Trinitarian Doctrine as Father, Word, Wisdom and Spirit

The Old Testament foreshadows the Trinitarian doctrine to express faith in the trinity. Bobringkog says that Old Testament is intersected by Trinitarian intimations and a gradual though still limited awareness. Though there is limited, awareness some of the names used to refer to God could anticipate the three persons of the Trinity, which become clearer in the New Testament. The important among them are Father, Word, Wisdom and Spirit.

4.1. God as Father

God is called Father because he is the creator, lawgiver and protector. God is called 'Father' in a previously unheard of sense, besides being the creator and nurturer of creation, and the provider for his children his people.

4.2. God as Father in ProtoCannonical Books

The people of Israel have become God's first born after they delivered from the slavery [Ex 4, 22-23; Hos 11, 1]. We could see that Moses was asking the people of Israel regarding Yahweh, "Is he not your Father?" [Deu 32, 6]. The people of Israel are God's sons and daughters [Deu 32, 19; Is 1, 2; 30, 1] and by electing and adopting them, God gave birth to them [Deu 32, 18].

4.3. God as Father for Rulers

In ancient time, the rulers were considered as sons of God the covenantal relationship between King David and God is said that God will be a Father to Him [2sam7, 12-15]. In Psalm 2, 7 God says to the king that he has anointed him. The royal son of David was a divine choice not by physical Son of God. The Psalm 89, 26-29 addresses God as Father. The prophets were telling the reality of the people, how were not ready to be faithful and true to God and the people failed to acknowledge his Fatherhood. However, Jeremiah depicts Yahweh as the Father and bridegroom [Jer 3, 4-5].

God thought that they would call him Father, but they fell into idolatrous attitude and called upon trees as their Father [Jer 2, 27]. However, during Exile, Israelites expressed the hope that God's parental power would bring them house [Jer 31, 9]. When the people of Israel returned to the Promised Land, they expressed their trust in the Lord as Father. Israelite called upon Yahweh is their Father and as the potter who gave shape to them [Is63, 16; 64,6-8].

4.4. God as Father in Deutrocanonical Books

In the book of [Tobit 13, 4] Lord is addressed as God and Father. The book of Wisdom speaks of God's fatherly providence, which controls ships, seas, and all creation [Wis 14, 3]. Even some ungodly persons claim that God is their Father [Wis 2, 16]. The name Father expressed God's deep involvement in the story of Israel, its kingly leaders and righteous ones.

4.5. The Father, True God

I will bring them back in mercy, for I am a Father to Israel Jer 31, 9.

From this time call to me, thou art my Father Jer 3, 4.

Thou, O Lord, art our Father, from everlasting is thy name Is 63, 16.

O Lord, thou art our Father and we are clay Is 64, 8.

God the father could have created millions of beings instead of ourselves; but he chose us out of a love wholly undeserved saying, "With age old love I have loved You" [Jer 31,3]. So this proves that God is true God and Father for all in this world.

4.6. The Son true God

The Lord has said to me, thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. [Ps 2,7; 109,1-3]. Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel [Is 7, 14; Is 9,6; 45,14]. These are the examples to mention about that the Son is true God.

4.7. Parental Tenderness of God

The Old Testament does not speak of God as Mother but God is countered to a woman who suffers in childbirth and also comforts the suffering people. He is also very kind, compassion and tenderness. God parental tenderness can also be expressed by the image of motherhood, which emphasizes God's immanence the intimacy between creator and creature.

5. God Is: Word, Wisdom, Spirit

In the Old Testament Wisdom, Word and Spirit serve as agents of divine activity. They are not formally recognized as persons but with personal characteristics. The Old Testament presentation of Wisdom, Word and Spirit provide the language used to express the New Testament experience of the Tri personal God.

5.1. Word

The Word is also having a role in the creative work. The Word of God comes down like rain and snow. Word has creative and conserving functions. The Holy Scripture the omnipotence of the Word of God that comes from his mouth and does not return to him without fulfilling its mission [Is 55, 11]. The Word expresses God's creative, revelatory and salvific activity.

God acts and he speaks. The Hebrew word 'dabar' means 'Word' and 'Deed'. God speaks by acting and he acts by speaking. He is really present in what he says. God has pledged himself. He spoke his word at creation and the life of heaven and earth began to unfold. Everything that exists discloses [incarnated] his word. He also gave his word to Israel through the Sinai covenant he made with them.

God's Word is a creative word and a saving word. It cannot be retracted because God is one with his word. God is the absolute mystery, yet deals historically with the fathers; it is above all through the 'word', in which he is actively present and in the Spirit which enables one to understand the word that God reveals and offers himself to man.

5.2. Wisdom

Here the word 'wisdom' is personified because wisdom or Sophia becomes increasingly related to divine work of creation, providence and salvation and grows along the Old Testament sapiential thinking. Monotheistic explain the word 'Wisdom' as the functions and attributes of God. The Patriarchal Religion says that it is like feminine character for example the following books of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, Wisdom, Tobit and Baruch attributes of divine wisdom which is utterly precious and beyond the reach of human beings.

In the book of proverbs Wisdom is presented as preaching like a prophet. Her claims are dramatic. Listening to her [wisdom] brings salvation and disobedience leads to destruction. Begotten of God, she existed with God and co operated in creation. Related to God, creation and humans, she invites everyone to Join the feast of food and wine which symbolize the doctrine and virtue coming from God. Lady wisdom's house and banquet provide language for the New Testament interpretation of Jesus the divine wisdom in person.

The book of Sirach tells that wisdom is coming from the mouth of the most high. Therefore, Sirach identifies Sophia with Yahweh's will and guidance. In the book of wisdom that is written shortly before Christ's birth, wisdom is presented in salvific terms, identified with the spirit and associated with God's work. The word wisdom and the Spirit are here however not mentioned as single persons but as powers of God.

5.3. Spirit

The term Spirit is used in the Old Testament nearly 400 times to articulate the creative, revelatory and redemptive activity of God. God's power highlighted as wind, breath of life and as divine inspiration. At the time of creation spirit hovered over the waters [Gen 1, 2]. Through Word and Spirit, God is reacting out to humankind. By his Word, Yahweh lighted the way for his people, gave them the meaning of their history and directed them to the future.

The Hebrew word ruha has the ordinary meaning of breath or wind. It is used for the wind which being intangible, has God as its immediate cause [Gen 8,1; Amos 4,13,Is 40,7] God gives vital force, the spirit of life[ Is 42,5; Ezek 37,6]. The spirit of God is the effective divine power and it is the force behind the cherubim [Ezek 1,12], behind Samson Jud 13,25. The spirit of God induces ecstasy [Num 11,25]. The Spirit of God is specifically God's creative power which creates physical life that gives mental abilities, passions, wisdom and moral powers, effects judgments.

The life giving element of God is the principle which gives physical life [Job 33,4; 34,14] and that which gives man insight Job 32,8; pro 20,27]. As there is Oneness between God and his Word, there is an Oneness between God and his word; it follows that there is an intimate bond in bible between word and spirit. God communicates through his word so he is depicted in scripture as knowingly himself through his spirit.

God's word is expressed in the world, so must God's spirit be, God, his word, his spirit or better. God although his word and spirit are present in everything God is and does. The whole world s a word of God filled with the creators' inspiration.

This statement proves that whenever God acts or speaks his spirit is at work, whenever something marvelous and new is to be done God's spirit is at hand. When God acts graciously, whenever he brings order from 'chaos and dark night'

or life from death the spirit is the agent of God, when the prophet speaks for God he receives God's Spirit which endows him with gifts of wisdom and understanding that do not originate in man. Finally, Spirit is depicted as counselor or helper guiding the people in the way of the truth.

6. Personification of Wisdom, Word and Spirit

Wisdom, Word and Spirit are the source in Old Testament to play an important role in the evolution of the Trinitarian concept in New Testament. Seeing God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit found its roots in the Old Testament. Wisdom, Word and Spirit took on divine roles but within God's control. They were sometimes identified with God yet distinct.

The word created all things and people [Jud 16, 14; Wis 9, 1-2]. The word spoke through the prophets and acted against the first born of the Egyptians [Wis 18,15-16]. The spirit took possession of the prophets including even the non-Israelite Balaam [Num 22, 1-24]. So in the Old Testament word, wisdom and spirit are personifications of God's activity.

The vivid personifications of Wisdom, Word and Spirit in as much as they were both identified with God and the divine activity and distinguished from God, opened up the way towards recognizing god to be Tri personal.

The personification of divine forces ordained to the world the word, the wisdom, the spirit of God which are distinct from God and are still not intermediate powers between God and the word are formally and materially preludes to a doctrine of the Trinity in the New Testament.

7. My Own Interpretation of God as a Mother

Let me give a gist of my interpretation of God as a Mother in a poetic way. Please you spare some time with me and know my real feeling from this poem. This poem is written by me for the competition a few year back.

Mother, O my dear mother,

I am a gift of God to you and to the world,

Do not abandon or reject me in the name of abortion.

Now don't you hear my cry?

As creation of God; I am an illumination for the Vision.

Loving mother, my expectation is to see the creation of the world,

Making you joyful; to hear God's words often repeating

"The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother's womb

He named me"

Allow me to take a resolution with liberation.

Dear mother, my Vision to find out God in the form of mission

Attention of mine is concentration on Evangelization.

The proclamation against abortion the separation of God and man.

Mother Mary's conception, Bringing Jesus to a Vision by his Incarnation and Ascension,

Giving redemption as sending the Holy Spirit for the consecration of Mission.

Loving child, liberation to you with my suggestion, for Mission with Vision

Forgiving your enemy, loving your opponent, trusting your friend

Serving the needy, giving an example, being Christ-like,

Bringing Salvation to one and all in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;

Recitation of the Rosary throughout the year till the end.

This last paragraph is not said by the mother but by God who saved me from my mother's womb. While I was in my mother's womb I was aborted for many times by God's grace, he gave me a life to see him and know him well. That's why I say God is my Mother forever and ever.

Conclusion

In the Old Testament, there is no Trinitarian Theology in the literal, formal and explicit sense. However, we find in it, in an increasing way, an expectation, openness and scattered data that acquire specific form and structure that becomes clearer as Trinity in the New Testament. In the Old Testament the Holy Spirit is already the forerunner of the word. The word prepares his coming by progressive incarnations which help man to recover his original image be lost.

The doctrine of the Blessed Trinity is certainly not revealed in the Old Testament. In accordance with the general plan of the divine economy, merely foreshadows "The revelation of the mystery which was kept secret from eternity which now is made manifest by the scriptures, according to the precept of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith, known among all nations.