One God, three Divine Persons

“In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.”

Today marks the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, popularly known as Trinity Sunday. In this celebration we mark one of the most important tenets of our Christian faith, indeed the very core of what we believe as Christians and what distinguishes us from other monotheistic and Abrahamic faiths.

This is because we believe in God Who is One and only One, and yet as the word “Trinity” highlights to us, He is Three at the same time. Therefore, in our Trinitarian faith and formula of belief, we all believe in the Lord God, Master and Almighty Ruler over all the Universe that is One and yet Three, Three and yet One in nature.

We have to know the relationship between the Father and the Son, as in that account in the Book of Proverbs where we heard everything from the perspective of the Son describing and explaining what the Father is doing in all of His works and how He Himself also had a part in the work of Creation.

We know the Son truly existed before the Creation of the world and therefore is not part of Creation and neither is He one of the created beings that are inferior to God. Instead, the Son was begotten of the Father before time, and has always existed with Him. The Son was present at the time of the Creation of the world, because He was indeed there, co-responsible for the work of Creation with the Father and the Holy Spirit. The Son is also the Logos, the Word of God, which later on Incarnated to Flesh. He is the Word by which the Father created all things and made all things to be.

The Holy Spirit was present in all the whole universe before it came to be, and the Father declared all things to come to be, through His Word that is the Son, and then gave life and goodness to all things through the Holy Spirit. We can see here how the Most Holy Trinity, God Who is One but Three at the same time, in His Three Divine Persons carried out the work of Creation.

The Holy Trinity, whose feast we celebrate today, is beyond the reach of time and the grasp of human reasoning. It is a mystery of our faith.

Meanwhile, in preparation for the opening of classes for School Year 2025–2026, the National Capital Region Police Office has mobilized a total of 5,344 police personnel across Metro Manila under Oplan Balik-Eskwela, reinforcing the PNP’s commitment to the safety and security of students, educators, and parents.

This regional deployment covers 1,206 public and private schools.

A total of 1,429 personnel have been assigned to man Police Assistance Desks strategically positioned near campuses, supported by tactical units such as the Tactical Motorcycle Riding Unit, Cohort/Covert teams, and EOD/K9 teams to deter criminal elements and respond swiftly to emergencies.

The Southern Police District reported the largest deployment with 1,612 personnel, followed by the Northern Police District with 1,240, the Manila Police District with 955, and the Quezon City Police District with 450 personnel.