The family where love is present is a much better image of the Trinity than any inanimate object ever could be. And the same holds true for any community or friendship where genuine love can be found. We have very little intellectual understanding of the Trinity. We can't adequately describe it or understand in any detail the relationships between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And we will never understand this profound mystery, neither here nor in the next life. But we can live this mystery even if we don't understand it.

Whenever we genuinely love others and experience their love in return, we are living in the mystery of the Trinity. So if we want to understand the Trinity with our heads, we might as well forget that quest because it will only take us down dead end streets. However, if we want to understand the Trinity with