Interesting that St. Angela Foligno writes something which
came to me years ago-that God the Father suffered with Christ on the Cross, and
that part of Christ’s sufferings were those inflicted by ungrateful children on
the Father.
The Trinity did not experience a “separation” because of the
Incarnation. Too often, people see the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit not
as Three Persons in One God, but as three gods.
Wrong.
The mystery of the Incarnation includes the involvement of
God the Father and the Holy Spirit in the redemption of all humans, as well as
the renewal of the earth.
The Three Persons are distinct, but One as well.
When Christ called out on the Cross, “My God, My God, why
hast Thou forsaken me,” that was the Humanity of Christ calling out as He was
allowed to feel what each human feels when in sin; the supposed abandonment of
God.
Christ was not totally forsaken by God, but just as we
sometimes feel forsaken because of our sins, so, too, did God the Father allow
this suffering to be endured by His Son.
We cannot understand the Trinity. But, we can appreciate the
love and commitment of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in Their Love
for us.
