God is a team!

John 16:12-15 

Jesus said: ‘I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now. But when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking as from himself but will say only what he has learnt; and he will tell you of the things to come. He will glorify me, since all he tells you will be taken from what is mine. Everything the Father has is mine; that is why I said: All he tells you will be taken from what is mine.’
Food for thought!
Yesterday we learnt that, according to Genesis 1:7, God created us in his image and likeness. This means that by looking and observing ourselves, we can come to some understanding of God; and by meditating on the nature of God, we can gain some understanding of ourselves. If we are his image, then we have something in common.
Today, we are celebrating the Trinity Sunday, that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. If God is trinitarian, if God is three in one, if God is communitarian, if God is a family, then God is a team. And if so, then we are also something of a team, something of a family, something of community. Being a family or being a community or being a team is not foreign to us; it is natural.
Have you ever noticed that, every day, in some way, we are a part of some team? Did you ever realize that just about everything we do depends on teamwork? If you are married, you and your spouse are a team; if you are employed, you and your colleagues are a team; this our community is a team, and lives thanks to teamwork.
Nothing great in life was ever done without a team. Name one great achievement in history that was accomplished by a solo individual, without the help of anyone else...! Nothing of significance. In other words, every great thing, every great achievement in life is done in a team. Even to beget children takes a team; no one makes children alone, no one raises children alone. Even the creation of man needed a team. Read in Genesis and you will notice that before God created man, He said, «Let us» (Gen. 1:26-27). Yes, man was created by a team! And man was created for team: «So God created man in his own likeness. He created him in the likeness of God. He created them as male and female.» God created us as team.
In the gospel reading, Jesus tells that even the Holy Spirit does not work alone; "he will not be speaking as from himself but will say only what he has learnt; He will glorify me, since all he tells you will be taken from what is mine. Everything the Father has is mine; that is why I said: All he tells you will be taken from what is mine.’"
NO SOLO EVER DOES ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE. If you want to succeed, team up with some people; alone you will never, ever, get anywhere of significance. Get involved in some team and involve some people in what you do, whatever you do. You have missed too much already for working alone, for being alone, for living alone. Remember what the Bible says about this: «It is not good for man to be alone.» It is not good; and it will never be good to live alone, for all of us and for everybody. Yes, in order to succeed you need a team; in order to succeed I need a team. That is the rule. Violate it and it will violate you; keep it and it will keep you. One is too small a number to achieve greatness.
Today, as we celebrate the Feast of the Most Blessed of the Teams, the Blessed Trinity, we wish to acknowledge all our teams, all the members of our different teams, beginning with  our family team, our faith team, our friends team. May the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, bless our teams. Amen.