S&F-Prayer of the Week: The Sign of the Cross

This past Sunday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.  So it only seems fitting to concentrate of the prayer proclaiming the Trinity:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

The simplest of all prayers is one of the most important.  We say it all the time, both as part of other prayers and on its own.  It is the first prayer most children learn.

It draws attention to the first mystery of the church, a single God in three forms.  This is difficult for us to accept as humans.  And that's the beauty of it.  Having faith while not understanding is what shows God is worth our worship.  Is a God that could be explained really worth our worship?

I sometimes think when I pray who should I be praying to?  God-the Father, God-the Son, or God-The Holy Spirit?  But this short little prayer tells me it doesn't matter which part of the Trinity I address my prayers to.  Whether as the Father, Son or the Holy Spirit-God is listening.