When I was a boy...

Yesterday was the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. This feast always reminds me of a story from CCD class.


St. Augustine of Hippo had been thinking about the Trinity for many days, trying to explain one God in three Persons.
As he walked along a beach, consumed with these thoughts, he came upon a boy sitting at the water's edge. The boy was trying to dig a hole in the sand with his bare hands, but after he would scoop out a handful of sand, the waves would rush in and fill the hole completely.
Augustine watched for some time as the boy struggled with his task. Finally, he said "You will never be able to dig a hole there".
The boy replied "I will be able to dig a hole here before you are able to explain the Holy Trinity, Augustine.
At that, the boy disappeared.

Of course, we keep trying. See The Divine Trinity by David Brown. Not a bad try for an Anglican.