To understand this better first an understanding of Saint Gregory Palamas's teaching that man is a representation of the trinitarian mystery should be addressed.

John Paul desires to move us to penetrate ever deeper into the Trinitarian mystery of God himself, through the Gospels, the Fathers and the Liturgy.

"In the light of the New Testament," affirms the Pope, "it is possible to glimpse in God himself, in the trinitarian mystery of his life, the original model of the family.

Also "The Trinitarian Mystery of God" in, Systematic Theology, Roman Catholic Perspectives, Ed. F.Sh&umml;ssler Fiorenza and J.P.