Trinity Sunday – 1st Sunday after Pentecost
Introit • Tob. 12, 6
Blessed be the holy Trinity, and undivided Unity: we will give glory to Him, because He hath shown His mercy to us. Ps. 8, 2. O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is Thy name in all the earth. Glory be …
Collect (Prayer)
Almighty, eternal God, by Whose gift Thy servants, in the confession of the true faith, acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and adore the Unity in the power of His majesty, we beseech Thee that in the firmness of the same faith we may ever be defended from all adversities. Through our Lord.
Commemoration of the First Sunday after Pentecost as follows:
Collect (Prayer)
O God, the strength of them that hope in Thee, graciously be present with us when we invoke Thee, and, because mortal infirmity can do nothing without Thee, grant us the assistance of Thy grace that, in executing Thy commands, we may be pleasing to Thee both in our desires and in our deeds. Through our Lord.
Epistle • Rom. 11, 33-36
Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Romans.
[God hath not cast off all Israel. The Gentiles must not be proud but stand in faith and fear.]
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him? For of him, and by him, and in him, are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.
Gradual. Dan. 3, 55, 56
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, Who beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the cherubim. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven, and worthy of praise for ever. Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers, and worthy of praise for ever. Alleluia.
Gospel • Matt. 28, 18-20
Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew.
[The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.]
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
Offertory • Tob. 12, 6
Blessed be God the Father, and the only-begotten Son of God, and also the holy Spirit; because He hath shown His mercy toward us.
Secret
By the invocation of Thy holy name, O Lord, our God, sanctify, we beseech Thee, the matter of this oblation, and through it make us ourselves a perfect offering forever. Through our Lord.
Commemoration of the Sunday as follow:
Secret
Be pleased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to accept the offerings dedicated to Thee, and grant that they may profit us for perpetual help. Through our Lord.
Communion • Tob. 12, 6
We bless the God of heaven, and before all living we will praise Him; because He has shown His mercy to us.
Postcommunion
May the receiving of this sacrament, O Lord, our God, and the confession of our faith in the eternal, holy Trinity and undivided Unity, profit us for the health of body and soul. Though our Lord.
Commemoration of the Sunday as follows:
Postcommunion
Filled with so great offerings, O Lord, we beseech Thee to grant that we may both lay hold upon Thy salutary gifts and never cease from praising Thee. Though our Lord