Trinity Sunday

by CCW | 7 June 2009 05:00

Masaccio, The Holy Trinity[1]The collect for today, the Octave Day of Pentecost, commonly called Trinity Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer[2] (Canadian, 1962):

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity: We beseech thee, that this holy faith may evermore be our defence against all adversities; who livest and reignest, one God, world without end. Amen.

For the Epistle: Revelation 4:1-11[3]
The Gospel: St John 3:1-15[4]

Artwork: Masaccio, The Holy Trinity with the Virgin, St. John and Two Donors, c. 1427. Fresco[5], Santa Maria Novella[6], Florence.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/masaccio_trinity.jpg
  2. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/bcp/propers.html#trinity
  3. Revelation 4:1-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelation%204:1-11;&version=47;
  4. St John 3:1-15: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%203:1-15;&version=47;
  5. Fresco: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/masaccio/trinity/trinity.html
  6. Santa Maria Novella: http://giubileo.comune.fi.it/musei/smnovella/lingue/eng/welcome.html

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