Trinity Sunday

by CCW | 30 May 2010 05:00

El Greco, 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.

The Lesson: Revelation 4:1-1[3]
The Gospel: St John 3:1-15[4]

Artwork: El Greco, The Holy Trinity, 1577. Oil on canvas, Prado, Madrid.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ElGreco_HolyTrinity.jpg
  2. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#trinity
  3. Revelation 4:1-1: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelation%204:1-11;&version=ESV;
  4. St John 3:1-15: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%203:1-15;&version=ESV;

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