Trinity Sunday
by CCW | 19 June 2011 05:00
The collect for today, the Octave Day of Pentecost, commonly called Trinity Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (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 4:1-11[2]
The Gospel: St John 3:1-15[3]
[4]Artwork: Neri di Bicci, The Trinity between Saints Benedict, Francis, Bartholomew, & John the Baptist, c. 1461. Tempera on panel with gilded frame, Santa Croce Museum, Basilica di Santa Croce[5] (Basilica of the Holy Cross), Florence. Photograph taken by admin, 17 May 2010.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#trinity
- Revelation 4:1-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelation%204:1-11;&version=ESV;
- St John 3:1-15: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%203:1-15;&version=ESV;
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Bicci_Trinity.jpg
- Basilica di Santa Croce: http://www.santacroce.firenze.it/english/storia%5Farte/sguardo/
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2011/06/19/trinity-sunday-3/