Meditating the Trinity with Rublev + Sufjan Stevens
"On the first Sunday after Pentecost, the church considers and celebrates the trinitarian nature of God. ... Pentecost highlights the coming of the Spirit, but we must remember that the Spirit has always been at work: creating and sustaining the cosmos, forming and preserving Israel, choosing kings and speaking through prophets, overshadowing Mary and anointing Jesus, and, yes, baptizing and empowering the church." (Bobby Gross, Living the Christian Year)
God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity.
Trinity, Andrei Rublev, 1410
A Prayer
(via The Trinity Mission audio daily office)
God of all creation, full of love and abounding in mercy;
May the whole earth be filled with your glory.
That our words and deeds would befit your people;
God the Father, we call upon you.
That we would offer to you the reward of your suffering;
God the Son, we call upon you.
That our work today we would receive as your gift;
God the Holy Spirit, we call upon you.
Lord, send us out to proclaim your goodness;
God the Father, we call upon you.
Lord, teach us to love as you have loved us;
God the Son, we call upon you
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Lord, renew your Church for the work of your Kingdom;
God the Holy Spirit, we call upon you.
Bless us and keep us and be gracious to us;
God the Father, we call upon you.
Work through us among the poor, the opressed, those in bondage and those who are alone;
God the Son, we call upon you.
Be before us and behind us; to our left and to our right;
God the Holy Spirit, we call upon you.
God of all creation, full of love and abounding in mercy;
May the whole earth be filled with your glory.
Collect for Trinity Sunday:
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Hymn of Response: Holy, Holy, Holy (arranged by Sufjan Stevens)