Morning Prayer

Trinity Sunday
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. Revelation 4:8

Confession of Sin
Most merciful God,
I confess that I have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what I have done, and by what I have left undone. I have not loved you with my whole heart; I have not loved my neighbors as myself. I am truly sorry and I humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on me and forgive me; that I may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen

The Invitatory and Psalter

Lord, open our lips. And our mouth shall proclaim your praise
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen   Alleluia

Venite
The Antiphon:

ⓘ   A short, reflective sentence recited alongside a psalm to deepen our understanding of the readings.

Trinity Sunday  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God: Come let us adore him.

The Lessons

Psalm 146

⁽¹⁾ Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! ⁽²⁾ While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. ⁽³⁾ Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. ⁽⁴⁾ His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish.

⁽⁵⁾ Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, ⁽⁶⁾ Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever, ⁽⁷⁾ Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives freedom to the prisoners. ⁽⁸⁾ The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous.

⁽⁹⁾ The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down. ⁽¹⁰⁾ The LORD shall reign forever -- Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Psalm 147

⁽¹⁾ Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. ⁽²⁾ The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. ⁽³⁾ He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. ⁽⁴⁾ He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.

⁽⁵⁾ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. ⁽⁶⁾ The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground. ⁽⁷⁾ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God, ⁽⁸⁾ Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

⁽⁹⁾ He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that cry. ⁽¹⁰⁾ He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. ⁽¹¹⁾ The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy. ⁽¹²⁾ Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

⁽¹³⁾ For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your children within you. ⁽¹⁴⁾ He makes peace in your borders, And fills you with the finest wheat. ⁽¹⁵⁾ He sends out His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly. ⁽¹⁶⁾ He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;

⁽¹⁷⁾ He casts out His hail like morsels; Who can stand before His cold? ⁽¹⁸⁾ He sends out His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow. ⁽¹⁹⁾ He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel. ⁽²⁰⁾ He has not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise the LORD!

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Ecclesiasticus Chapter 43

⁽¹⁾ How beautiful is the bright, clear sky above us! What a glorious sight it is! ⁽²⁾ The sun, when it appears, proclaims as it rises how marvelous a thing it is, made by the Most High. ⁽³⁾ At noon it dries up the land; no one can stand its blazing heat. ⁽⁴⁾ The setting sun sets fire to the hilltops, like a metal furnace glowing from the heat. It sends out fiery rays, blinding the eyes with its brightness.

⁽⁵⁾ The Lord, who made it, is great; it speeds on its way at his command. ⁽⁶⁾ There is also the moon, marking the passage of time, an eternal sign of the changing seasons. ⁽⁷⁾ The moon determines the holy days. Its light grows full and then grows dim. ⁽⁸⁾ The 'month' is named after the moon, marvelous to watch as it grows fuller each night, a signal light for the heavenly armies, shining out in the dome of the sky.

⁽⁹⁾ The shining stars make the night sky lovely, brilliant ornaments in the Lord's high heavens. ⁽¹⁰⁾ They stay in the places assigned to them by the Holy One and never relax their dutiful watch. ⁽¹¹⁾ Look at the rainbow and praise its Creator! How magnificent, how radiant, its beauty! ⁽¹²⁾ Like a bow bent by the hands of the Most High, it spans the horizon in a circle of glory.

⁽¹³⁾ He commands, and snow begins to fall; lightning strikes to carry out his judgments. ⁽¹⁴⁾ The storerooms of the sky are thrown open, and the clouds roll out like flying birds. ⁽¹⁵⁾ With his power he forms great masses of clouds and shatters the ice into hailstones. ⁽¹⁷⁾ He speaks, and thunder twists the earth in pain; the mountains are shaken by his strength. Whenever he wishes, the south wind blows, whirlwinds come, and windstorms from the north. He sends the snow fluttering down like birds, like locusts lighting on the ground.

⁽¹⁸⁾ We marvel at its beautiful whiteness, and in fascination we watch it fall. ⁽¹⁹⁾ He sprinkles frost over the ground like salt, and it freezes into thorny flowers of ice. ⁽²⁰⁾ He sends the cold north wind blowing and the water hardens into ice; every lake and pond freezes over, putting on a coat of icy armor. ⁽²¹⁾ He scorches the wilderness hills with drought, and the grass turns brown from its heat;

⁽²²⁾ but a cloudy mist restores it all to life as the weather cools and dew appears. ⁽²³⁾ By his wisdom he calmed the great oceans and placed the islands there. ⁽²⁴⁾ Sailors tell about the dangers of the sea, and we listen to their tales in amazement. ⁽²⁵⁾ In the sea are strange and marvelous creatures: huge monsters and all kinds of living things.

⁽²⁶⁾ Each of the Lord's messengers succeeds at its task. Everything is held together by his word. ⁽²⁷⁾ We could say much more and never finish, but it all means this: the Lord is everything. ⁽²⁸⁾ How can we find the power to praise him? He is greater than all his creation. ⁽²⁹⁾ The Lord is awesome in his greatness; his power is overwhelming.

⁽³⁰⁾ Though you do your best to praise him, he is greater than you can ever express. Though you honor him tirelessly and with all your strength, you still cannot praise him enough. ⁽³¹⁾ No one has seen him, no one can describe him; no one can praise him as he deserves. ⁽³²⁾ Mysteries greater than these are still unknown; we know only a fraction of his works. ⁽³³⁾ The Lord made the universe and then gave wisdom to devout people.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Ephesians Chapter 4

⁽¹⁾ I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, ⁽²⁾ with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, ⁽³⁾ endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁽⁴⁾ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;

⁽⁵⁾ one Lord, one faith, one baptism; ⁽⁶⁾ one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. ⁽⁷⁾ But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. ⁽⁸⁾ Therefore He says: 'When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.'

⁽⁹⁾ (Now this, 'He ascended' -- what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? ⁽¹⁰⁾ He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) ⁽¹¹⁾ And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, ⁽¹²⁾ for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

⁽¹³⁾ till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; ⁽¹⁴⁾ that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, ⁽¹⁵⁾ but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head -- Christ -- ⁽¹⁶⁾ from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John Chapter 1

⁽¹⁾ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ⁽²⁾ He was in the beginning with God. ⁽³⁾ All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. ⁽⁴⁾ In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

⁽⁵⁾ And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. ⁽⁶⁾ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁽⁷⁾ This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. ⁽⁸⁾ He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

⁽⁹⁾ That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. ⁽¹⁰⁾ He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. ⁽¹¹⁾ He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. ⁽¹²⁾ But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

⁽¹³⁾ who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ⁽¹⁴⁾ And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. ⁽¹⁵⁾ John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, 'This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.' ' ⁽¹⁶⁾ And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

⁽¹⁷⁾ For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ⁽¹⁸⁾ No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.


The Song of Zechariah Luke 1: 68 to 79
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old,
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham,
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
Free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of our life.
You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
To give his people knowledge of salvation
by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

You are God        
You are God: we praise you;
You are the Lord; we acclaim you;
You are the eternal Father:
All creation worships you.
To you all angels, all the powers of heaven,
Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
The glorious company of apostles praise you.
The noble fellowship of prophets praise you.
The white-robed army of martyrs praise you.
Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you;
Father, of majesty unbounded,
your true and only Son, worthy of all worship,
and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.
You, Christ, are the king of glory,
the eternal Son of the Father.
When you became man to set us free
you did not shun the Virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death
and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
You are seated at God's right hand in glory.
We believe that you will come and be our judge.
Come then, Lord, and help your people,
bought with the price of your own blood,
and bring us with your saints
to glory everlasting.


The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord.
  He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
  He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
  He descended to the dead.
  On the third day he rose again.
  He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
  He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
  the holy catholic Church,
  the communion of saints,
  the forgiveness of sins,
  the resurrection of the body,
  and the life everlasting. Amen.

The Prayers

The Lord's Prayer   Traditional
Suffrages A

Seasonal Collect:  First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a 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, forever and ever. Amen.

Collect of the Day: O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Mission: Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

Personal Prayers and Reflection

This is a time to pause, consider and listen. Pray for yourself and others. When you lack the words


Closing Prayers   Thanksgiving

Conclude with the following
Let Us Bless the Lord, Thanks be to God

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13:14