Trinity Sunday B

God the Holy Trinity

Sentence
      Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory. Isa.6:3

Collects
      Almighty and everlasting God, you have given us your servants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and by your divine power to worship you as One; we humbly pray that you would keep us steadfast in this faith and evermore defend us from all adversities; through Christ our Lord. Amen. BCP Trinity Sunday

      Let us pray [to the one God, Father, Son, and Spirit, that our lives may bear witness to our faith.]
      Father, you sent your Word to bring us truth and your Spirit to make us holy. Through them we come to know the mystery of your life. Help us to worship you, one God in three Persons, by proclaiming and living our faith in you. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. AAPB

      O blessed Trinity, in whom we know the Maker of all things, seen and unseen, the Saviour of all, both near and far: by your Spirit enable us so to worship your divine majesty, that with all the company of heaven we may magnify your glorious name, saying Holy, holy, holy, Glory to you, O Lord most high. Amen. APBA

Readings
      Isaiah's commission.   Isaiah 6:1-8  
      The Lord sits enthroned as a king for ever.   Psalm 29  
      Life through the Spirit.   Romans 8:12-17  
      The new birth.   John 3:1-15   3:1-17

Supplementary readings
      The living creatures and the glory of the Lord.   Ezekiel 1:1-28   1:1-14, 22-28b
      Gratitude for God's mercy.   1 Timothy 1:12-17
      Jesus and John the Baptist   John 3:22-36   3:31-36

Hymns and Spiritual Songs

 
Worship elements
Gathering Songs
 
 
Invocation
Praise
Gradual/Readings
Offertory/Prayer
Recessional 		Book & #
Hymn or Chorus first line
 		Tunes and sources

Seasonal Litany
      We gather in the name of the Maker;
        Who lit up the world and breathed the breath of life into us.
      We gather in the name of the Son;
        Who saved the world and stretched out his hand to us.
      We gather in the name of the Spirit;
        Who encompasses the world and blesses our souls with yearning.
      We gather in the name of the Trinity of love;
        God above us, God beside us, God beneath us; the beginning, the end, the everlasting one.     Iona Community Worship Book. Wild Goose Publications.

Color Key and Notes
      RCL reading;
      APBA reading;
      Congregational response or refrain, AAPB/RSV;
      Subject heading, AAPB;
      Where there is a second Old Testament reading it is sequential rather than linked to the gospel;
      Hymn book and other abbreviations. See In Words and Song.

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