Trinity Sunday
Holy, Uncreated One, your beauty fills the skies; the glory of Your majesty is the mercy in Your eyes.
When we see Your matchless face, in speechless awe we’ll stand; and there we’ll bow with grateful hearts unto the Great I AM.
(Chris Tomlin, J. D. Walt)
Psalm 8 NLT
O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—the moon and the stars you set in place—what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them? Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority – the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
THE TRINITY[1]
Three in One, One in three, God of my salvation, Heavenly Father, blessed Son, eternal Spirit,
I adore thee as one Being, one Essence, on God in three distinct persons, for bringing sinners to thy knowledge and to thy kingdom.
O Father, thou hast loved me and sent Jesus to redeem me.
O Jesus, thou hast loved me and assumed my nature, shed thine own blood to wash away my sins, wrought righteousness to cover my unworthiness.
O Holy Spirit, thou hast loved me and entered my heart, implanted there eternal life, revealed to me the glories of Jesus.
Three Persons and one God, I bless and praise thee, for love so unmerited, so unspeakable, so wondrous, so mighty to save the lost and raise them to glory.
O Father, I thank thee that in fullness of grace thou hast given me to Jesus, to be his sheep, jewel, portion.
O Jesus, I thank thee that in fullness of grace thou hast accepted, espoused, bound me.
O Holy Spirit, I thank thee that in fullness of grace thou hast exhibited Jesus as my salvation, implanted faith within me, subdued my stubborn heart, made me one with him forever.
O Father, thou art enthroned to hear my prayers.
O Jesus, thy hand is outstretched to take my petitions.
O Holy Spirit, thou art willing to help my infirmities, to show me my need, to supply words, to pray within me, to strengthen me that I faint not in supplication.
O Triune God, who commandeth the universe, thou hast commanded me to ask for those things that concern thy kingdom and my soul. Let me live and pray as one baptized into the threefold Name.
Amen.
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, for ever and ever.
Amen.
(Collect for Trinity Sunday, Anglican Book of Common Prayer, 2019)
Immortal, Invisible
If you have found this meditation helpful, take a moment and give thanks to God. Then share what you learned with a friend. This is how the grace of God spreads (2 Corinthians 4.15).
[1] The Valley of Vision (The Banner of Truth Trust, 2002), p. 3.
