Scriptures for Trinity Sunday
Here are the scripture readings for this upcoming Sunday.
Suggestion: Print this and read a different passage each day and think about it (some questions are offered to help stimulate your reflection).
You'll find your experience of worship on Sunday will be intensified.
Trinity Sunday, Year B
Episcopal Revised Common Lectionary
Isaiah 6:1-8
Canticle 2 (Rite 1); Canticle 13 (Rite 2)
Romans 8:12-17
John 3:1-17
Isaiah 6:1-8
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a
throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the
temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings:
with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered
their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and
said:
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who
called, and the house filled with smoke. And I said: "Woe is me!
I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people
of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!"
Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had
been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched
my mouth with it and said: "Now that this has touched your lips,
your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out. "Then I heard
the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go
for us?" And I said, "Here am I; send me!"
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Recall a time when you felt a holy sense of awe.
What was that like?
How have you known yourself to be touched by God?
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NOTE: We have two versions of the Canticle that will follow the first readings.
One version is for the Rite 1 services, the other version is for the Rite 2 service.
The questions are at the bottom of the second version of the canticle.
For
Canticle 2 Benedictus es, Domine
Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers; *
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art thou for the Name of thy Majesty; *
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art thou in the temple of thy holiness; *
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths,
and dwellest between the Cherubim; *
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom; *
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven; *
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art thou, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *
praised and exalted above all for ever.
For
Canticle 13 Benedictus es, Domine
Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; *
you are worthy of praise; glory to you.
Glory to you for the radiance of your holy Name; *
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you in the splendor of your temple; *
on the throne of your majesty, glory to you.
Glory to you, seated between the Cherubim; *
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you, beholding the depths; *
in the high vault of heaven, glory to you.
Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
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If you were to write a few verses of praise to God, what would they be?
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Romans 8:12-17
So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh,
to live according to the flesh-- for if you live according to the
flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the
deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the
Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a
spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a
spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" it is that very
Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of
God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs
with Christ--if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also
be glorified with him.
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You are God's child! Think about that for a while.
What does that mean for you?
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John 3:1-17
Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
He came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that
you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these
signs that you do apart from the presence of God." Jesus answered
him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the
without being born from above." Nicodemus said to him, "How can
anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second
time into the mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered, "Very
truly, I tell you, no one can enter the
being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is
flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be
astonished that I said to you, 'You must be born from above.' The
wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but
you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is
with everyone who is born of the Spirit." Nicodemus said to him,
"How can these things be?" Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher
of
truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what
we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have
told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you
believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended
into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of
Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him
may have eternal life. "For God so loved the world that he gave
his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish
but may have eternal life. "Indeed, God did not send the Son into
the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might
be saved through him.
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What does it mean to be born from above? To be born of the Spirit?
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