Our Sunday Supplication

Sunday, May 30, 2021

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

Holy Mass is at the very core of our worship as a Catholic community. Nothing can ever be substituted for the celebration of the Eucharist. But in this exceptional time of difficulty for our communities, our nation, and the whole world, this order of prayer can be offered by individuals and families and engages us in our Sunday celebration of the Word of God. We can pray this prayer in our homes—the “domestic churches” which help build up the Body of Christ on earth—and thus be connected to the entire Church at prayer.

During this time of prayer, we include the opportunity to make a Spiritual Communion. Making a Spiritual Communion is a worthy practice, recommended by innumerable saints throughout the ages, which unites our whole selves to God and his Church.

Order of Prayer

Taken from the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours

Introduction

Leader: O God, ✠ come to my assistance.
Response: O Lord, make haste to help me.

Leader: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Response: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Hymn

Audio Recording

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning
our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, Holy, Holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity.

Holy, Holy, Holy! All the saints adore thee.
Casting down their golden crowns
around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
God everlasting through eternity.

Holy, Holy, Holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
Though the eye made blind by sin
thy glory may not see,
Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
Perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy Name
in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, Holy, Holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity.

Act of Contrition

Leader: Let us acknowledge our sins, and seek the Lord’s pardon and peace.

Together: I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned,
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Leader: God our Father, who by sending into the world
the Word of truth and the Spirit of sanctification
made known to the human race your wondrous mystery,
grant us, we pray, that in professing the true faith,
we may acknowledge the Trinity of eternal glory
and adore your Unity, powerful in majesty.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Together: Amen.

The Sunday Readings

USCCB Audio Recording of Sunday Readings

A reading from the book of Deuteronomy

(Dt 4:32-34, 39-40)

Moses said to the people:
"Ask now of the days of old, before your time, ever since God created man upon the earth; ask from one end of the sky to the other: Did anything so great ever happen before? Was it ever heard of? Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of fire, as you did, and live? Or did any god venture to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, with strong hand and outstretched arm, and by great terrors, all of which the LORD, your God, did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? This is why you must now know, and fix in your heart, that the LORD is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and that there is no other. You must keep his statutes and commandments that I enjoin on you today, that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may have long life on the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you forever."

The Word of the Lord.
―Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

(Psalm 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22)

Reader: Blessed the people the LORD has chosen to be his own.
Together: Blessed the people the LORD has chosen to be his own.

Reader: Upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the Lord the earth is full.
Together: Blessed the people the LORD has chosen to be his own.

Reader: By the word of the LORD the heavens were made;
by the breath of his mouth all their host.
For he spoke, and it was made;
he commanded, and it stood forth.
Together: Blessed the people the LORD has chosen to be his own.

Reader: See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
Together: Blessed the people the LORD has chosen to be his own.

Reader: Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield.
May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us
who have put our hope in you.
Together: Blessed the people the LORD has chosen to be his own.

A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans

(Rom 8:14-17)

Brothers and sisters:
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a Spirit of adoption, through whom we cry, “Abba, Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

The word of the Lord.
―Thanks be to God.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

(Mt 28:16-20)

The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they all saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age."

The Gospel of the Lord.
―Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

For Reflection:

1. As you meditate upon today’s readings, what words, phrases, or images resonate in your mind and heart? What might God be speaking to you today?
2. Today we contemplate the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. As a community of Persons, God invites us into share in divine communion as coheirs with Christ. What do today’s readings direct us to do to share in the divine life of God? How are we to live our identity as adopted sons and daughters of God?
3. How can we reflect the unity of the Holy Trinity in our families, our workplaces, our Church, and our communities?

Response to the Word

Leader: All praise, all glory to you, O Holy Trinity.
Response: All praise, all glory to you, O Holy Trinity.

Leader: May we give thanks to you for ever,
Response: O Holy Trinity.

Leader: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Response: All praise, all glory to you, O Holy Trinity.

Prayer of the Faithful

Leader: Let us give all honor and glory to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as we cry out with joy:
Response: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Leader: Holy Father send your Spirit to us who know not how to pray as we ought, that he may help us in our frailty, and ask for us those gifts which will make us pleasing to you.
Response: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Leader: Christ, Son of the living God, you asked the Father to send the Holy Spirit upon your Church, make us worthy to have this Spirit of Truth with us always.
Response: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Leader: Come, Holy Spirit, that we may show your fruit in our lives, charity, joy, peace, equanimity, kindness, generosity, long-suffering, patience, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity.
Response: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Leader: Father all powerful, you have sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts, so that we cry: Abba, Father, make us submissive to your Spirit that we may be your heirs, and coheirs with Christ.
Response: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Leader: Christ Jesus, you sent the Paraclete who proceeds from the Father to bear witness to you, enable us also to be your witnesses before men.
Response: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Leader: In your mercy, continue to sanctify all who are afflicted from the present pandemic, and draw us all closer to you, and to one another, in this time of suffering.
Response: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

The Lord's Prayer

Leader: Let us pray together as Jesus taught us:
Together: Our Father, who art in heaven …

Spiritual Communion

Leader: You have given us bread from heaven,
Response: Containing in itself all delight.
Together: My Jesus,
I believe that you are present
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
I love you above all things,
and I desire to receive you into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there
and unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you,
my Lord and my God!
Amen.

Canticle of Praise

Canticle of Zechariah (Luke 1:68-79)
Together: ✠ 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 be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.

Conclusion

Leader: ✠ May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Together: Amen.