Liturgical Leaflet for an Active Participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist

7 June 2020 Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity Year A

GLORY TO THE TRINITY,

THE UNDIVIDED UNITY!

A
lthough most of our liturgical worship is addressed to the
Blessed Trinity, today we are invited to honor the Tri-Personal
God in a very special manner. Our limited intelligence is unable
to fathom exhaustively this fundamental mystery of one God in three
Persons. Nor can our frail hearts adequately reciprocate His love.
There is always so much more we should know about the Trinity; so
much more we should do for love of this one God in three Persons.
The biggest challenge, however, is to reproduce in ourselves and
in our relationships the love, harmony, and unity that exist in and among the three Divine Persons.
Let this be the special grace we implore for ourselves and all those dear to us as we offer this Eu-
charist to the Father, through Jesus, the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Entrance Antiphon
(To be recited only when no
Entrance Hymn is sung.)
Blest be God the Father,
and the Only Begotten Son of
God, and also the Holy Spirit,
for he has shown us his merci-
ful love.
Greeting
P –Grace and peace from God
our Father, the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the Holy Spirit be with you
all!
All – And with your spirit!
Penitential Act
P –The Eucharist is the most
sublime act of worship we can
offer to the Blessed Trinity. Let
us realize our unworthiness to
stand in His presence and the
need to be purified from all our
sins. (Pause)
P –Lord Jesus, you revealed to
us the love of the Father for
all human beings. Lord, have
mercy!
All – Lord, have mercy!
P –Lord Jesus, you taught us to
love one another as you love
us. Christ, have mercy!
All – Christ, have mercy!
P –Lord Jesus, you gave us the
Holy Spirit to be the source
of our sanctification. Lord,
have mercy!
All – Lord, have mercy!
P – May almighty God have
mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
All – Amen!
Gloria
All – Glory to God in the high-
est, and on earth peace to people
of good will. We praise you,
we bless you, we adore you, we
glorify you, we give you thanks
for your great glory, Lord God,
heavenly King, O God, almighty
Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Be-
gotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of
God, Son of the Father, you take
away the sins of the world, have
mercy on us; you take away the
sins of the world, receive our
prayer; you are seated at the right
hand of the Father, have mercy
on us. For you alone are the Holy
One, you alone are the Lord, you
alone are the Most High, Jesus
Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen!
Collect (Opening Prayer)
P –God our Father, who by
sending into the world the Word
of truth and the Spirit of sanctifi-
cation made known to the human
race your wondrous mystery,
grant us, we pray, that in pro-
fessing the true faith, we may
acknowledge the Trinity of eter-
nal 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, one God, for ever
and ever.
All – Amen!

1st Reading Ex 34:4-6.8-9
Already in the Old Testa-
ment, the Lord revealed Him-
self as “a merciful and gracious
God, slow to anger and rich in
kindness and fidelity.” These are
the main qualities of the “God
of love” who will be revealed in
full by His incarnate Word, Jesus
Christ.
R – A proclamation from the
Book of Exodus
Early in the morning Mo-
ses went up Mount Sinai as the
Lord had commanded him,
taking along the two stone tab-
lets.
Having come down in a
cloud, the Lord stood with
him there and proclaimed his
name, “Lord.” Thus the Lord
passed before Moses and cried
out, “The Lord, the Lord, a
merciful and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in kind-
ness and fidelity.”
Moses at once bowed down
to the ground in worship. Then
he said, “If I find favor with
you, O Lord, do come along in
our company. This is indeed a
stiff-necked people; yet pardon
our wickedness and sins, and
receive us as your own.”
The Word of the Lord!
All – Thanks be to God!
Responsorial Psalm Dn 3
R –Glory and praise for ever!
* Blessed are you, O Lord,
the God of our fathers, praise-
worthy and exalted above all
forever. And blessed is your
holy and glorious name, praise-
worthy and exalted above all
for all ages. R.
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* Blessed are you in the tem-
ple of your holy glory, praise-
worthy and glorious above all
forever. R.
* Blessed are you on the
throne of your kingdom,
praiseworthy and exalted
above all forever. R.
* Blessed are you who look
into the depths from your
throne upon the cherubim,
praiseworthy and exalted
above all forever. R.
2nd Reading 2 Cor 13:11-13
In the conclusion of his Sec-
ond Letter to the Corinthians, St.
Paul mentions each Person of the
Blessed Trinity. Along with them,
he lists also the corresponding
divine realities of love, grace,
and fellowship/communion with
which we usually associate with
the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit.
R – A proclamation from the
Second Letter of Paul to the
Corinthians
Brothers and sisters, re-
joice. Mend your ways, encour-
age one another, agree with one
another, live in peace, and the
God of love and peace will be
with you. Greet one another
with a holy kiss. All the holy
ones greet you.
The grace of the Lord Je-
sus Christ and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit be with all of you.
The Word of the Lord!
All – Thanks be to God!
Gospel Acclamation Rv 1:8
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glory to the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit:
to God who is, who was,
and who is to come.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel Jn 3:16-18
It was the Lord Jesus who
revealed that God is a mystery of
love in three Persons. He spoke
briefly of each of them in his con-
versation with Nicodemus. In
this short passage, Jesus empha-
sizes the Father’s boundless love
for mankind and the need for all
to be born anew in the Spirit and
to have eternal life by believing
in the Son.
P –The Lord be with you!
All –And with your spirit!
P – A proclamation from the
holy Gospel according to
John
All – Glory to you, O Lord!
Jesus said to Nicodemus:
“God so loved the world that
he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him
might not perish but might
have eternal life.
For God did not send his
Son into the world to condemn
the world, but that the world
might be saved through him.
Whoever believes in him
will not be condemned, but
whoever does not believe has
already been condemned, be-
cause he has not believed in the
name of the only Son of God.”
The Gospel of the Lord!
All – Praise to you, Lord Jesus
Christ!
Homily
Profession of Faith
(Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed)
All –I believe in one God, the Fa-
ther almighty, maker of heaven
and earth, of all things visible
and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus
Christ, the Only Begotten Son
of God, born of the Father be-
fore all ages. God from God,
Light from Light, true God from
true God, begotten, not made,
consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were
made. For us men and for our
salvation he came down from
heaven, (bow)* and by the Holy
Spirit was incarnate of the Vir-
gin Mary, and became man.*
For our sake he was crucified
under Pontius Pilate, he suf-
fered death and was buried, and
rose again on the third day in
accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is
seated at the right hand of the
Father. He will come again in
glory to judge the living and the
dead and his kingdom will have
no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life, who
proceeds from the Father and
the Son, who with the Father
and the Son is adored and glori-
fied, who has spoken through
the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, cath-
olic and apostolic Church. I
confess one Baptism for the
forgiveness of sins and I look
forward to the resurrection of
the dead and the life of the world
to come. Amen!
Prayer of the Faithful
P –Having received from the
Blessed Trinity the gifts of life
and faith, let us approach the
throne of glory, pleading for the
needs of all mankind. Let our
response be:
All – O Most Holy Trinity,
hear us!
C –For the entire Catholic
Church, God’s family on earth:
May she proclaim with her teach-
ing and make present with her
initiatives the love of the Blessed
Trinity for all human beings. Let
us pray! R.
C –For the Holy Father, our bish-
ops, and our Parish Priests: May
they be constantly strengthened
in the fulfillment of their pastoral
duty and see the fruits of their
dedication. Let us pray! R.
C –For all the members of the
different Christian denomina-
tions: May their common faith
in the Blessed Trinity bring them
to live in unity, cooperation, and
peace. Let us pray! R.
C –For all families in our par-
ish: May the harmony and love
that bind together the three Di-
vine Persons be reflected in the
mutual relationships of all the
members of each family. Let us
pray! R.
C –For ourselves and all the
people dear to us: May we always
be aware of the presence of the
Blessed Trinity in our midst, and
derive from it joy, courage, and
inspiration. Let us pray! R.
C –Let us pray in silence for our
personal intentions. (Pause)
Let us pray! R.
P –Eternal Triune God, You
created us in Your image and
gave us new life in the sacrament
of Baptism. Fill our lives with
Your presence and welcome us
into Your Kingdom where You
live and reign for ever and ever.
All – Amen!
Preparation of the Gifts
P –Pray, brethren . . .
All – May the Lord accept the
sacrifice at your hands, for the
praise and glory of his name,
for our good and the good of all
his holy Church.
Prayer over the Offerings
P –Sanctify by the invocation
of your name, we pray, O Lord
our God, this oblation of our
service, and by it make of us an
eternal offering to you.
Through Christ our Lord.
All – Amen!
Preface of the Holy Trinity
P –The Lord be with you!
All –And with your spirit!
P –Lift up your hearts!
All – We lift them up to the Lord!
P –Let us give thanks to the
Lord our God!
All –It is right and just!
P – It is truly right and just,
our duty and our salvation, al-
ways and everywhere to give
you thanks, Lord, holy Father,
almighty and eternal God.
For with your Only Begotten
Son and the Holy Spirit you are
one God, one Lord: not in the
unity of a single person, but in a
Trinity of one substance.
For what you have revealed
to us of your glory we believe
equally of your Son and of the
Holy Spirit, so that, in the con-
fessing of the true and eternal
Godhead, you might be adored
in what is proper to each Per-
son, their unity in substance, and
their equality in majesty.
For this is praised by Angels
and Archangels, Cherubim, too,
and Seraphim, who never cease
to cry out each day, as with one
voice they acclaim:
All –Holy, holy, holy . . .
Memorial Acclamation
P –The mystery of faith!
All –We proclaim your Death,
O Lord, and profess your
Resurrection until you
come again!
All – Our Father . . .
P –Deliver us, Lord . . .
All –For the kingdom, the
power, and the glory are
yours, now and for ever.
Sign of Peace
Breaking of the Bread
All – Lamb of God, you take
away the sins of the world: have
mercy on us. (2x)
Lamb of God, you take
away the sins of the world:
grant us peace.
Communion
P –Behold the Lamb of God, be-
hold him who takes away the sins
of the world. Blessed are those
called to the Supper of the Lamb.
All –Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under
my roof, but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.
Communion Antiphon
(To be recited only when no
Communion Hymn is sung.)
Since you are children of
God, God has sent into your
hearts the Spirit of his Son,
the Spirit who cries out: Abba,
Father.
Prayer after Communion
P –May receiving this Sacra-
ment, O Lord our God, bring us
health of body and soul, as we
confess your eternal holy Trinity
and undivided Unity.
Through Christ our Lord.
All – Amen!
P – The Lord be with you.
All – And with your spirit!
P – Bow your heads and pray for
God’s blessing. (Pause)
–May God our Father keep
you from all harm and bless
you with every good gift.
All – Amen!
Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity (A)
P – May He fill your minds and
hearts with the presence of
His Word and lead you to
lasting joy.
All – Amen!
P –May His Spirit guide you
as you walk in His ways,
always knowing and doing
what is right and good.
All – Amen!
P –May the blessing of al-
mighty God the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit de-
scend upon you and remain
with you for ever.
All – Amen!
P –Go in peace, glorifying the
Lord by your life!
All – Thanks be to God!

WAYS TO HONOR
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
• Jess P. Balon

T he simplest way to honor the Most Holy

Trinity is to begin every day by making the Sign
of the Cross with deep faith and devotion, paying
the “personal loving communion” which the
Blessed Trinity is. We do that by relating with
respect, openness, and love to all human beings,
special attention to the words that we say: “In the and especially the members of our family, col-
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the leagues and other people we interact with. It is only
Holy Spirit. Amen!” Then worship the Triune God by respecting and loving our neighbor that we can
in your heart by reciting the prayer “Glory Be . . .” say that we respect and love the Blessed Trinity,
and the Creed, through which we renew our for He dwells in each human being. Consequently,
faith in the one God in three Persons from whom as St. John the Evangelist says, “One who has no
we come, in whom we live, and in whom we will love for the brother he has seen cannot love the
find our eternal happiness. God he has not seen” (1 Jn 4:20).
Then thank the Blessed Trinity for all the
graces and favors received so far; ask for His pro-
tection during the day, and offer Him all the actions Discover the beauty and richness
that you will perform and the pains that you will of the Word of God
endure. In this way, all that you are and do will with the help of
be consecrated as a “living sacrifice of love” to
the God who is our Creator, Redeemer, Sancti- EXPLORING
fier and Source of our happiness.
These prayers can be repeated during the GOD’S WORD
day, especially the shorter ones as simple acts of It includes:
love and worship. The Sign of the Cross should • Historical Back-
be made also before every important action that grounds,
we do, such as when we begin our daily activity, • Introductions, and
before and after taking our meals, when we travel, • the full text of the
Sunday Mass Readings
when we feel tempted or in danger. • questions to help you apply God’s Word
Every day should end in the same way we in your life,
should begin it. Our final thought should be an • maps, and
act of entrustment of ourselves and all those • a Glossary
who are dear to us to the Most Holy Trinity. of Biblical names, places, and events.
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