Trinity Sunday
Trinity Sunday
Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of thy Divine Majesty to worship the Unity: We beseech thee that thou wouldest keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see thee in thy one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Above: Today we contemplate the mystery of the Trinity. It is difficult to convey the Trinity in art, so artists use symbols. The triangle and the three-clovered leaf are often used…and you can see both scattered around the interior of Saint Thomas Church, especially in the stained glass.
We are now in the long, green season after Pentecost, which takes us through the summer and into the autumn, until the Feast of Christ the King on November 25. Yet, we don’t have the green frontal on the altar this morning. That’s because, along the way, the Choral Eucharists of this season of “ordinary time” are punctuated with occassional Festal Eucharists. This Sunday and next are two of the biggest.
Today, you will notice the white vestments on the clergy and white frontal on the altar in celebration of the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Next Sunday, the white remains for Corpus Christi. Thereafter, we’ll have weeks of green interrupted by occasional feast days, such as for Saint John the Baptist on June 24 and Saint Mary Magdalene on July 22.
Included in this Festal Eucharist are hymns sung by the congregation and choir, additional music sung exclusively by the choir, lessons, prayers, a sermon, and a Rite I Mass. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Holy Communion. Details of the service may be seen in the leaflet, which will be posted at the bottom of this page, where you will also find links to the webcast during and after the service.
‚ñ∫This is the penultimate Sunday with our full Choir of Men & Boys. Next Sunday is “Leaving Sunday;” the day before is the Commencement Ceremony. Therefore, Sunday, June 10 is the last opportunity you will have to hear the full choir at Saint Thomas until they return in September.
‚ñ∫Join us on Tuesday, June 5, for a special Choral Evensong in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Rector speaks about the Queen in his weekly audio message.
Music notes: Francis Grier was born in Malaysia in 1955 and was a chorister at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, becoming a music scholar at Eton College, and then organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge. On leaving Cambridge, he became assistant organist to Simon Preston at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and succeeded him as Organist and Tutor of Music at the age of 25. In 1985 he resigned his appointments in order to explore other options that are unavailable to full-time musicians: he studied music, meditation and theology in India, and then worked with mentally-handicapped persons in London and Bangalore. Since 1989 he has been based in England, and continues to compose and perform, as well as maintain an active career as a psychotherapist. Missa Trinitatis Sanctae was composed for the Choir of Westminster Abbey in 1991.
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