May 31 - Trinity Sunday

Introit: Tobias xii. 6

    Blessed be the Holy Trinity, and undivided unity: we will give glory to Him, because He hath shown His mercy to us. Ps. O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is Thy name in all the earth! ℣. Glory be to the Father.

Collect

    Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given to Thy servants grace, in the confession of the true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of Thy majesty to worship the Unity;grant that by steadfastness in the same faith we may evermore be defended from all adversities. Through our Lord.

Epistle: Romans xi. 33-36

    Lesson from the Epistle of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Romans. O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are His judgments, and how unsearchable His ways! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been His counselor? Or who hath first given to Him, and recompense shall be made him? For of Him, and by Him, and in Him, are all things: to Him be glory for ever. Amen.

Gradual: Daniel iii. 55-56

    Blessed art Thou, O Lord, that beholdest the depths and sittest upon the Cherubim. ℣. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven, and worthy of praise for ever.

Alleluia: Daniel iii. 52

    Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. Blessed art Thou, O Lord the God of our fathers, and worthy to be praised for ever. Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew xxviii. 18-20

    + Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. At that time Jesus said to His disciples: All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth. Going therefore, teach ye all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

Offertory: Tobias xii. 6

    Blessed be God the Father, and the only-begotten Son of God, and also the Holy Spirit; because He hath shown His mercy to us.

Secret

    Sanctify, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, by the invocation of Thy holy name, the host we offer Thee, and by its means make us an eternal oblation to Thee. Through our Lord.

Communion: Tobias xii. 6

    We bless the God of heaven, and before all living we will praise Him; because He has shown His mercy to us.

Postcommunion

    May the reception of this sacrament, O Lord our God, and the confession of the holy and eternal Trinity and of its undivided unity, profit us to the salvation of body and soul. Through our Lord.

+ Taken from St. Andrew Daily Missal, by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., Imprimi Potest 11-18-1945 P. Joannes Delacroix, O.S.B., Imprimatur 11-22-1945 Joseph Van Der Meersch