SUNDAY, MAY 31ST, 2026

HOLY TRINITY

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INTRODUCTION​

Though the word trinity is not found in the scriptures, today’s second reading
     includes the apostolic greeting that begins the liturgy: The grace of our Lord
     Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you
     all. In the gospel Jesus sends his disciples forth to baptize in the name of the
     Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. More than a doctrine, the Trinity
     expresses the heart of our faith: we have experienced the God of creation made
     known in Jesus Christ and with us always through the Holy Spirit. We celebrate
     the mystery of the Holy Trinity in word and sacrament, as we profess the creed,
     and as we are sent into the world to bear witness to our faith.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Almighty Creator and ever-living God: we worship your glory, eternal Three-in-
     One, and we praise your power, majestic One-in-Three. Keep us steadfast in this
     faith, defend us in all adversity, and bring us at last into your presence, where you live
     in endless joy and love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.​

FIRST READING

GENESIS 1--2:4a
At the beginning of time, God the Creator, God the powerful Word, and God the
     life-giving Spirit form the earth and all its inhabitants. God sees that all this
     created work is good and then rests on the seventh day.

1 When God began to create the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was
     complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from
     God swept over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and
     there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the
     light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called
     Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

     6 And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it
     separate the waters from the waters.” 7 So God made the dome and separated
     the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome.
     And it was so. 8 God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was
     morning, the second day.

     9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one
     place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land
     Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw
     that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants
     yielding seed and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in
     it.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of
     every kind and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw
     that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

     14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day
     from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
     15 and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.” And
     it was so. 16 God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and
     the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 God set them in the dome of
     the sky to give light upon the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night,
     and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
     19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

     20 And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let
     birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” 21 So God created the
     great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with
     which the waters swarm and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it
     was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the
     waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening
     and there was morning, the fifth day.

     24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle
     and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so.
     25 God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind and the cattle of every
     kind and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that
     it was good.

     26 Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness,
     and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air
     and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth and over every
     creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

     27 So God created humans in his image,
     in the image of God he created them;
     male and female he created them.
     28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the
     earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds
     of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” 29 God said,
     “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the
     earth and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. 30 And to
     every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps
     on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant
     for food.” And it was so. 31 God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it
     was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

     2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude. 2 On the
     sixth day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh
     day from all the work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and
     hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.

     4a These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

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PSALM

PSALM 8
(Response) How majestic is your name in all the earth! (Ps. 8:1)

1 O Lord our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!—
2 you whose glory is chanted above the heavens out of the mouths of infants and
        children; you have set up a fortress against your enemies, to silence the foe
        and avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,
4 what are mere mortals that you should be mindful of them,
human beings that you should care for them?
(Response) How majestic is your name in all the earth! (Ps. 8:1)

5 Yet you have made them little less than divine;
with glory and honor you crown them.
6 You have made them rule over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under their feet:
7 all flocks and cattle,
even the wild beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the air, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes along the paths of the sea.
9 O Lord our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
(Response) How majestic is your name in all the earth! (Ps. 8:1)

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SECOND READING

2ND CORINTHIANS 13:11-13
Paul closes a challenging letter to the Corinthians with an appeal to Christian
     fellowship grounded in the triune harmony of Christ’s grace, God’s love, and the
     Spirit’s partnership.

[Paul writes:] 11 Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Be restored; listen to my
     appeal; agree with one another; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will
     be with you. 12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.
     13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the
     Holy Spirit be with all of you.​

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​​​​GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; God’s glory fills the whole earth. Alleluia. (Isa. 6:3)

GOSPEL READING

MATTHEW 28:16-20
  After his resurrection, Jesus summons his remaining disciples and commissions
     them to baptize and teach all nations in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had
     directed them. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted.
     18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has
     been given to me. 19 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 20 and
     teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I
     am with you always, to the end of the age.”​

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