First reading
Proverbs 8:22–31
Before the earth came into being, Wisdom was born.
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 8:4–9
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
Second reading
Romans 5:1–5
The love of God has been poured into our hearts.
Gospel acclamation
cf. Revelation 1:8
Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: to God who is, who was, and who is to come.
Gospel
John 16:12–15
The Spirit of truth will lead you to the complete truth.
Images from the Word
- Many things
- Glorify
- Firmly set
- At play
- Love of God
Liturgical notes
In the celebration of the Mass, we find:
The high point both of the action by which God sanctifies the world in Christ and of the worship that the human race offers to the Father, adoring him through Christ, the Son of God, in the Holy Spirit.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §16
The feast of the Holy Trinity reminds us of God’s continuous work in our world and the Church’s work in faithfully worshipping him. We constantly need God’s grace to give him the appropriate worship he deserves. However, God is always attentively awaiting our response to his provident love as we present the offering of our lives at the altar.
‘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.’
—prayer over the offerings