Year
A
Trinity Sunday
Sunday
15 June 2014
Eucharistic Preface
Let
us lift up our hearts.
........We
lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our
God.
........It is right to
give our thanks and praise.
It is indeed right to give
you our thanks and praise, O God,
and to join with the whole
world
in declaring the greatness of your name.
In the
beginning your Spirit brooded over the chaos
and brought to birth
all the beauty and abundance of creation.
You created humankind in
the image
of your own faithful love and desire,
dressing us in
glorious splendour
and entrusting the care of the earth into our
hands.
From our midst you brought forth your own child,
Jesus
the Christ
— one with you, and the embodiment of your Spirit
—
and through him you invited all people
to be baptised
into your triune dance of love.
When he was killed, you raised him
to life
and gave him all authority in heaven and on earth,
and
in him, through the Holy Spirit,
you are with us always, even to
the end of the age.
Therefore with .....
©2002
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
Short
Preface
(for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with
fixed prefaces)
We give you thanks for revealing to us in
Jesus Christ,
the faithful love and desire
which unite you with
him and the Holy Spirit,
and into which you invite all people to
be baptised.
©2002 Nathan Nettleton
LaughingBird.net
General
Prayer of Thanksgiving
(Preface reformatted for use
apart from communion)
We give you all
thanks and praise, O God,
and to join with the whole world
in
declaring the greatness of your name.
In the beginning your
Spirit brooded over the chaos
and brought to birth all the beauty
and abundance of creation.
You created humankind in the image
of
your own faithful love and desire,
dressing us in glorious
splendour
and entrusting the care of the earth into our
hands.
From our midst you brought forth your own child,
Jesus
the Christ
— one with you, and the embodiment of your Spirit
—
and through him you invited all people
to be baptised
into your triune dance of love.
When he was killed, you raised him
to life
and gave him all authority in heaven and on earth,
and
in him, through the Holy Spirit,
you are with us always, even to
the end of the age.
Therefore, with our hearts lifted high,
we
offer you thanks and praise at all times
through Jesus Christ our
Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
©2002
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
Declaration
of Grace / Absolution
All authority in heaven and
on earth
has been given to Jesus Christ,
and it is on the
authority of Jesus Christ
that the forgiveness of sins is declared
to you and to all.
Sisters and Brothers,
........your
sins are forgiven;
................be
at peace.
©2002 Nathan Nettleton
LaughingBird.net
Commission
& Benediction
Go out into the world and
live in peace.
Bear witness to the God of love and peace,
and
make disciples of all nations,
teaching them to obey all that
Christ has taught us.
And may God look upon you and take
delight in you;
May Christ Jesus be with you always, to the end of
the age;
And may the Holy Spirit lead you into the dance of love
........that is the life of the
Trinity.
We go in peace to love and serve the Lord,
........In
the name of Christ. Amen.
©2002
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
Paraphrases
of the Scripture
Lections
for Trinity Sunday -
Year A - Sunday 15 June 2014
Lections from The
Revised Common Lectionary.
Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on
Common Texts (CCT)
P. O. Box 340003, Room 381, Nashville, TN
37203-0003, USA. Used with Permission.
* Genesis 1:1 - 2:4a
At
the outset, when God created the universe,
........the
earth was lifeless and shapeless;
a deep ocean of chaos, shrouded
in darkness;
........brooded over by
the Spirit of God.
Then God called for light,
........and
light appeared.
God saw that light was a good thing,
........and
separated it from the darkness.
God named the light
Day,
........and the darkness
Night.
Evening passed and morning came;
........the
first day was done.
Then God called for a clear
space
........to keep out the water
on either side.
God made the clear space
........and
the water was split in two, above and below.
That is what
happened,
........and God named the
space Sky.
Evening passed and morning came;
........the
second day was done.
Then God called for the waters under the
sky
........to be pooled into one
place
................and for dry
land to appear elsewhere.
That is what happened,
........and
God named the dry land Earth
................and
the pooled waters Sea.
God saw that this was a good
thing.
Then God called for the earth to produce
vegetation:
........plants and trees,
rich with fertile fruits and seed,
................and
that is what happened.
The earth burst forth with vegetation of
every kind;
........grasses and
vines, shrubs and trees,
................fertile
with seeds and fruits of every kind.
God saw that this was a good
thing.
........Evening passed and
morning came;
................the
third day was done.
Then God called for lights in the space
called sky;
........lights to shine
from above and light up the earth,
................to
separate day from night,
........................and
to mark out the months, seasons and years.
That is what
happened;
........God made stars to
fill the sky
................and two
big lights:
........a bright one to
dominate the day,
................and
a soft one to take over at night.
God set them all in the
sky
........to light up the earth and
determine day and night;
................to
separate out the light from the darkness.
God saw that this was a
good thing.
........Evening passed
and morning came;
................the
fourth day was done.
Then God called for the waters to fill
with living creatures,
........and
for the skies to fill with birds flying over the earth.
God
created all the creatures that live and move in the
water,
........the enormous monsters
of the sea and the teeming fish,
................and
every kind of bird that wings its way through the air.
God saw
that this was a good thing
........and
set them up for life,
encouraging the fish to multiply and fill
the seas
........and the birds to
multiply all over the earth.
Evening passed and morning
came;
........the fifth day was
done.
Then God called for the earth to bring forth all sorts
of living creatures:
........insects,
reptiles, mammals;
................animals
of every kind, tame and wild.
That is what happened;
........God
made the wild animals of every kind to fill the
earth,
................every kind of
herd and flock,
........and every
creature that runs or jumps or crawls on land.
................God
saw that this was a good thing.
Then God said:
........“We
will make people in our own image,
................modelling
them on ourselves.
........We will
entrust to them the fish of the sea,
................the
birds of the air, the flocks and herds,
........................and
all the wild animals and creepy-crawlies.”
So God
created people as a reflection of God,
........created
them to be like God,
................created
them male and female.
God set them up for life,
........and
encouraged them to multiply and fill the earth.
God told them to
exercise control over the earth
........and
to manage the fish of the sea,
................the
birds of the air and every living thing on earth.
God said to
the people:
........“Look, I
have given you the grain crops
................that
grow and reproduce themselves all over the earth,
........and
all the trees that grow from seed and bear
fruit;
................they are all
yours for food.
........I have also
provided vegetation galore
................as
food for the animals, birds and
creepy-crawlies,
........................for
everything that lives and breathes.
So it all happened, just
as God said.
........Everything God
had made was there to be seen
................and
God was delighted with it all.
........Evening
passed and morning came;
................the
sixth day was done.
With that, the universe was
completed,
........along with
everything that fills it.
With the work finished,
........God
took the seventh day off.
After all the work God had
done,
........the seventh day was a
well earned rest.
So God made the seventh day special,
........a
sacred day,
because that day was God’s day off
........after
all the work of creating everything.
So that’s the
family lineage of the universe;
........the
story of how everything came to be.
©2002
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
*
Psalm 8
Our LORD and
ruler,
........all over the
world
................the mere
mention of your name sets hearts pounding!
Your glory fills
the universe!
The gurgling of babies makes more
sense
........than the clever
arguments of your enemies.
The innocent chatter of
children
........silences the
venomous talk of your opponents.
When I gaze at your handiwork
in the night skies
........—
the moon, the stars, the milky way —
................the
whole cosmos under your control;
I can’t help but wonder why
you bother with us.
........Why do
you care so much for mere human beings
................when
we count for so little in the scheme of things?
And yet, for
reasons known to you alone,
........you
created us almost on a par with yourself
................and
decorated us with the highest honours and glory.
You have even
entrusted us with power over your precious creation;
........you
placed the future of all life in our hands:
................sheep
and cattle;
........................emu
and kangaroo
................insects,
reptiles, birds, and sea creatures;
........air,
land and water and the planet itself.
Our LORD
and ruler,
........all over the
world
................the mere
mention of your name sets hearts pounding!
©2001
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
*
2 Corinthians 13: 11-13
........Sisters
and brothers, I finish my letter by wishing you every joy and
offering these last words:
........-
get everything on track;
........-
take courage from what I’ve said;
........-
seek consensus;
........- live in
peace.
If you do these things, the presence of the God of love and
peace will be known right there among you. Show warmth and tenderness
when you greet one another as those dedicated to the Lord. All of
God’s people send you their greetings.
........May
the extravagant generosity of the Lord and Messiah Jesus,
................and the love of God,
........................and the
tender solidarity of the Holy
Spirit
................................be
within and around you all.
©2002 Nathan
Nettleton LaughingBird.net
*
Matthew 28: 16-20
The eleven remaining disciples
headed north to Galilee and made their way to the mountain where
Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they found him there, they fell
to their knees worshipping him, even though some of them were still
in two minds about whether they could completely trust this
experience of him. Jesus came to them and said, “God has given
me the job of bringing everything in heaven and earth into line. Your
job then is to go to all people everywhere, recruiting and training
them to follow me. Baptise them, identifying them as people of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Train them to live the
life I have instructed you in. And hold on to the knowledge that I am
with you every moment, from now to the completion of the age.”
©2002
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net