Study, Pray, Serve: The Most Holy Trinity

Here are some of the themes in the Mass readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.

1st Reading – Exodus 34:4b-6,8-9

• Moses, holding the stone tablets, encounters the Lord on Mount Sinai.
• Moses asks the Lord to accompany the stiff-necked people of Israel and pardon their wickedness and sins.

Psalm – Deuteronomy 3:52-55

• “Glory and praise for ever!”
• Blessed be the Lord who is holy, glorious, praiseworthy, and exalted above all forever.

2nd Reading – 2nd Corinthians 13:11-13

• Paul exhorts the people to mend their ways as they encourage one another to live in peace.
• Paul then extends the grace of Jesus, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit to be with them.

Gospel – John 3:16-18

• One of the most beloved lines in the entire Bible: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.”
• God sends his Son, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Mass Readings – The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

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