(Usus Antiquior) Trinity Sunday (I Classis) – Sunday, 31 May 2026 : Offertory, Secret Prayer of the Priest, Communion and Post-Communion Prayer

Liturgical Colour : White

Offertory

Tobit 12 : 6

Benedictus sit Deus Pater, unigenitusque Dei Filius, Sanctus quoque Spiritus : quia fecit nobiscum misericordiam suam.

English translation

Blessed be God the Father, and the only Begotten Son of God, and also the Holy Spirit, because He had shown His mercy towards us.

Secret Prayer of the Priest

Sanctifica, quaesumus, Domine, Deus noster, per Tui sancti Nominis invocationem, hujus oblationis hostiam : et per eam nosmetipsos Tibi perfice munus aeternum. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation

By the invocation of Your holy Name, o Lord, our God, sanctify, we beseech You, the matter of this oblation, and through it make us ourselves a perfect offering forever. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.

Communion

Tobit 12 : 6

Benedicimus Deum caeli et coram omnibus viventibus confitebimur ei : quia fecit nobiscum misericordiam suam.

English translation

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

Post-Communion Prayer

Proficiat nobis ad salutem corporis et animae, Domine, Deus noster, hujus sacramenti susceptio : et sempiternae sanctae Trinitatis ejusdemque individuae Unitatis confessio. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation

May the receiving of this sacrament, o Lord, our God, and the confession of our faith in eternal, holy Trinity and undivided Unity, profit us for the health of body and soul. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.

(Usus Antiquior) Trinity Sunday (I Classis) – Sunday, 31 May 2026 : Holy Gospel

Liturgical Colour : White

Sequentia Sancti Evangelii secundum Matthaeum – Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew

Matthew 28 : 18-20

In illo tempore : Dixit Jesus discipulis Suis : Data est mihi omnis potestas in caelo et in terra. Euntes ergo docete omnes gentes, baptizantes eos in Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti : docentes eos servare omnia, quaecumque mandavi vobis. Et ecce, ego vobiscum sum omnibus diebus usque ad consummationem saeculi.

English translation

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, “All power is given to Me in heaven and in earth. Going, therefore, teach all nations, baptising them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 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.”

(Usus Antiquior) Trinity Sunday (I Classis) – Sunday, 31 May 2026 : Gradual and Alleluia

Liturgical Colour : White

Daniel 3 : 55-56 and Daniel 3 : 52

Benedictus es, Domine, qui intueris abyssos, et sedes super Cherubim.

Response : Benedictus es, Domine, in firmamento caeli, et laudabilis in saecula.

Alleluja, Alleluja.

Response : Benedictus es, Domine, Deus Patrum nostrorum, et laudabilis in saecula. Alleluja.

English translation

Blessed are You, o Lord, that beholds the depths and sits above the Cherubim.

Response : Blessed are You, o Lord, in the firmament of heaven, and worthy of praise forever.

Alleluia, Alleluia.

Response : Blessed are You, o Lord God of our fathers, and worthy of praise forever. Alleluia.

(Usus Antiquior) Trinity Sunday (I Classis) – Sunday, 31 May 2026 : Epistle

Liturgical Colour : White

Lectio Epistolae Beati Pauli Apostoli ad Romanos – Lesson from the Epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Romans

Romans 11 : 33-36

O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei : quam incomprehensibilia sunt judicia ejus, et investigabiles viae ejus! Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini? Aut quis consiliarius ejus fuit? Aut quis prior dedit illi, et retribuetur ei? Quoniam ex ipso et per ipsum et in ipso sunt omnia : ipsi gloria in saecula. Amen.

English translation

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 had known the mind of the Lord? Or who had been His counsellor? Or who had 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 forever. Amen.

(Usus Antiquior) Trinity Sunday (I Classis) – Sunday, 31 May 2026 : Introit and Collect

Liturgical Colour : White

Introit

Tobit 12 : 6 and Psalm 8 : 2

Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas atque indivisa Unitas : confitebimur ei, quia fecit nobiscum misericordiam suam.

Domine, Dominus noster, quam admirabile est Nomen Tuum in universa terra!

Response : Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper : et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation

Blessed be the Holy Trinity and the undivided Unity. We will give glory to Him, because He had shown His mercy to us.

O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is Your Name in all the earth!

Response : Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Collect

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui dedisti famulis Tuis in confessione verae fidei, aeternae Trinitatis gloriam agnoscere, et in potentia majestatis adorare Unitatem : quaesumus; ut, ejusdem fidei firmitate, ab omnibus semper muniamur adversis. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation

Almighty, eternal God, by whose gift Your servants, in the confession of the true faith, acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and adore the Unity in the power of His majesty, we beseech You that in the firmness of the same faith we may ever be defended from all adversities. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.