The Environment For Worship During The Season After Pentecost

Trinity Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. Trinity Sunday, a principal feast day in the church, is different from other principal days in that it does not commemorate an aspect of God's saving deed in history. Instead, it celebrates the Triune God, the source of the historical action that brings our salvation. It is appropriate for the Trinity to be celebrated on the Sunday after Pentecost, for Pentecost expresses the fullness of the Godhead by revealing the Spirit. Although Trinity Sunday originated in the tenth century, it did not become a universally adopted feast until the fourteenth century. Today the church around the world celebrates the Trinity on the first Sunday after Pentecost. One tradition associated with this observance is the use of the Athanasian Creed. For the lectionary texts for this Sunday, see the list of texts for the Sundays in the season after Pentecost earlier in this chapter. Opening Prayers for Trinity Sunday Almighty God, our Fath…