HOLY TRINITY: Prayer of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

    

   O my God, Trinity whom I adore, help me to become utterly forgetful of myself so that I may establish myself in you, as changeless and calm as though my soul were already in eternity. Let nothing disturb my peace nor draw me forth f from you, O my unchanging God, but at every moment may I penetrate more deeply into the depths of your mystery. Give peace to my soul; make it your heaven, your cherished dwelling-place and the place of your repose. Let me never leave you there alone, but keep me there, wholly attentive, wholly alert in my faith, wholly adoring and fully given up to your creative action. 

    O my beloved Christ, crucified for love, I long to be the bride of your heart. I long to cover you with glory, to love you even unto death! Yet I sense my powerlessness and beg you to clothe me with yourself. Identify my soul with all the movements of your soul, submerge me, overwhelm me, substitute yourself for me, so that my life may become a reflection of your life. Come into me as Adorer, as Redeemer and as Saviour. 

    O Eternal Word, utterance of my God, I want to spend my life listening to you, to become totally teachable so that I might learn all from you. Through all darkness, all emptiness, all powerlessness, I want to keep my eyes fixed on you and to remain under your great light. O my Beloved Star, so fascinate me that I may never be able to leave your radiance.

    O Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, overshadow me so that the Word may be, as it were incarnate again in my soul. May I be for him a new humanity in which he can renew all his mystery.

    And you, O Father, bend down towards your poor little creature. Cover her with your shadow, see in her only your beloved son in who you are well pleased

    O my `Three', my All, my Beatitude, infinite Solitude, Immensity in which I lose myself, I surrender myself to you as your prey. Immerse yourself in me so that I may be immersed in you until I go to contemplate in your light the abyss of your splendour!

HOLY TRINITY: ATHANASIAN CREED

Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity. Neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost is all One, the Glory Equal, the Majesty Co-Eternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father Uncreate, the Son Uncreate, and the Holy Ghost Uncreate. The Father Incomprehensible, the Son Incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost Incomprehensible. The Father Eternal, the Son Eternal, and the Holy Ghost Eternal and yet they are not Three Eternals but One Eternal. As also there are not Three Uncreated, nor Three Incomprehensibles, but One Uncreated, and One Uncomprehensible. So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Holy Ghost Almighty. And yet they are not Three Almighties but One Almighty.

So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not Three Gods, but One God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Ghost Lord. And yet not Three Lords but One Lord. For, like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be God and Lord, so are we forbidden by the Catholic Religion to say, there be Three Gods or Three Lords. The Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone; not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father, and of the Son neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.

So there is One Father, not Three Fathers; one Son, not Three Sons; One Holy Ghost, not Three Holy Ghosts. And in this Trinity none is afore or after Other, None is greater or less than Another, but the whole Three Persons are Co-eternal together, and Co-equal. So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity, is to be worshipped. He therefore that will be saved, must thus think of the Trinity.

Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting Salvation, that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess, that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man.

God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man, of the substance of His mother, born into the world. Perfect God and Perfect Man, of a reasonable Soul and human Flesh subsisting. Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching His Manhood. Who, although He be God and Man, yet He is not two, but One Christ. One, not by conversion of the Godhead into Flesh, but by taking of the Manhood into God. One altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by Unity of Person. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one Man, so God and Man is one Christ. Who suffered for our salvation, descended into Hell, rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into Heaven, He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies, and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting, and they that have done evil into everlasting fire. This is the Catholic Faith, which except a man believe faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.

OFFERING OF MASS AND COMMUNION ON SUNDAYS; HOLY TRINITY

Offering of Mass and Communion on Sundays

In Honor of the Holy Trinity

PROSTRATE before the throne of Thy divine Majesty, O my God, I humbly implore Thy pardon for my offences, and Thy grace that I may be entirely employed in praising and adoring Thee. O adorable Trinity! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, bless me. O Holy Trinity, Whose throne is surrounded by adoring angels, and Whose awful presence is felt by all creatures, the work of Thy omnipotent hands, disdain not the homage of my heart, which I desire to consecrate entirely to Thy service. Thou art my hope and my life; what can I desire in heaven, or what can I seek on earth, but Thee? and where shall I so surely find Thee as on this altar ? I offer this Mass and holy communion in thanksgiving for the benefits bestowed upon me; give me grace to be ever grateful for them, and to serve Thee faithfully by the observance of my vows, and by an unreserved consecration of myself to Thee.

PRAYER TO THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

OMNIPOTENCE of the Father, help my weakness, and deliver me from the depth of misery. 

Wisdom of the Son, direct all my thoughts, words, and actions. 

Love of the Holy Ghost, be thou the source and beginning of all the operations of my soul, whereby they may be always conformable to the divine will.

Indulgence of 200 days, once a day. Leo XIII., March 15, 1890.

FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE INTROIT

Make acts of humility and contrition, and beg grace to assist devoutly and with profit at this august sacrifice.

FROM THE INTROIT TO THE ELEVATION

Follow the Ordinary oj the Mass.

FROM THE ELEVATION TO THE PATER NOSTER

Prostrate in spirit before God, offer Him, in thanks giving for all the benefits bestowed on you, the merits of His divine Son in this august sacrifice; pray for the wants of the Catholic Church, the propagation of the true faith, for the Pope, prelates, and clergy, for this Community, and for the Institute in general.

AT THE PATER NOSTER

Repeat devoutly this prayer, the prayer of Jesus Christ Himself and make acts of faith, love, and confidence in your Lord and Saviour, Who wishes to come into your heart.

AT THE AGNUS DEI

O LAMB of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, take away my sins, cleanse my soul from every imperfection. I am unworthy to receive Thee. Come, O Lord, and prepare my heart for Thyself. My God and my all, what have I but Thee ? Satisfy the desire of my heart: come to me and make me entirely Thine. Make an act of sincere contrition, renew your offering and intentions. Renew your vows, and then keep yourself in profound recollection, wailing to receive into your heart your Lord and your God.