DAILY CATHOLICS MASS READINGS

DAILY CATHOLICS MASS READINGS

6/14/2025, 3:28:55 PM

Trinity Sunday is celebrated in all denominations of the Western liturgical churches: Latin Catholic, Lutheran,Anglican, Reformed Continental Reformed, Presbyterian, Congregationalist), and Methodist.

DAILY CATHOLICS MASS READINGS

6/14/2025, 2:55:19 PM

*Sunday June 15, 2025* *THE MOST HOLY TRINITY (SOLEMNITY) (C)* *Vestment: White* *Today’s Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries* *Theme of the Sunday:* THE TRIUNE GOD AND HIS PLAN OF LOVE. The three biblical passages that we read today aid our reflection on the identity of the Christian God. It is not enough to say we believe in God, it is important for us to know the God in which we believe. The pagans and members of other sects are different from us because their faces reflect different gods. It is important to know who our God is and what it entails to believe in a God who is three-in-one. The first reading tells us that the Father creates with wisdom, not randomly or in a confused way; he has a plan of salvation to achieve. The second reading presents the work of the Son who glorifies the Father. The gospel clarifies the work of the Spirit. He will bring to completion the work of the Father and of the Son. *-FIRST READING-* _*Before the beginning of the earth, wisdom was brought forth.*_ *A reading from the Book of Proverbs* (Proverbs 8:22-31) Thus speaks the Wisdom of God: “The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water, before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth; before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world. When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep, when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master workman; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the sons of men.” *The word of the Lord.* *RESPONSORIAL PSALM* Psalm 8:4-5.6-7a.7b-9 (R. 2a) *R/. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name* *through all the earth!* When I see the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you arranged, what is man that you should keep him in mind, the son of man that you care for him? *R/. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name* *through all the earth!* Yet you have made him little lower than the angels; with glory and honour you crowned him, gave him power over the works of your hands. *R/. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name* *through all the earth!* You put all things under his feet, all of them, sheep and oxen, yes, even the cattle of the fields, birds of the air, and fish of the sea that make their way through the waters. *R/. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name* *through all the earth!* *-SECOND READING-* *A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans* (Romans 5:1-5) To God through Christ in the love which is poured out through the Spirit. Brethren: Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. *The word of the Lord.* *ALLELUIA* Revelation 1:8 Alleluia. Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: to God who is, who was, and who is to come. Alleluia. *-GOSPEL-* _*Whatever the Father has is mine. The Spirit will receive what I give and tell you about it.*_ *A reading from the holy Gospel according to John* (John 16:12-15) At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” *The Gospel of the Lord.* *THE CREED (I Believe)* *I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.*

DAILY CATHOLICS MASS READINGS

6/14/2025, 2:55:22 PM

*TODAY'S REFLECTION* The solemnity of the Holy Trinity celebrates one of the fundamental beliefs of Christianity: we believe in one God, composed of three distinct persons – the father, the son and the Holy Spirit, united in love and generous self-giving, who work together for the salvation of humanity. As human beings, we come from differing backgrounds and cultures, have different temperaments and opinions, and we belong to various groups by birth or affinity. These differences, in human considerations alone, give rise to rivalry, jealousy, competitiveness, discord and conflict. But as Christians, we are called to take the Holy Trinity as the model for our interpersonal relationships. Our differences, instead of being a cause of division, become a richness to be accepted, encouraged and celebrated. Our varying gifts become charisms to be used in collaboration with others, for the good of all. May our faith enable us to rise above petty human divisions to reflect God’s boundless love and generosity. *PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL* "When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem.... and to the ends of the earth" Acts 1:6 - Pray that the glory of the Lord should overshadow you and your household. - Pray that all your actions and deeds should be influenced by God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. *Let Us Pray,* Breathe into me, Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Move in me, Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Attract my heart, Holy Spirit, that I may love only what is holy. Strengthen me, Holy Spirit that I may defend all that is holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I may always be holy. *Memory verse: John 1:1-5*

DAILY CATHOLICS MASS READINGS

6/14/2025, 3:33:06 PM

*THE MOST HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY* Trinity Sundayis celebrated in all denominations of the Western liturgical churches: Latin Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican,Reformed Continental Reformed, Presbyterian,Congregationalist,and Methodist. *History* In the early Church, no special Office or day was assigned for the Holy Trinity. When the Arian heresy was spreading, the Fathers prepared an Office with canticles, responses, a Preface, and hymns, to be recited on Sundays. In the Sacramentary of Gregory the Great there are prayers and the Preface of the Trinity. During the Middle Ages, especially during the Carolingian period, devotion to the Blessed Trinity was a highly important feature of private devotion and inspired several liturgical expressions. Sundays are traditionally dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Micrologies written during the pontificate of Gregory VII list no special Office for the Sunday after Pentecost, but add that in some places they recited the Office of the Holy Trinity composed by Bishop Stephen of Liège (903–920). By others the Office was said on the Sunday before Advent. Alexander II (1061–1073), refused a petition for a special feast on the grounds that such a feast was not customary in the Roman Church which daily honoured the Holy Trinity by the Gloria Patri, etc., but he did not forbid the celebration where it already existed. A new Office had been made by the Franciscan John Peckham, Canon of Lyons, later Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1292). John XXII (1316–1334) ordered the feast for the entire Church on the first Sunday after Pentecost and established it as a Double of the Second Class. It was raised to the dignity of a primary of the first class, 24 July 1911, by Pope Pius X( Acta Ap. Sedis, III, 351) Since it was after the first great Pentecost that the doctrine of the Trinity was proclaimed to the world, the feast becomingly follows that of Pentecost. *Roman Catholicism* In the Roman Catholic Church, it is officially known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Prior to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, it marked the end of a three-week period during which church weddings were forbidden. The period began on Rogation Sunday, the fifth Sunday after Easter. The prescribed liturgical color is white. In the traditional Divine Office, the Athanasian Creed (Quicumque vult) is said on this day at Prime. Before 1960, it was said on all Sundays after Epiphany and Pentecost which do not fall within Octaves or on which a feast of Double rank or higher was celebrated or commemorated, as well as on Trinity Sunday. The 1960 reforms reduced it to once a year, on this Sunday. In the 1962 Missal, the Mass for the First Sunday After Pentecost is not said or commemorated on Sunday (it is permanently impeded there by Trinity Sunday), but is used during the week if the ferial Mass is being said. The Thursday after Trinity Sunday is observed as the Feast of Corpus Christi. In some countries, including the United States, Canada, and Spain, it may be celebrated on the following Sunday, when the faithful are more likely to attend Mass and be able to celebrate the feast.