First Sunday after Pentecost 2025: Trinity Sunday

Join us at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church in Burlington, Wisconsin, for a Morning Prayer service on Trinity Sunday, the First Sunday after Pentecost 2025, June 15, 2025, at 9:00 AM. This Sunday, we reflect on the mystery and majesty of the Holy Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

For those unable to attend in person, we offer a live stream, podcast, and replay video of the service, ensuring everyone can participate in this meaningful celebration.

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Livestream/Replay

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Podcast

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Collect of the Day for First Sunday after Pentecost 2025

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.(episcopalchurch.org)

Readings for the First Sunday after Pentecost 2025

Old Testament: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

Wisdom speaks of her presence at the world’s creation, emphasizing divine order and joy in humanity.

¹Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? ²On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; ³beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out: ⁴“To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live.

²²The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.
²³Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. ²⁴When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. ²⁵Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth—
²⁶when he had not yet made earth and fields, or the world’s first bits of soil. ²⁷When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
²⁸when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,
²⁹when 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, ³⁰then I was beside him, like a master worker; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, ³¹rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race.

Psalm: Psalm 8 or Canticle 2 or 13

¹ O Lord our Governor, *
        how exalted is your Name in all the world!
² Out of the mouths of infants and children *
        your majesty is praised above the heavens.
³ You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, *
        to quell the enemy and the avenger.
⁴ When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, *
        the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,
⁵ What is man that you should be mindful of him? *
        the son of man that you should seek him out?
⁶ You have made him but little lower than the angels; *
        you adorn him with glory and honor;
⁷ You give him mastery over the works of your hands; *
        you put all things under his feet:
⁸ All sheep and oxen, *
        even the wild beasts of the field,
⁹ The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, *
        and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.
¹⁰ O Lord our Governor, *
        how exalted is your Name in all the world!

or

Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; *
       you are worthy of praise; glory to you.
Glory to you for the radiance of your holy Name; *
       we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you in the splendor of your temple; *
       on the throne of your majesty, glory to you.
Glory to you, seated between the Cherubim; *
       we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you, beholding the depths; *
       in the high vault of heaven, glory to you.
Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *
       we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.

Epistle: Romans 5:1-5

Paul discusses justification by faith, peace with God, and the hope that does not disappoint, as God’s love is poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

¹Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ²through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. ³And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, ⁴and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, ⁵and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

Gospel: John 16:12-15

Jesus promises the coming of the Spirit of truth, who will guide the disciples into all truth and glorify Christ by declaring what is to come.

¹²“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.¹³When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. ¹⁵All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Reflection for First Sunday after Pentecost 2025

Trinity Sunday invites us to reflect on the profound mystery of one God in three Persons. The scripture readings prompt us to reflect on the wisdom of creation, the majesty of God’s name, the hope offered through faith, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. As we gather for Morning Prayer, we acknowledge both the unity and diversity of the Trinity, striving to embody that divine harmony in our lives.

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All are welcome—come as you are and join us in worship and fellowship as we honor the Holy Trinity and seek to live in the unity of God’s love.