At this Festival the Church calls upon us to celebrate the mystery of the blessed Trinity that there is one God, in three distinct persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

The Holy Trinity.

COLLECT, EPISTLE, GOSPEL, LESSONS, CREEDS, ARTICLE I.

1. Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord. DEUT. vi. 4.

2. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 1 JOHN v. 7.

3. To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. 1 Cor. viii. 6.

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4. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. ST. MATT. xxviii. 19.

5. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 2 COR. xiii. 14.

6. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. REV. iv. 8.

Can we understand the doctrine of the Trinity? (1 Tim. iii. 16.)

Why may we not too curiously enquire into the mysteries of God? (Deut. xxix. 29.)

Can we understand the union of our soul and body?

How does Christ instruct us that we may believe what we cannot comprehend? (John iii. 8.) In what faith do we this day pray to be kept steadfast? (Collect.)

How do we prove that God is One? (Deut. vi. 4.) How many persons are there in the Godhead? (Article i.-1 John v. 7.)

Shew that the sacrament of baptism ought to be administered in the name of the Holy Trinity. (Matt. xxviii. 19.)

At our Lord's baptism, what separate act was done by the Father?-What by the Son?-And what by the Holy Ghost? (Matt. iii. 16-17.) In John xiv. 16, what separate act is promised to be done by each person in the Trinity? What blessings are we taught to implore of the Holy Trinity? (2 Cor. xiii. 14.)

In the Catechism, what blessings are we said to obtain from the three persons in the Holy Trinity?

How does the Creed of St. Athanasius, and the first Article, describe the Catholic faith respecting the Trinity?

The love of God

COLLECT, EPISTLE.

1. In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his oulybegotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 1 JOHN iv. 9.

2. God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ROM. V. 8.

3. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 JOHN iv. 16.

4. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. I JOHN ii. 5.

5. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. HEB. xii. 6.

6. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Ps. xxxvi. 7.

In what way has God especially manifested his love towards us? (1 John iv. 9-10. Rom. v. 8. John iii. 16.)

What is God? (1 John iv. 16.)

How does St. Paul shew that the love of God is unfailing? (Rom. viii. 38-9.)

In whom is the love of God said to be perfected? (1 John ii. 5; iv. 12.)

How is the love of God shewn in our afflictions? (Heb. xii. 5-7.)

Since God has shewn his great love in giving his Son to die for us, what other blessings may we hope for? (Rom. viii. 32.)

To what should the loving-kindness of God lead us? (Ps. xxxvi. 7.-Collect.)

What makes us love God? (1 John iv. 19.)

How are we to shew our love to Christ?

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If we profess to love God, what should be our feelings to our brethren? (1 John iv. 7 and 20-1.)

To what should the love of Christ constrain us? (2 Cor. v. 14-15.)

If we love God, what should be our conduct? (1 John v. 3.)

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The power and providence of God.

COLLECT, EPISTLE, LESSONS.

1. See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no God with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. DEUT. xxxii. 39.

2. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as the head above all. 1 CHRON. xxix. 11.

3. Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy. To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Ps.xxxiii. 18-19.

4. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of thein shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ST. MATT. x. 29-30.

5. Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. PROV.iii. 25-6.

6. Oh, how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men. Ps. xxxi. 19.