Readings for Trinity Sunday - 31st May 2026

Collect for Trinity Sunday

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given us your

servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the

eternal Trinity and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the Unity; keep us

steadfast in this faith, that we may evermore be defended from all adversities; through

Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the

Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah, chapter 40, verses 12 to 17 and

27 to 31

Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the

heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the

mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? Who has directed the spirit of

the Lord or as his counsellor has instructed him? Whom did he consult for his

enlightenment, and who taught him the path of justice? Who taught him knowledge

and showed him the way of understanding? Even the nations are like a drop from a

bucket and are accounted as dust on the scales; see, he takes up the isles like fine

dust. Lebanon would not provide fuel enough, nor are its animals enough for a burnt

offering. All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less

than nothing and emptiness.

Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and

my right is disregarded by my God”? Have you not known? Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not

faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint

and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young

will fall exhausted, but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they

shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk

and not faint.

A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians, chapter 13, verses

11 to 13

Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree

with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you. The grace of the Lord

Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

A reading from the gospel according to Matthew, chapter 28, verses 16 to 20

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed

them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus

came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I

have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’

Second Collect – Almighty and eternal God, you have revealed yourself as Father,

Son and Holy Spirit, and live and reign in the perfect unity of love; hold us firm in this

faith, that we may know you in all your ways and evermore rejoice in your eternal

glory, who are three Persons yet one God, now and for ever.

Amen