Trinity Sunday
The Common Worship lectionary readings for Trinity Sunday in Year C, the liturgical colour, and what changes in the order of service.
Year COrdinary Timewhite/gold
The readings
- First reading
- Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
- Psalm
- Psalm 8
- Second reading
- Romans 5:1-5
- Gospel
- John 16:12-15
Citations follow the Revised Common Lectionary as used in the Church of England's Common Worship principal service lectionary. Verse numbering can differ very slightly between Bible translations.
The liturgical colour
Gold, or white where a parish has no gold set, for the principal feasts of the year. On this Sunday the colour is white/gold.
What changes in the service
The standard shape: Gloria and Creed included, nothing seasonal displacing them.
In SundayHQ this is the ordinary template shape. You set your order of service once; when the season turns, one click applies the seasonal change and leaves the rest of your parish's own wording alone.
Hymns that fit these readings
Suggestions matched to the readings above, each with the reason it was chosen:
- Opening — Immortal, invisible, God only wise St Denio; the unapproachable God of the day
- Gradual — Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty 'The Spirit will guide you into all the truth' — the threefold name
- Offertory — Father, Lord of all creation Abbot's Leigh; the threefold name at the offertory
- Communion — Firmly I believe and truly Creed turned to devotion
- Final — Thou whose almighty word Moscow; the Trinity sent out into the world
When it next falls
| Date | Liturgical year |
|---|---|
| 11 June 2028 | Year C |
| 8 June 2031 | Year C |
| 4 June 2034 | Year C |
| 31 May 2037 | Year C |
Year C comes round every three years. The date moves because the whole calendar hangs off Easter.
The same Sunday in the other years
Questions
What are the readings for Trinity Sunday in Year C?
First reading Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; second reading Romans 5:1-5; Gospel John 16:12-15.
What colour is worn on Trinity Sunday?
White/gold. Gold, or white where a parish has no gold set, for the principal feasts of the year.
Which season is Trinity Sunday in?
Ordinary Time. The long green season after Trinity, running to Christ the King. The Sundays are numbered after Trinity and carry the RCL Propers.