Lectionary Reflection
Year A, Trinity Sunday
Standard (Episcopal) Lectionary
Psalm
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Psalm 150
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- Hallelujah!
- Praise God in his holy temple;
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- praise him in the firmament
of his power.
- Praise him for his mighty acts;
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praise him for his excellent greatness.
- Praise him with the blast of
the ram's-horn; *
praise him with lyre and harp.
- Praise him with timbrel and
dance; *
praise him with strings and pipe.
- Praise him with resounding
cymbals; *
praise him with loud-clanging cymbals.
- Let everything that has breath
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praise the LORD.
Hallelujah!
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Reflection
on Psalm 150
by John G. Gibbs, PhD
During the first few decades
of Christian existence the “threefold-ness” of God, so to speak
was a matter of experience rather than of philosophical theology.
They spoke of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit because they had
experienced God in those three ways.
The most ancient hymnbook of
God's People concludes in a stirring Doxology to God the Creator
that is sung not only "in his sanctuary" but also "in his mighty
firmament." This music is made not only by musical instruments.
"Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!"
That is the mood of this Trinity
Sunday. It is the atmosphere, the ambience, of exaltation to
the God who has been made known to us in Creation, in Redemption,
and in Sanctification. The One God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
creates and re-creates.
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John
Gibbs,
a retired theologan, attended Trinity Episcopal Church, Park
Rapids, MN, when he originally wrote this reflection in 2002.
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