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Special Trinity Blessing 18
"To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father - to him be glory and power forever and ever! Amen."(Revelation 1.6)
The Trinity is difficult to understand. The math of the Trinity just doesn't work. Three doesn't equal one any more than one equals three. But that is the trouble with trying to understand the triune God by mathematics. A formula will not do! Celtic churchmen had a very special Trinity blessing. They began their special Trinity blessing by holding their arm straight ahead with a pointing finger and turned three hundred and sixty degrees. This gesture acknowledged God's supreme control over every life and all creation. They believed that this special Trinity blessing blessed them in every place, in each way and at all times.
"You, O eternal Trinity, are a deep sea, into which the more I enter the more I find, and the more I find the more I seek. The soul cannot be satiated in your abyss, for she continually hungers after you, the eternal Trinity, desiring to see you with the light of your light. As my heart desires the springs of living water, so my soul desires to leave the prison of this dark body and see you in truth."1
"Blessing and honor, Thanksgivings and praise more than we can utter be unto thee, O most adorable Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, by all angels, all men, all creatures forever and ever Amen and Amen. To God the Father, who first loved us, and made us accepted in the Beloved; To God the Son who loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood; To God the Holy Ghost, who sheds the love of God abroad in our hearts, be all love and all glory for time and for eternity. Amen."2
1 St. Catherine of Siena (1347 -1380) 2 Thomas Ken (1637 - 1711)
"Special Trinity Blessing."
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