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The Trisagion to the Holy Trinity V
Mar. 5th, 2021 03:08 pmSo, everything must come to an end. I present you with the fifth and final part of my translation of the Trisagion. I find it amusing that this 5th part will go up on the 5th day of the 3rd month, exactly 3 weeks after the first installment. I will want to meditate on the meaning of this over the weekend.
Part 5 is a sort of nice epilogue of what has happened all through the ritual. It starts with a final invocation to the Holy Trinity, which parallels part 1 in a very brief form. That is followed to a short prayer and act of devotion that quite not mirrors the Trisagion proper, but if you stretch the limits and use your imagination, might just figure the choirs of angels reciting alongside. We close with two short prayers that give thanks and ask help regarding particular intentions of the devotee; those ones fall in line relatively well with parts 3 and 4.
[Disclaimer: On second thoughts... I have just noticed that the 2nd part of the epilogue, the one labeled as PRAYER TO THE HOLY TRINITY, is a pledge of allegiance. I'd never dream of discouraging a fellow vassal***, but think it thoroughly before saying it aloud. I mean it, meditate on it for at least a week before moving forward. This is an act of will, and must be said from the will to bring about its full meaning.]
[Update: That one came back to bite me real quick. I am checking the definition of the word vassal and found that there is one acception that basically lists it as synonym of "slave". Nothing further from the truth. I am using here the first definition from Merriam-Webster's dictionary: "a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant".]
I cannot resist the temptation of going meta, so please indulge me and let me say this. Thank you very much to the people following along. I truly hope you will pick up this devotion and that it will prove at least as luminous in your life as it has shone in mine. I will also ask you, on behalf of the One who compelled me to complete this work, to give it a try and practice this devotion at least once per week. If and when positive changes start to show up in your life, love itself will compel you too to spread the word, to share it freely (in cost as in will), as you yourselves have received it.
And, once more, without further ado...
LET'S PRAY
Lord God, Trine and Une, give us continuously your grace, your charity and the communication of yourself; so that in time and in eternity we shall love you and glorify you God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit in One Sole Deity. Oh, Divine Trinity! Oh, unity in trinity! Oh, Three distinct persons within the same deity! Thy be glorified for all eternity! Amen.
PRAYER TO THE HOLY TRINITY
To you, preeminent Trinity!
To you, my God, une and trine!
To you my reason heads towards,
as do my memory and will.
To you, sacred Deity,
to you, Portent of portents,
I consecrate my thoughts,
my works, words and deeds,
all my aspirations
my affections and movements.
PRAYER TO SAY THANKS
Oh God of ours, whose mercy is infinite and the treasure of his kindness inexhaustible, to your most lenient majesty we present our gratitude for the mercies received [[think of the grace or graces you want to say thanks for]] and implore of your divine clemency that as you listen to our prayers you will make us worthy of your eternal rewards, for Jesus Christ Our Lord.
PRAYER TO ASK FOR BENEFITS
Come, oh Lord, do not take too long. Forgive your people, look at our misfortunes, tend to our deep affliction and grave needs. [[think of the grace or graces you want to ask for]] And as the tender and loving father you are, consider that we have presented these our pleas upon the foundation of the multitude of mercies that you bestow with to everyone who loves you. Come, then, oh Lord. Show us your face most beautiful and we shall be saved. Amen.
Part 5 is a sort of nice epilogue of what has happened all through the ritual. It starts with a final invocation to the Holy Trinity, which parallels part 1 in a very brief form. That is followed to a short prayer and act of devotion that quite not mirrors the Trisagion proper, but if you stretch the limits and use your imagination, might just figure the choirs of angels reciting alongside. We close with two short prayers that give thanks and ask help regarding particular intentions of the devotee; those ones fall in line relatively well with parts 3 and 4.
[Disclaimer: On second thoughts... I have just noticed that the 2nd part of the epilogue, the one labeled as PRAYER TO THE HOLY TRINITY, is a pledge of allegiance. I'd never dream of discouraging a fellow vassal***, but think it thoroughly before saying it aloud. I mean it, meditate on it for at least a week before moving forward. This is an act of will, and must be said from the will to bring about its full meaning.]
[Update: That one came back to bite me real quick. I am checking the definition of the word vassal and found that there is one acception that basically lists it as synonym of "slave". Nothing further from the truth. I am using here the first definition from Merriam-Webster's dictionary: "a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant".]
I cannot resist the temptation of going meta, so please indulge me and let me say this. Thank you very much to the people following along. I truly hope you will pick up this devotion and that it will prove at least as luminous in your life as it has shone in mine. I will also ask you, on behalf of the One who compelled me to complete this work, to give it a try and practice this devotion at least once per week. If and when positive changes start to show up in your life, love itself will compel you too to spread the word, to share it freely (in cost as in will), as you yourselves have received it.
And, once more, without further ado...
LET'S PRAY
Lord God, Trine and Une, give us continuously your grace, your charity and the communication of yourself; so that in time and in eternity we shall love you and glorify you God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit in One Sole Deity. Oh, Divine Trinity! Oh, unity in trinity! Oh, Three distinct persons within the same deity! Thy be glorified for all eternity! Amen.
PRAYER TO THE HOLY TRINITY
To you, preeminent Trinity!
To you, my God, une and trine!
To you my reason heads towards,
as do my memory and will.
To you, sacred Deity,
to you, Portent of portents,
I consecrate my thoughts,
my works, words and deeds,
all my aspirations
my affections and movements.
PRAYER TO SAY THANKS
Oh God of ours, whose mercy is infinite and the treasure of his kindness inexhaustible, to your most lenient majesty we present our gratitude for the mercies received [[think of the grace or graces you want to say thanks for]] and implore of your divine clemency that as you listen to our prayers you will make us worthy of your eternal rewards, for Jesus Christ Our Lord.
PRAYER TO ASK FOR BENEFITS
Come, oh Lord, do not take too long. Forgive your people, look at our misfortunes, tend to our deep affliction and grave needs. [[think of the grace or graces you want to ask for]] And as the tender and loving father you are, consider that we have presented these our pleas upon the foundation of the multitude of mercies that you bestow with to everyone who loves you. Come, then, oh Lord. Show us your face most beautiful and we shall be saved. Amen.
