St. Augustine: On the Holy Trinity(excerpt)

All those Catholic expounders of the divine Scriptures, both Old and New,whom I have been able to read, who have written before me concerning theTrinity, Who is God, have purposed to teach, according to the Scriptures, thisdoctrine, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit intimate a divineunity of one and the same substance in an indivisible equality; and therefore thatthey are not three Gods, but one God: although the Father hath begotten theSon, and so He who is the Father is not the Son; and the Son is begotten by theFather, and so He who is the Son is not the Father; and the Holy Spirit isneither the Father nor the Son, but only the Spirit of the Father and of the Son,Himself also co-equal with the Father and the Son, and pertaining to the unityof the Trinity. Yet not that this Trinity was born of the Virgin Mary, andcrucified under Pontius Pilate, and buried, and rose again the third day, andascended into heaven, but only the Son. Nor, again, that this Trinity descendedin the form of a dove upon Jesus when He was baptized; nor that, on the dayof Pentecost, after the ascension of the Lord, when “there came a sound fromheaven, as of a rushing mighty wind,” the same Trinity “sat upon each of themwith cloven tongues like as of fire,” but only the Holy Spirit. Nor yet that thisTrinity said from heaven, “Thou art my Son,” whether when He was baptizedby John, or when the three disciples were with Him in the mount, or when thevoice sounded, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again;” butthat it was a word of the Father only, spoken to the Son; although the Father,and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as they are indivisible, so work indivisibly.This is also my faith, since it is the Catholic faith.

Sunday Mass

Augustinian Centerof the Columbia Gorge

Trinity Sunday A.D. 2013

SUNG MASS WITH SOLEMNITYAugustinian Center Chapel

The Dalles, OregonFeast of the Most Holy Trinity, May 26, 2013, 10:30 a.m.

The Rev. John-Mark Gilhousen, OCRM, Celebrant

ORGAN PRELUDE . . . . “Chorale Prelude on ‘Wie Schon Leuchtet’”. . . . .D. BuxtehudeRecording of Timothy Tuller, organist, St. John’s Cathedral, Jacksonville, Florida

HYMN BEFORE MASS . . . . . . . . “Holy, Holy, Holy”. . . . . . . . . .Missal (Hymnal) p. 929

VIDI AQUAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 566

PREPARATORY PRAYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 570

INTROIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Proper) p. 303

KYRIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 576Chant Setting (Mass II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Kyrial) p.700

GLORIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 576Chant Setting (Mass II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Kyrial) p.700

OPENING COLLECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Proper) p. 303

EPISTLE (Romans 11. 33-36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Proper) p. 303

GRADUAL & ALLELUIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Proper) p. 304

GOSPEL (John 16. 16-22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Proper) p. 304

HOMILY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “The Accidental Missionary”. . . . . . . . . . . Father Gilhousen

NICENE CREED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 584Chant Setting (Credo III) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Kyrial) p. 776

OFFERTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Proper) p. 305

OFFERTORY MOTET . . . . . . . “Benedicta sit”. . . . . . . . Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaRecording of Currendo and Concerto Palatino, Herman Stinders, conducting

(Text as in Introit above.)“SECRET” PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Proper) p. 305

PREFACE OF EASTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Prefaces) p. 687

SANCTUS & BENEDICTUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 599Chant Setting (Mass II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Kyrial) p.702

THE CANON OF THE MASS BEGINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 601

PATER NOSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 610

AGNUS DEI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 612Chant Setting (Mass II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Kyrial) p.703

COMMUNION VERSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Proper) p. 305

COMMUNION MOTET“Benedicimus Deum caeli” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mikołaj ZieleńskiRecording of Chór Harmonia Uniwersytetu Śląskiego (Text of Communion Verse above)

POSTCOMMUNION COLLECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Proper) p. 305

DISMISSAL & BLESSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 621Chant Setting (Mass II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Kyrial) p.699

LAST GOSPEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missal (Ordinary) p. 621

HYMN AFTER MASS . . . . . . . “Firmly I Believe And Truly”. . . . .Missal (Hymnal) p. 835

ORGAN POSTLUDE . . . . . . . . . . . “Postludio Festivo” . . . . . . . . . . . Sigfried Karg-ElertRecording of Timothy Tuller, organist, St. John’s Cathedral, Jacksonville, Florida

OFFERINGS: No collection is taken during Mass. Offerings may be deposited in the basketon the back table. Envelopes are provided there for your convenience and privacy.(Contributions may also be made online using the “Donate” button on our Facebook page).

COFFEE HOUR: Coffee and Tea are available after Mass in the Center’s conference room.Please join us to get better acquainted and share a time of fellowship.

TUESDAY OFFICE CLOSURE: The office will be closed the morning of May 28, so thatFather can attend a court hearing on behalf of a social services ministry client. He will, ofcourse, be unavailable at that time.

THURSDAY HOLY DAY: Please note that Thursday is the Feast of Corpus Christi, a day onwhich all Catholics should feel an obligation to attend Mass. For that reason, and in honor ofthe solemnity of the occasion an evening “high Mass” has been added to the schedule to makethe Feast more accessible, and to honor its special dignity.

THIS WEEK’S DAILY MASSES

7:30 a.m., except as otherwise noted:

Mon., May 13 St. Bede the Venerable, Confessor, & Doctor of the Church

Tue., May 14 St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop & Confessor

Wed., May 15 Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin

Thu., May 16 Corpus Christi (Feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ) Holy Day

7:30 a.m. - Low Mass

7:00 p.m. - Sung Mass with Solemnity

Fri., May 17 Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sat., May 18 St. Angela Merici, Virgin

Cover art: Boticelli, “Pala delle Convertite,” c. 1492-93, image courtesy Courtald Institute Galleries,London.