Every year, on the Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate one of the most profound mysteries of our faith — the Most Holy Trinity. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: three Persons, one God. We cannot fully understand it. But we can worship it, live it, and pray from within it. This prayer is for Trinity Sunday, May 31, 2026.
What Is the Feast of the Holy Trinity?
Trinity Sunday is celebrated the Sunday after Pentecost — in 2026, that is May 31. It is the only feast in the Catholic calendar dedicated not to an event in salvation history, but to a mystery of God himself. After the great feasts of Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost, the Church pauses to contemplate the mystery of who God is — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — as revealed through all that we have just celebrated.
When Should You Pray This Prayer?
Pray this prayer:
- On Trinity Sunday, May 31, 2026
- When you begin or end your day with the Sign of the Cross
- When you feel far from God and need to remember who he is
- When you are struggling to understand your faith
- When you want to grow in love for God as Father, Son, and Spirit
- Any time you want to worship God simply and from the heart
Prayer for Trinity Sunday
Glory be to you, Father,
who created us in love
and never stopped calling us home.
Glory be to you, Son,
who became one of us
so that we might share
in your divine life.
Glory be to you, Holy Spirit,
who dwells in us
and prays within us
when we do not know how to pray.
Most Holy Trinity —
one God in three Persons —
we do not fully understand you.
But we believe in you.
We worship you.
We rest in you.
Teach us to live as your children —
loved by the Father,
redeemed by the Son,
renewed by the Spirit.
May every Sign of the Cross we make
be more than a gesture —
may it be an act of faith,
a prayer,
a surrender.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
The Mystery We Cannot Fully Grasp — and Why That’s Okay
The Trinity is not a puzzle to be solved. It is a mystery to be lived. The Church does not ask us to understand how one God can be three Persons — she asks us to enter into that relationship. We were baptized in the name of the Trinity. We begin and end our prayers with the Trinity. We are made in the image of a God who is, in himself, a communion of love.
“Go therefore and make disciples… baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” — Matthew 28:19
Saint Augustine spent years trying to explain the Trinity — and according to tradition, a child on the beach reminded him how small the human mind is before the mystery of God. What we can do is what the child did: keep bringing the ocean into the hole, one small cup at a time. Pray. Worship. Trust.
Related Prayers
- Pentecost Sunday Prayer — the feast that leads directly to Trinity Sunday
- Holy Spirit Novena Prayer — nine days of prayer to the third Person of the Trinity
- Glory Be Prayer — the simplest prayer to the Holy Trinity
- Ascension of the Lord — the mystery that opens the way to Pentecost and Trinity Sunday
Share this prayer with someone who needs to rest in the mystery of God today.
