Sermon: Trinity Sunday

Detail from the Anglo-Catalan Psalter

Share This Post

Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on Trinity Sunday, May 31, 2026.

      Sermon - Trinity Sunday 2026 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20.

The picture shown above is a detail from the Great Canterbury Psalter, ca. 1190, found in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Each miniature depicts a stage of the creation: God creating light, God creating the firmament in the midst of the waters, God separating the waters from the earth, God creating the sun and moon, God creating the birds and fishes, and God creating humankind.


AscensionNYC
AscensionNYC

Sermons and audio content from the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in the City of New York

More To Explore

rendering of a cathedral made of willows
Newsletter

Parish News: August 2

Mother Liz shares Joseph Fasano’s poem on soul nourishment as she heads on vacation. The poem teaches that our souls need exposure to nature, beauty, holiness, and connection—that they require tending through rest, reading, and attention to what has been forgotten. It reminds us to, from time to time, let our soul kneel “in a place that is holy like the simple cathedral of the willows.”

Read More →