SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: TRINITY SUNDAY C Lectionary #166
A Note on Singing the Name
Many North American Catholics have grown accustomed to singing the Hebrew name of God through such compositions as "You Are Near" and "Sing a New Song." This name, usually transliterated into English as "Yahweh" (formerly, "Jehovah") or as YHWH, is in the Jewish tradition the great never-to-be-spoken Name. When a Jewish reader comes to this name in a written text, he or she substitutes another name, usually "Adonai" (translated into English as "Lord") or “ha Shem” (literally, “the Name”).
Does not sensitivity to this tradition suggest that Christians not casually speak or sing the name "YHWH" in our worship? The editors of the Canadian Catholic Book of Worship III have not included it at all in their book and have revised texts where necessary. Perhaps we can hope that U.S. publishers will follow suit. In the meantime, might we sing, "O God, I know you are near, standing always at my side"?
The readings for Trinity Sunday in the C Cycle seem to focus on the role of the Spirit as the pre-existing wisdom of God (a role also assigned, in Christian thought, to the Son), the one who makes God's love flow into our hearts, and the one who speaks divine truth.
Proverbs 8:22–31. Wisdom is God's companion from before the creation. Besides being creative, wisdom is also playful, finding “delight in the human race.”
Psalm of the Day: Ps 8
This hymn of praise sings about God as the creator. The “son of man” crowned with glory and honor may originally have been a reference to the king.
How Glorious Is Your Name (Cooney) GC 20/PCY4 33/RS 32
How Great Is Your Name (Hansen) CCS 2167
How Great Is Your Name (Murray/Gelineau) WOR 27/RS 31/GC 21/CBW 553
How Wonderful Your Name (Haas) PCY9 58
O Lord, Our God, How Wonderful (Carroll/Gelineau) WOR 861/LPGG 866
O Lord, Our God, How Wonderful (Guimont) LPMG 166
O Lord, Our God, How Wonderful (Schiavone) JS 944/LP 88
O Lord, Our God, How Wonderful (Smith) PMB 639/WS 156/PRM C68
O Lord, Our God, How Wonderful (Smith/Isele) CBW 110
O Lord, Our God, How Wonderful (Stahl) PMB 137/WS 278
Songs for the Liturgy
All Creatures of Our God and King, incl. final stanza (1) WOR 520/CBW 543/MI-BB/WC 700,878/JS 600/RS 670/GC 533/GP 672/WS 643/PMB 481
All Hail, Adored Trinity MI-BB/GP 416/JS 467/WC 738/WS 521/PMB 377
*All My Days (Ps) GP 701/MI-BB/JS 637
All Praise and Glad Thanksgiving JS 466/MI-BB/GP 415
All You Works of God (1,Ps) GC 492
Alle, Alle, Alleluia JS 627/MI-BB
Alleluia, Sing! (2) GC 473/RS 625
Baptized in Water (2,G) WOR 720/GC 798/RS 903/CBW 614/WC 606/WS 427/PMB 286/JS 542
Blessed Be God (1,Ps) GC 477
Bring Many Names (1,2,G) WC 695
Cantemos al Señor/Let's Sing unto the Lord (1,Ps) GC 553/RS 664
Canticle of the Sun (1) GC 496/MI-BB/WC 883/WS 633/GP 42/RS 638/CBW 542
Come Now, Almighty King (G) WOR 487/MI-BB/LMGM 76/WC 739/JS 471/GC 475/GP 417/WS 523/PMB 378
Creating God (1) GC 580/RS 711
Creator God, Creating Still (1,Ps) CBW 420
Dwelling Place (G) GP 591/GC 594
Father, Lord of All Creation (2) WOR 655/RS 839
For the Beauty of the Earth (1) WOR 557/CBW 531/MI-BB/JS 642/WC 936/RS 697/GC 572/GP 704/WS 675/PMB 517
God, beyond All Names JS 634/MI-BB/GP 667
God Is One, Unique and Holy (1,Ps,2) GC 476/RS 623
God of All Creation (1,Ps) GC 497
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit LMGM 77
God, Our God of Distant Ages (1,Ps) WC 696/PMB 346/WS 494
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name WOR 524/JS 593/CBW 555/GP 681/LMGM 193/BB/RS 657/GC 524/WC 880/PMB 494/WS 648
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty WOR 485/GP 414/LMGM 78/BB/WC 897/JS 469/RS 624/GC 474/PMB 485/WS 635
How Wonderful the Three-in-One (1,Ps,2) GC 472/RS 618/WC 741/PMB 380/JS 470
Hymn to the Trinity WC 740/PMB 379
I Will Rejoice GP 674/LMGM 311
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You (1) WOR 525/GP 693/MI-BB/LMGM 197/WC 892/JS 617/RS 669/GC 528/CBW 511/WS 644/PMB 497
Let All Creation Sing Alleluia (1) WC 700/WS 493
Let Us Be One (2) WC 760/PMB 388
Many and Great, O God (1,Ps) WC 699/WS 491/PMB 345/JS 630/MI-BB/WOR 503/RS 637/GC 498
O God, Almighty Father WOR 484/CBW 421/LMGM 79/GC 479
O God of Matchless Glory (Ps) GC 546
On This Day, the First of Days (1) WOR 662/CBW 527/MI-BB/WC 858/JS 468/RS 843/GP 413/PMB 466
Praise and Thanksgiving (1) WOR 682/RS 867/GC 764
Shake Up the Morning (1,2) GC 529
Sing of the Lord's Goodness (1) MI-BB/GC 547/JS 605/GP 690
Sing Out Earth and Skies (1) GC 499/WC 902/MI-BB/RS 640/CBW 545/WS 650
Sing Praise to Our Creator WC 737/RS 620/PMB 376/WS 522
Sing We Praises to the Father CBW 422
Sing Your Praises to the Father WC 742
Stand Up, Friends RS 622/GC 478
The Works of the Lord Are Created in Wisdom (1) WOR 504/GC 493/WS 495/PMB 350
This Day God Gives Me WOR 673/GC 757/CBW 650/JS 2/WC 201/MI-BB/RS 4,856/GP 727/PMB 2/WS 22
Today I Awake RS 857/GC 755
We Praise You (1) GP 677/MI-BB/RS 694/GC 541/CBW 633/JS 626
With Eternal Love (1) WC 817
World without End (1,Ps) GC 532/RS 673
*You Are Child (Ps) GP 666
You Are the Voice (1,Ps,2) GC 549/RS 659/CBW 576