Epilogue
The Prayer of the Trinity
(Originally published
in New Tasks
for a Renewed Church, 1992, London: Hodder. Also published as Bringing the Church to the World, 1992,
Bethany House, U.S.A., 209-15.
Reproduced by permission of the author.)
by Tom
Wright
Trinity Sunday
Isaiah
6:1-8; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 14:8-17
I suggested in chapter 13
that there might be different sorts of prayer that could be explored by those
seeking appropriate paths of spirituality within the modern world. In each of the three lectionary readings for
Trinity Sunday, the revelation of the threeness of God comes in the context of
prayer and worship. If we are truly
speaking of the true God, then the truest form of that speech can never be
abstract discussion about God.
It must be speech addressed to God.
It must be worship. It must be
prayer.
I want, in this brief
epilogue, to suggest one form of prayer in particular that seems to me to
encapsulate all that I have been trying to say. It grows out of several concerns and backgrounds, and I believe
it may be helpful to some who are wrestling with these issues and seeking to do
so in a Christian way, that is, not by mere intellectual effort alone, but
through prayer, meditation, and a settled and steady seeking of God’s will and
way. I am aware that prayer and
temperament are intertwined, and there may well be some who, for perfectly good
reasons, will find my suggestions incomprehensible or unnecessary. I trust that they will excuse this short
chapter, and leave it for those who may find something in it to their profit.
The Village Song Trinity:
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