Worshiping the Holy Trinity in the St Basil Liturgy Part II: The Liturgy of the Word

Abstract

Our previous article ‘Worshiping the Holy Trinity in The Saint Basil Liturgy: Part I: The raising of incense service’ discussed how the worship order of the Service of the Raising of Incense in the Coptic Church focuses on establishing a spiritual relationship between the congregation and God ‘the Holy Trinity’: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. This applies to both the priestly and the congregational prayers. In this article, we explore a similar pattern of worship throughout the Liturgy of the Word. The reader will observe that all of the priest’s prayers, including the inaudible ones, conclude by glorifying the Holy Trinity. Likewise, all congregational responses invite worship, bestow glory and offer blessings to the Holy Trinity.