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We Have a Story to Tell to the Nations -- Sermon for Trinity Sunday, Year A (Matthew 28)

  Matthew 28:16-20 Today is, according to the church calendar, Trinity Sunday. Up to this point, since the beginning of the church year, we’ve walked through the seasons of Advent, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter, each of which focuses our attention on Jesus. Then last Sunday we celebrated Pentecost, which reminds us that God sent the Holy Spirit like a mighty wind to fill God’s people with power to take the good news of Jesus to the ends of the earth. This morning we bring the story of God’s presence in the world to a climax as we celebrate Trinity Sunday.  It’s on Trinity Sunday that we ponder the full nature of God, whom we know as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. One God in three persons, Blessed Trinity. Although Psalm 8, which we’ve heard read this morning, doesn’t speak of the Trinity, it does proclaim God’s sovereignty and majesty. When we recited the Apostle’s Creed, we affirmed our belief, or even better, our trust, in God the Father, the Almighty, the