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Angelic Trisagion

10 min

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris et Fílii et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Lord, open my lips.

Dómine, lábia mea apéries.

And my mouth will proclaim your praise.

Et os meum annuntiábit láudem tuam.

O God, come to my assistance.

Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.

O Lord, make haste to help me.

Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

First decade

The decade below is recited three times, one for each member of the Trinity. Everyone recites the Holy God together, and then the priest (or the person leading the prayers) leads the Our Father, followed by the verses, which are repeated nine times. The leader says To Thee... and everyone responds Holy... with the Glory Be at the end of the decade.

Holy God! Holy Strong One! Holy Immortal One, have mercy upon us.

Our Father.

Sanctus Deus, Sanctus fortis, Sanctus immortális, miserére nobis.

Pater noster.

To Thee, O Blessed Trinity, be praise, and honour, and thanksgiving, for ever and ever!

Tibi laus, Tibi glória, Tibi gratiárum áctio in sǽcula sempitérna, o Beáta Trínitas!

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts. Heaven and earth are filled with thy glory.

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dóminus Deus exercítuum. Pleni sunt cæli et terra glória tua.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

The other two decades are prayed the same way, beginning with the words Holy God.

After the last decade, all say:

Aliæ duæ decades eodem modo dicuntur, incipiendo a verbis "Sanctus Deus", etc.

Expleta ultima decade, si in communi recitetur, ab omnibus simul dicitur sequens:

Antiphon

God the Father unbegotten, only-begotten Son, and Holy Spirit, the Comforter; holy and undivided Trinity, with all our heart and voice we acknowledge Thee, we praise Thee, and we bless Thee: Glory to Thee forever.

Te Deum Patrem ingénitum, te Fílium unigénitum, te Spíritum Sanctum Paráclitum, sanctam et indivíduam Trinitátem, toto corde et ore confitémur, laudámus atque benedícimus: tibi glória in sǽcula.

Let us bless the Father, and the Son, with the Holy Spirit.

Benedicámus Patrem, et Fílium cum Sancto Spíritu.

Be praised and exalted above all things forever.

Laudémus et superexaltémus eum in sǽcula.

Let us pray

Almighty, ever-living God, who has permitted us thy servants, in our profession of the true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of that majesty to adore the Unity, grant, that by steadfastness in this same faith, we may be ever guarded against all adversity: through Christ our Lord.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui dedísti fámulis tuis, in confessióne veræ fídei, ætérnæ Trinitátis glóriam agnóscere, et in poténtia maiestátis adoráre unitátem: quǽsumus; ut, eiúsdem fídei firmitáte, ab ómnibus semper muniámur adversis. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Amen.

Amen.

Then all say:

Set us free, save us, vivify us, O Blessed Trinity!

Líbera nos, salva nos, vivífica nos, o Beáta Trínitas!

About this prayer

Praise of the Most Holy Trinity in three decades, one for each divine Person, built on the angels' *Holy, holy, holy*.

Opus Dei, *Pocket Prayer Book* — [opusdei.org](https://opusdei.org/en/prayers/section/?section1=297&section2=)

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