The Trinity

"There is no other God,

there never was,

and there never will be,

than God the Father

unbegotten and without beginning

from whom is all beginning

holding all things as we have learned;

and his son Jesus Christ

whom we declare to have always been with the Father

and to have been begotten

spiritually by the Father

in a way which baffles description,

before the beginning of the world,

before all beginning;

and through him are made all things,

visible and invisible.

We believe in him and we look for his coming soon

as a judge of the living and of the dead,

who will treat every person

according to their deeds.

God has poured out his Holy Spirit on us

in abundance.

He has poured on us the gift and guarantee

of eternal life.

He makes those who believe and obey

sons of God

and joint heirs with Christ.

We acknowledge him

and adore him

as one God

in the Trinity of the holy name."

St. Patrick