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

"I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all."

"I declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."

"Praise him above ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost."

In more ways than we might at first imagine, our liturgy and hymnody is saturated with references to the Trinity -- the fundamental, bedrock Christian teaching that the God believers worship and adore is one God in three Persons: the God whose name is "Father, Son and Holy Spirit."

Our reading today from the Fourth Gospel is an excellent …