Transcendent. Weighty. And when we open with “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,” we’re not alienating him. We’re inviting him into Heaven’s soundtrack (Rev. 4:8).

O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.