SUNDAY 9th August – Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Today’s readings
1 Kings 19.9-18, Psalm 85.8-13, Romans 10.5-15 and Matthew 14.22-33.
Today’s Collect
Almighty God, who sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church: open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love and joy and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
🙏🏼We pray for Bishops Julian, Philip & Jill, Archdeacons Mark & David, and Dean Peter, as they lead the Diocese and support the Parishes in response to the ever-changing circumstances of the pandemic.
🙏🏼 On the day we remember Mary Sumner, we give thanks for the witness of the Mothers’ Union.
A prayer for those in self-isolation
🙏🏼 God of compassion be close to those who are ill, afraid or in isolation. In their loneliness be their consolation, in their anxiety be their hope, in their darkness be their light. Through him who suffered alone on the cross, but reigns with you in glory, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
We pray for ourselves
🙏🏼 Keep us good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy. Sustain and support the anxious, be with those who care for the sick, and lift up all who are brought low; that we may find comfort knowing that nothing can separate us from your love in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we pray for those living in Merlecrest Drive and Middle Meanygate.
Please pray for the sick & those in need:
Pearl Holmes, Bill Cavanagh, Peggy Hague, Janet Tyrer, Margaret Baxter, Tony Morgan, Christopher Robinson, Lilian Boucher, Mick Iddon, Elsie Latham, Alan Southworth, Margaret Bolton, Donald Sephton, Naomi Whittle, Margaret Baxter, Philip Valentine, Paul Edwards, Rosemary Lyon, Janice Smart, Arthur Wright, Dave Hobart, Jack Dalton and Jimmy Johnstone.
For those whose year’s mind falls this week:
Gloria Joyce Abram, David Cox, Albert John Gottard, Ernest Heyes, Albert Burton, Alice Forest, James Henry Marsden, Ronald Clifford Tongue, Fr. Dick B-H-Talbot and Eva Gertrude Harrison.
🙏🏼 May they Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory.
MONDAY 10th – Laurence, deacon, martyr, 258.
Today’s readings
Ezekiel 1.2-5,24-end, Ps. 148.1-4,12-13 and Matthew 17.22-end.
🙏🏼 We pray for all involved in keeping communication systems flowing and those working in administration of essential services, that they feel valued in the vital work they do.
TUESDAY 11th – Claire of Assisi, founder of the Poor Clares, 1253.
Today’s readings
Ezekiel 2.8-3.4, Ps. 119.65-72 and Matthew 18.1-5,10,12-14.
🙏🏼 We give thanks for contemplatives and pray for all who work in our hospitals.
WEDNESDAY 12th
Today’s readings
Ezekiel 9.1-7, 10.18-22, Ps. 113 and Matthew 18.15-20.
🙏🏼 We give thanks and pray for research & laboratory staff, for all working towards a corona-virus vaccine and those involved in testing.
THURSDAY 13th – Florence Nightingale, nurse, social reformer, 1910.
Today’s readings
Ezekiel 12.1-12, Ps. 78.58-64 and Matthew 18.21-19.1.
🙏🏼 We give thanks for Christian social reformers and pray for public health professionals and all in positions of influence; give them wisdom as they analyse data and make complex and difficult decisions.
FRIDAY 14th – Maximilian Kolbe, friar, martyr, 1941.
Today’s readings
Ezekiel 16.1-15, 60-end, Ps. 118.14-18 and Matthew 19.3-12.
🙏🏼 As we remember Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to take the place of a fellow prisoner in Auschwitz, we remember all who have died from Covid 19 as a result of their work in health, social care and public transport;
SATURDAY 15th (BVM transferred to Sunday).
Today’s readings
Ezekiel 17.1-10, Ps. 13 and Matthew 19.13-15.
🙏🏼 75th Anniversary of VJ day. We pray for families whose members and relatives suffered or died in the Far East campaigns.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, while the church building is hosting times for private prayer and limited worship, we, the people who are the church, will keep in touch and in prayer through these Emails. For Sundays and Holy Days, you will see the full readings are given, and below this paragraph are the Collects for Sundays and Holy Days. For other days, the list gives two readings and the psalm. Feel free to use all the readings, or just one, perhaps the gospel. We are continuing to show other saints’ days, and a daily prayer intention reflecting both the Holy Days and saints’ days and also the situation in the world, now mostly following the diocesan prayer biddings during the pandemic. The names of those who have asked for our prayers, any known faithful departed, and the year’s minds when available are also listed below.
Broadcast worship scheduled Trinity 8 (check on the day)
Sunday 9th August – Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Radio 4 – 8.10am – Sunday Worship, ‘The cross and Liberation.’
BBC1 – 1.15pm – Songs of Praise, The National Trust. Rev Kate Bottley learns how Christians founded the National Trust 125 years ago. The programme also reflects on both the NT and the church’s links to slavery.
Radio 3 – 3.00pm – Choral Evensong, from St Martin-in-the-Fields with the choir of St Bartholomew the Great.
Wednesday 12th August
Radio 3, 3.30pm – Choral Evensong, from St Martin-in-the-Fields with members of the BBC Singers.
Online worship for Sunday
Worship with Fr Mark on the benefice Facebook page at 9.30am and on Worship on Blackburn Diocesan You Tube via the website: Sunday 9am and available from then on.
