Churches open for private prayer

Monday – Tarleton, 10am-2pm
Tuesday – Rufford, 10am-2pm
Wednesday – Tarleton, 10am-2pm
Thursday – Rufford, 10am-2pm
Friday – Tarleton, 10am-2pm
Saturday – Rufford, 10am-2pm

Sunday 31st January – Epiphany 4 – The Leprosy Mission Sunday

Virtual worship only from 10.30am

Visiting preacher for Leprosy Mission Sunday.

The Collect – God our creator, who in the beginning commanded the light to shine out of darkness: we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ may dispel the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, shine into the hearts of all your people, and reveal the knowledge of your glory in the face of 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.

Old Testament – Deuteronomy 18.15-20

Moses spoke to the people; he said:
18 15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet. 16 This is what you requested of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said: ‘If I hear the voice of the Lord my God any more, or ever again see this great fire, I will die.’ 17 Then the Lord replied to me: ‘They are right in what they have said. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will put my words in the mouth of the prophet, who shall speak to them everything that I command. 19 Anyone who does not heed the words that the prophet shall speak in my name, I myself will hold accountable. 20 But any prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, or who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded the prophet to speak—that prophet shall die.’

Psalm 111

Refrain: Great are the deeds of the Lord [They are studied by all who delight in them]

New Testament – Revelation 12.1-5a

12 1 A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving birth. 3 Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron.

Gospel – Mark 1.21-28

1 21 They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. 22 They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 23 Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, 24 and he cried out, ‘What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.’ 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be silent, and come out of him!’ 26 And the unclean spirit, throwing him into convulsions and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, ‘What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.’ 28 At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.

🙏🏼 We pray for The Leprosy Mission & for all Christians involved in sport.

🙏🏼 TLM Prayer

Almighty Father, the giver of life and health, look mercifully on those who suffer from leprosy. Stretch out your hand to touch and heal them as Jesus did in his earthly life.
Grant wisdom and insight to those who are seeking the prevention and cure of the disease. Give skill and sympathy to those who minister to the patients. Reunite the separated with their family and friends.
And inspire your people with the task set before The Leprosy Mission, that it may never lack the staff or the means to carry out its healing work, in accordance with your will, and to the glory of your holy name. We ask this for the sake of Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen

🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need – Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Margaret Bolton, Colin Brown, Pam Dutton, Bill Duggan, Wayne Jackett, Jimmy Johnstone, Paddy MacDonagh, Tony Morgan, Ruth Middlesborough & Donald Sephton.

🙏🏼RIP – Gordon Capps.

🙏🏼Year’s mind – Ian John Bramham, Ellen Bentham, Jessie Cassidy, Edna Chadwick, Luther Eminson, Ann Jane Hague, Philip Livesey, Mabel Elizabeth Parker, Ted Roocroft & Horace Joseph Townsend.

Monday 1st February – Brigid, abbess, c525

Today’s readings – Hebrews 11.32-end, Psalm 31.19-end & Mark 5.1-20

🙏🏼 We pray for Christians in Ireland and for PCC treasurers & the Diocesan Board of Finance, as they wrestle with the financial costs of the pandemic.

Tuesday 2nd February – The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)

Today’s readings – Malachi 3.1-5, Psalm 24.7-end, Hebrews 2.14-end & Luke 2.22-40

The Collect for Candlemas
Almighty and ever-living God, clothed in majesty, whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple, in substance of our flesh: grant that we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts, by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

🙏🏼We give thanks for the witness of Simeon and Anna, and pray for our mature Christian believers;

Wednesday 3rd February – Anskar, archbishop, missionary, 865

Today’s readings – Hebrews 12.4-7, 11-15, Psalm 103.1-2,13-18 & Mark 6.1-6a

🙏🏼 We pray for Christians in Norway & Sweden and for our wardens.

Thursday 4th February – Gilbert, monastic leader, 1189

Today’s readings – Hebrews 12.18-19, 21-24, Psalm 48.1-3, 8-10 & Mark 6.7-13

🙏🏼We pray for monks, nuns and lay order members, for Fr Mark and all clergy.

Friday 5th February

Today’s readings – Hebrews 13.1-8, Psalm 27.1-6, 9-12 & Mark 6.14-29

🙏🏼 We pray for LLMs and evangelists across the diocese.

Saturday 6th February – Martyrs of Japan, 1597

Today’s readings – Hebrews 13.15-17, 20-21, Psalm 23 & Mark 6.30-34

🙏🏼 We pray for Christians in Japan.

Next Sunday – Sunday 7 February – The Second Sunday before Lent

Virtual worship only from 10.30am

Today’s readings – Proverbs 8.1,22-31, Psalm 104.26-end, Colossians 1.15-20 & John 1.1-14

🙏🏼 We pray for those preparing for Lent and in our cycle of prayer and in our cycle of prayer, we pray for those living in Byron Close.

Fr Mark: Phone: 01772 814431
Mobile: 07968 753978

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