Sunday 18th July – 7th Sunday after Trinity
8am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10.45am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton (also streamed live on the benefice Facebook page).
The Collect
Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: graft in our hearts the love of your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of your great mercy keep us in the same; 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.
First Reading – Jeremiah 23.1-6
23 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. 2 Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. 3 Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. 4 I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord.
5 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
From Psalm 23 – Refrain. The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.
*2 The Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, and leads me beside still waters. He shall refresh my soul and guide me in the paths of righteousness, for his name’s sake. Refrain. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Refrain. You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me; you have anointed my head with oil and my cup shall be full. Refrain. Surely goodness and loving mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Refrain
Epistle – Ephesians 2.11-22
Gospel – Mark 6.30-34, 53-56
The apostles returned from their mission. 30 They gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. 33 Now many saw them going and recognized them and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. 34 As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. 54 When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, 55 and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the market-places, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.
Prayer intentions
🙏🏼 We pray for more vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life, especially young adults.
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we pray for those living in Liverpool Road.
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Wayne Jackett, Mark Kinley, Gemma Jones, Brenda Lloyd, Paddy MacDonagh, Lillian Magrath, Ruth Middlesborough,
Donald & Mary Sephton and Amanda Soady.
🙏🏼 For the faithful departed: Hertha Cox
🙏🏼 Year’s mind: Olive Beamish, Irene Brunskill, Margaret Harrison, Joseph William Martland, Ann Melling, Norman William Pearson, Jennie Pickup, Dorothy Sephton, Kenneth Soper & John Williams.
Monday 19th July – Gregory, bishop & Macrina, deaconess, teachers of the faith, c394 & c379
Today’s readings – Exodus 14.5-18, Ps. 136.1-4, 10-15 & Matthew 12.38-42
🙏🏼 We pray for those with hidden or unacknowledged leadership
Tuesday 20th July – Bartolome de la Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566
Today’s readings – Exodus 14.21-15.1; Ps. 105.37-44; Matthew 12.46-end
🙏🏼 We pray for lay and ordained leaders who are struggling, that they may find strength
Wednesday 21st July
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Today’s readings – Exodus 16.1-5,9-15, Ps. 78.17-31 & Matthew 13.1-9
🙏🏼 We pray for those tasked with discerning vocations.
Thursday 22nd July – Mary Magdalen
7pm Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Collect for Mary Magdalene
Almighty God, whose Son restored Mary Magdalene to health of mind and body and called her to be a witness to his resurrection: forgive our sins and heal us by your grace, that we may serve you in the power of his risen life; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Today’s readings – Song of Solomon 3.1-4, Psalm 42.1-10, 2 Corinthians 5.14-17 & John 20.1-2,11-18
🙏🏼 We pray for parents, that they inspire their children to a living relationship with God;
Friday 23rd July – Bridget, Abbess, 1373
Today’s readings – Exodus 20.1-17, Ps. 19.7-11 & Matthew 13.18-23
🙏🏼 We pray for children and young people, that they recognise their gifts and their calling.
Saturday 24th July
Today’s readings – Exodus 24.3-8, Ps. 50.1-6,14-15 & Matthew 13.24-30
🙏🏼 We pray for young people’s faith to be nurtured in our communities.
Next Sunday 25th July – JAMES THE APOSTLE
8am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford;
9.15am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford;
10.45am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton; also streamed live on the benefice Facebook page.
Churches open for private prayer every day
Today’s readings – Jeremiah 45.1-5, Psalm 126, Acts.11-27 & Matthew 20.20-28
🙏🏼 We pray for the Youth Learning Community and for those living in Meadoway & Meolsgate Avenue
