Churches open for private prayer every day
Sunday 1st August: Trinity+9
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
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.
First Reading: Exodus 16.2-4,9-15
16 2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not.
9 Then Moses said to Aaron, ‘Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, “Draw near to the Lord, for he has heard your complaining.”’ 10 And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked towards the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. 11 The Lord spoke to Moses and said, 12 ‘I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, “At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.”’
13 In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, ‘What is it?’
For they did not know what it was.
Moses said to them, ‘It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
From Psalm 77.
Refrain: The Lord gave them bread from heaven, the Lord gave them bread.
The things we have heard and understood, the things our forebears have told us, we will tell to the next generation: the glories of the Lord and his might. Refrain. He commanded the clouds above and opened the gate of heaven. He rained down manna for their food, and gave them bread from heaven. Refrain. Mere mortals ate the bread of angels. He sent them abundance of food. He brought them to his holy land, to the mountain that his right hand had won. Refrain.
Epistle: Ephesians 4.1-16
Gospel: John 6.24-35
6 24 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ 26 Jesus answered them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.’ 28 Then they said to him, ‘What must we do to perform the works of God?’ 29 Jesus answered them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.’ 30 So they said to him, ‘What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”’ 32 Then Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ 34 They said to him, ‘Sir, give us this bread always.’
35 Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Wayne Jackett, Mark Kinley, Bill Lloyd & Brenda Lloyd and Donald & Mary Sephton
🙏🏼 Year’s mind: Elizabeth Ann Crompton, Lena Howard, Harold Melling & Thomas Wilson
🙏🏼 We pray for our teachers, recovering from the Summer term, and preparing for the Autumn return.
🙏🏼In our cycle of prayer, we pray for those living in Mere Brow Lane
Monday 2nd August
Numbers 11.4-15, Ps. 81.19-end & Matthew 14.13-21
🙏🏼 We pray for our MP
Tuesday 3rd August
Numbers 12.1-13, Ps. 51.1-8 & Matthew 14.22-end
🙏🏼 We pray for our church musicians and singers.
Wednesday 4th August – Jean-Baptiste Vianney, cure d’Ars, spiritual guide, 1859
10am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Numbers 13.1-2,25-14.1,26-35, Ps. 106.14-24 & Matthew 15.21-28
🙏🏼 We give thanks for spiritual guides
Thursday 5th August – Oswald, king, martyr, 642
7pm: Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford;
Numbers 20.1-3, Psalm 95.1,8-end & Matthew 16.13-23
🙏🏼 We give thanks for rulers with Christian faith
Friday 6th August – Transfiguration of our Lord
Daniel 7.9-10,13-14, Psalm 97, 2 Peter 1.16-19 & Luke 9.28-36
Collect for the Transfiguration
Father in heaven, whose Son Jesus Christ was wonderfully transfigured before chosen witnesses upon the holy mountain, and spoke of the exodus he would accomplish at Jerusalem: give us strength so to hear his voice and bear our cross that in the world to come we may see him as he is; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
🙏🏼 We meditate on the Transfiguration.
Saturday 7th August – John Mason Neale, priest, hymn writer, 1866
Deuteronomy 6.4-13, Ps. 18.1-2,48-end & Matthew 17.14-21
🙏🏼 We give thanks for hymn writers
Next Sunday: Sunday 8th August: Trinity+10
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.
Trinity+10: 1 Kings 19.4-8, Psalm 34.1-8, Ephesians 4.25-5.2 & John 6.35,41-51
🙏🏼 We pray for those on holiday and those unable to take holidays
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer, we pray for those living in Merecrest Drive and Middle Meanygate
