The week in Bible reading and prayer/Pew Sheet 22/8/21

St Mary the Virgin, Rufford – open for private prayer every day

Sunday 22nd August – The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

8am Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin
9.15am Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford

Old Church Sunday – no worship at Holy Trinity

10.45am Eucharist – Old St Mary’s, Windgate; (no streaming to Facebook)
6.00pm Sung Evening Prayer – Old St Mary’s, Windgate

The Collect

Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray and to give more than either we desire or deserve: pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask but through the merits and mediation 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.

First Reading – Joshua 24.1-2a,14-18

24 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God.
2 And Joshua said to all the people, 14 ‘Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.’ 16 Then the people answered, ‘Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; 18 and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.’

From Psalm 33

Refrain: Taste, O taste and see that the Lord is good that the Lord is good.
I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise always on my lips; in the Lord my soul shall make its boast. The humble shall hear and be glad. Refrain.
The Lord turns his face against the wicked to destroy their remembrance from the earth. The Lord turns his eyes to the just and his ears to their appeal. Refrain.
They call and the Lord hears and rescues them from their distress. The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; those whose spirit is crushed he will save. Refrain.
Evil brings death to the wicked; those who hate the good are doomed. The Lord ransoms the souls of his servants. Those who hide in him shall not be condemned. Refrain.

Epistle – Ephesians 6.10-20

Gospel – John 6.56-69

6 Jesus said to the crowd: 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. 57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live for ever.’ 59 He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, ‘This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?’ 61 But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, ‘Does this offend you? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But among you there are some who do not believe.’ For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. 65 And he said, ‘For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.’
66 Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. 67 So Jesus asked the twelve, ‘Do you also wish to go away?’ 68 Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.’

🙏🏼 We pray for parents; that they may be able to bring up their children with a living relationship with God.

🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we pray for those living in Moss Lea, Oakgate Close and Oaklands Avenue.

🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter,
Colin Brown, Andy Glanville, Wayne Jackett, Mark Kinley, Bill Lloyd, Paddy McDonagh, Donald & Mary Sephton & Alan Southworth.

🙏🏼 Faithful Departed: Mary Elizabeth Carey

🙏🏼 Year’s mind: Ernest Highton Buck, Norman Dandy, Muriel Dodd, Molly Holden, Robert Parkinson & Thomas Rigby.

Monday 23rd August

1 Thessalonians 1.1-5, 8-end, Ps. 149.1-5 & Matthew 23.13-22

🙏🏼 We pray for children and young people.

Tuesday 24th August – Bartholomew, Apostle

Acts 5.12-16, Psalm 145.1-7, Acts 5.12-16 & Luke 22.24-30

🙏🏼 We pray for Rev. Matt Cook, being instituted at St. Saviour’s,
Bamber Bridge.

Wednesday 25th August

10am Eucharist: Mary the Virgin, Rufford

1 Thessalonians 2.9-13, Ps.126 & Matthew 23.27-32

🙏🏼 We pray for more churches to grow youth ministries.

Thursday 26th August

7pm: Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford

1 Thessalonians 3.7-end, Ps. 90.13-end & Matthew 24.42-end

🙏🏼 We pray for schools and academies.

Friday 27th August – Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

1 Thessalonians 4.1-8, Ps. 97 & Matthew 25.1-13

🙏🏼 Let us follow the example of Monica and pray for those we know that they may come to full faith.

Saturday 28th August – Augustine, bishop, teacher of the faith, 430

1 Thessalonians 4.9-12, Ps. 98.1-2,8-end & Matthew 25.14-30

🙏🏼 We give thanks for teachers of the faith and pray for chaplains in schools and universities.

Next Sunday 29th August – 13th after Trinity

No 8am Eucharist
9.15am Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10.45am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton

Deuteronomy 4.1-2,6-9, Psalm 15, James 1.17-end & Mark 7.1-8,14,15.21-23

🙏🏼 We pray for the diocesan teams giving support to parishes and for those living outside the benefice who worship in the parishes.

The week in Bible reading and prayer/Pew Sheet 22/8/21

The week in Bible reading and prayer/Pew Sheet 22/8/21

St Mary the Virgin, Rufford – open for private prayer every day