Trinity 1 – Sunday 19th June 2022
8am Said Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Sung Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments
10.45am Sung Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, then refreshments
COLLECT
O God, the strength of all those who put their trust in you, mercifully accept our prayers and, because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without you, grant us the help of your grace, that in the keeping of your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; 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.
Old Testament Reading:
Isaiah 65:1-9
Psalm 8:4-9 The response to the Psalm is:
How great is your name, O Lord, our God, through all the earth.
New Testament Reading
Galatians 3:23-end – Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
I am the light of the world, says the Lord, anyone who follows me will have the light of life.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel
Luke 8:26-39 – Then they arrived at the country of the Ger′asenes, which is opposite Galilee. And as he stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me.” For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Ger′asenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying, “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Maureen Kar, Susan Mahoney, Winnie Turner, Mary Sephton ,Lavinia Sephton, Amanda Soady, Archdeacon Mark Ireland & Brian
🙏🏼 RIP: Donald Sephton, 30th June, 12 noon at Rufford & Oliver Wallner (tbc)
🙏🏼 Years mind: Richard Holmes, Eva Parkinson, James Brown, Harold Sidney Hammerton, Gertrude Laughton; Kathleen Emily Howard, Eric Dodd, Charles Ashcroft, John Ashton, Charles Houghton, William James Martland, Linda Christine Griffiths, Mary Berry, Clara Colling, Margaret Rosamund Wright & Lt.Col. Ronnie W. Jay. BEM
🙏🏼 CALLED TO BE: We pray for Tristan preparing for Ordination this Petertide & for our Confirmation candidates during their period of preparation
Churches open for prayer through the week.
The week’s activities, Bible reading and prayer thoughts
Please pray for refugees this week as it is REFUGEE WEEK.
Monday 20th June, in Ordinary Time
2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15, 18; Psalm 60 & Matthew 7:1-5
Pray for all lay and ordained ministers, that they may find joy in ministry.
Tuesday 21st June, in Ordinary Time
7.00pm: Choir practice: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
2 Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-36; Psalm 48 & Matthew 7:6, 12-14
Pray for all who discern the vocations of others & for the Diocesan vocations team.
Wednesday 22nd June, Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.250
10am Eucharist, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
7pm Eucharist then PCC, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
2 Kings 22:8-13, 23:1-3, Psalm 119:33-40 & Matthew 7:15-20
Pray for our Sunday club leaders and for all parents.
Thursday 23rd June, Etheldreda, abbess, c.678
7pm Eucharist, St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford followed by PCC
2 Kings 24:8-17; Ps. 79:1-12; Matthew 7:21-end
Pray for our children and young people.
Friday 24th June, Birthday of St. John the Baptist
10am-12noon: Coffee & Chat: Parish Room, Holy Trinity, Tarleton, all welcome
Isaiah 40:1-11, Psalm 85;7-end, Acts 13:14b-26 & Luke 1:57-66, 80
Pray for all schools in our parish.
Saturday 25th June, Ember Day
Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps. 74:1-3, 21-end; Matthew 8:5-17
Pray for our Rose Queen and her work representing our Church this coming year.
Sunday 26th June: Trinity 2
8am Eucharist: St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
9.15am Sung Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments.
10.45am Rose Queen Sung Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, then refreshments.
