Sunday 26th June – Trinity 2
8am Said Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9:15am Sung Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10:45am All Age Eucharist in the presence of the Rose Queen – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
COLLECT FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Lord, you have taught us that all our doings without love are nothing worth: Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before you.
Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ’s sake, who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever.
Amen.
FIRST READING: 1 Kings 19:5-16, 19-end
And he lay down and slept under a broom tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.”And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again. And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, else the journey will be too great for you.” And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
And there he came to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Eli′jah?” He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” And he said, “Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire;and after the fire a still small voice. And when Eli′jah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out andstood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Eli′jah?” He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” And the Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, you shall anoint Haz′ael to be king over Syria; and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel; and Eli′ sha the son of Shaphat of A′bel-meho′lah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
So he departed from there, and found Eli′sha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Eli′jah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him. And he left the oxen, and ran after Eli′jah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?” And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Eli′jah, and ministered to him.
This is the word of the Lord – Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM 15
The response to the Psalm is: Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you.
SECOND READING: Galatians 5:1, 13-25
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the
Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would. But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another.
This is the word of the Lord – Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia. Speak Lord, your servant is listening; You have the message of eternal life. Alleluia.
GOSPEL: Luke 9:51-end
Hear the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke – Glory to you, O Lord.
When the days drew near for him to be received up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the
Samaritans, to make ready for him; but the people would not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?” But he turned and rebuked them. And they went on to another village.
As they were going along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” But he said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord – Praise to you, O Christ.
🙏🏼The Sick: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Maureen Karr, Susan Mahoney, Winnie Turner, Mary Sephton, Amanda Soady, Archdeacon Mark Ireland & Brian
🙏🏼The Recently Departed: Donald Sephton (30th June, 12 noon at Rufford), Oliver Wallner (tbc.) & Linda Young.
🙏🏼Year’s Mind: Dorothy Forshaw, Jack Stazicker, Mary Ellen Spencer, Betty Rimmer, Eric Albert Adams, Katie AnnScholefield, William Rigby, Norma Roberts, David Randall, Ernest Edward McCall, Pauline Margaret Jay, Elizabeth Dalton, Betty Dutton, Albert James Parr & William Lever Chadwick.
Monday 27th June – Cyril, bishop, teacher of the faith, 444
Amos 2:6-10; 13-end, Psalm 50:16-23 & Matthew 8:18-22
🙏🏼Pray for our Church schools to be beacons of faith in their communities.
Tuesday 28th June – Irenaeus, bishop, teacher, c.200
7pm Choir Practice
Amos 3:1-8, 4:11-12, Psalm 5:8-end & Matthew 8:23-27
🙏🏼Pray for peace in Ukraine.
Wednesday 29th June – St’s. Peter & Paul
10am Said Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton – Refreshments to Follow for Fr. Mark’s 25th anniversary of Ordination.
Zechariah 4:1-6a, 10b-end, Psalm 125, Acts 12:1-11 & Matthew 16:13-19
🙏🏼Pray for those who work in the Diocesan offices providing administrative support to parishes.
Thursday 30th June
7pm Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Amos 7:10-end, Psalm 19:7-19 & Matthew 9:1-8
🙏🏼Pray for the Ladyewell House ministry training project based at St. George’s, Preston.
Friday 1st July – Henry, John & Henry Venn, priests, evangelical divines, 1797, 1813, 187
10-12noon – Coffee & Chat in the Parish Room at Holy Trinity Tarleton, all welcome.
Amos 8:4-6, 9-12, Psalm 119:1-8 & Matthew 9:9-13
🙏🏼Pray for all in training for any form of ministry.
Saturday 2nd July
Amos 9:11-end, Psalm 85:8-end & Matthew 9:14-17
🙏🏼Pray for all to be ordained this weekend, particularly Fr. Tristan.
All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3. 16
Sunday 3rd July
8am Said Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9:15am Sung Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10:45am Sung Eucharist Holy Trinity, Tarleton. Followed by welcome reception for Fr. Tristan Meares.
