Sunday 2 October – Trinity 16
8am Said Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9:15am Sung Eucharist – St. Mary’ the Virgin, Rufford
10:45am Sung Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
COLLECT FOR THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers of your people who call upon you; and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; 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. Amen.
FIRST READING: Habakkuk 1. 1-4; 2.1-4
The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw. O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
and you will not listen? Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save?
Why do you make me see wrongdoing and look at trouble?
Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law becomes slack and justice never prevails.
The wicked surround the righteous — therefore judgement comes forth perverted. I will stand at my watch-post, and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my complaint. Then the Lord answered me and said: Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it. For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay. Look at the proud!
Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
RESPONSORIAL PSALM 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (8)
The Response to the Psalm is:
O that today you would listen to his voice, harden not your hearts.
SECOND READING: 2 Timothy 1.1-14
But Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you. For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self- discipline.
Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God, who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher, and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him. Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us..
This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia.
‘It is the will of him who sent me’, says the Lord, ‘that I should lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up on the last day’. Alleluia.
GOSPEL: Luke 17:5-10
Hear the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. Glory to you, O Lord
The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’ The Lord replied, ‘If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea”, and it would obey you.
‘Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from ploughing or tending sheep in the field, “Come here at once and take your place at the
table”? Would you not rather say to him, “Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink”? Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, “We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!”’
This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
PRAYER FOR THE NEW BISHOP OF BLACKBURN
🙏🏼Heavenly Father, we pray for a bishop full of your Holy Spirit; a disciple to make disciples, a bold witness to Jesus, and a Christ-like leader, able to inspire children and young people with the transforming message of your Gospel. We ask this in the name of Your Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
INTERCESSIONS Pray for:
🙏🏼The Sick: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Maureen Karr, Winnie Turner, Mary Sephton, Lavinia Sephton, Amanda Soady, Alison Comish, Brian Soady & Karen Hartnett
🙏🏼The recently departed: Clifford Huyton (4th Oct, Tarleton)
🙏🏼Year’s Mind: Margaret Caunce, Mary Alice Baybutt, Beatrice Goodwin, Alan Dyson, Mary Newhouse & Sidney William Rowland.
READINGS AND THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
Mon. George Bell, Bishop, 1958
Galatians 1:6-12; Ps. 111:1-6 & Luke 10:25-37
Please pray for the appointment of the new Bishop of Blackburn.
Tues. St. Francis of Assisi, friar, deacon, 1226
Galatians 1:13-end; Ps. 139:1-9; Luke 10:38-end
Please pray all monastic communities
Wed.
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14; Ps. 117 & Luke 11:1-4
Please pray for all in training for ministry.
Thurs. William Tyndale, Martyr, translator, 153
7pm Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Galatians 3:1-5, Canticle: Benedictus & Luke 11:5-13
Please pray for all who work in admin in the Diocesan offices.
Fri.
10am-12noon Coffee & Chat – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Galatians 3:7-14; Ps. 111:4-end & Luke 11:15-26
Pray for all involved in the training of clergy, LLMs & ALMs
Sat.
Galatians 3:22-end; Ps. 105:1-7 & Luke 11:27-28
Please pray for our bishop, Philip.
Sunday 9 Oct – Harvest
8am Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
9:15am Sung Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10:45am Sung Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
6pm Choral Evensong – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
CONTACTS
Rector: The Rev’d Canon Mark Soady SSC
Rest Day: Monday
Tel: 01772 814431/07968 753978
E-Mail: rector@rsmtht.church
Curate: The Rev’d Fr. Tristan Meares
Rest Day: Tuesday
Tel: 01772 590803/07547 973527 Email: curate@rsmtht.church
Ordinand: Danny Abraham
Rest Day: Saturday. Study Days: Monday, Tuesday & Friday.
