Sunday 30th October – 4th before Advent

8am Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
9:15am Sung Eucharist – St. Mary’ the Virgin, Rufford
10:45am Sung Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton

COLLECT FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT – Almighty and eternal God, you have kindled the flame of love in the hearts of the saints: grant to us the same faith and power of love, that, as we rejoice in their triumphs, we may be sustained by their example and fellowship; 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: Isaiah 1:1-10 – The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not understand. Ah, sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, offspring who do evil, children who deal corruptly, who have forsaken the Lord, who have despised the Holy One of Israel, who are utterly estranged! Why do you seek further beatings? Why do you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds; they have not been drained, or bound up, or softened with oil. Your country lies desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence aliens devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners. And daughter Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a shelter in a cucumber field, like a besieged city. If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah. Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM 144:1-2, 8-11, 13-14. Response vs. 1.
The Response to the Psalm is: I will bless your name forever, O God, my King.

SECOND READING: 2 Thessalonians 1.1-12 – Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith during all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.
This is evidence of the righteous judgement of God, and is intended to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering. For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marvelled at on that day among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. To this end we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will fulfil by his power every good resolve and work of faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
I have come to call not the righteous, says the Lord, but sinners to repentance. Alleluia! alleluia alleluia.

GOSPEL: Luke 19:1-10 – Hear the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord.
He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycomore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.’ So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, ‘He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.’ Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.’
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, Brian Soady, Stuart Drysdale & Joseph Donlan

🙏🏼The recently departed: Marjorie Wrennall (11th, Rufford)

🙏🏼Year’s Mind: Stephen Jarvis, Lorna Kivi, Ethel Davidson, Elaine Williams, Leanard Jarvis, Charles Christopherson, Alwyn Shotton, Beatrice Connie Howard, Margaret Rutter, Constance Mary Coggins, Mary Eliza Ashcroft, Audrey Alice Hodge, Isabella Marsh, Liam Fletcher, Elizabeth Wilson, Peter Geoffrey Hodgson, William Harold Corbett, Sadie Molyneaux, Jesse Newhouse & Steven Anthony Cookson.

READINGS AND THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

Monday 31st October – Martin Luther, reformer, 1546

7pm Stepping Stones Adult Discipleship Group – Holy Trinity, Tarleton parish room
Philippians 2:1-4; Ps. 131 & Luke 14:12-14
🙏🏼Please pray for the government at this time of transition.

Tuesday 1st November – All Saint’s Day

7pm Said Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18; Ps 149 & Luke 6:20-31
🙏🏼Please pray all who are persecuted for their faith in Jesus.

Wednesday 2nd November – All Soul’s Day

10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
5:30pm Service of the Word for those who have lost loved ones in the last 12 months – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
7pm Requiem Mass – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Lamentations 3:17-26; Ps 23; Romans 5:5-11 & John 5:19- 25
🙏🏼Please pray for the faithful departed.

Thursday 3rd November – Richard Hooker, priest, teacher, 1600

6:30pm Diamond Disciples Youth Group – Holy Trinity, Tarleton Parish Room
7pm Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Philippians 3:3-8a; Ps 105:1-7 & Luke 15:1-10
🙏🏼Please pray for all who work in admin in the Diocesan offices.

Friday 4th November

10 – 12noon Coffee & Chat – Holy Trinity, Tarleton Parish Room
Philippians 3:17-4:1; Ps. 122 & Luke 16:1-8
🙏🏼Pray for all who preach the Good News.

Saturday 5th November

Philippians 4:10-19; Ps. 112 & Luke 16:9-15
🙏🏼Please pray for our bishop, Philip.

Sunday 6th November – 3rd before Advent

8am Said Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9:15am Sung Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10:45am Sung Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton

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.