Churches open for private prayer
Monday – Tarleton, 10am-3pm
Tuesday – Rufford, 10am-3pm
Wednesday – Tarleton, 10.30am-3pm
Thursday – Rufford, 10am-3pm
Friday – Tarleton, 10am-3pm
Saturday – Rufford, 10am-3pm
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Sunday 6th June – 1st Sunday after Trinity
8am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
10.30am Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
The 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.
First Reading – Genesis 3.8-15
8 The man and the woman heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, ‘Where are you?’
10 He said, ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’
11 He said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?’
12 The man said, ‘The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.’
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this that you have done?’
The woman said, ‘The serpent tricked me, and I ate.’
14 The Lord God said to the serpent,
‘Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.’
From Psalm 129: Refrain: With the Lord is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord, Lord here my voice! O let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleading. Refrain. If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, Lord, who would survive? But with you we found forgiveness: for this we revere you. Refrain. My soul is waiting for the Lord, I count on his word. My soul is longing for the Lord more than watchmen for daybreak. Refrain. Because with the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption, Israel indeed he will redeem from all its iniquity. Refrain.
New Testament – 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1
Gospel – Mark 3.20-end
20 The crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his companions could not even eat. 21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.’
23 And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. 27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
28 Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin’— 30 for they had said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’
31 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him.
32 A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, ‘Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.’
33 And he replied, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ 34 And looking at those who sat around him, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’
🙏🏼 We pray for those conducting worship today and for all holding office, as they look at how to unlock our worship.
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Bill Duggan, Wayne Jackett, Jimmy Johnstone, Mark Kinley, Gemma Jones, Brenda Lloyd, Paddy MacDonagh, Lillian Magrath, Ruth Middlesborough, Donald Sephton, Mary Sephton & Amanda Soady
🙏🏼 Year’s mind: Robert (Rob) Abram, Robert Barron, James Brown, Robin James Bryan, Edwin Golding, Violet Harris, Ida Harrison, Joyce Irene Iddon, Harold Edward Howard, George Latham, Stanley Linguard, Doreen Nicholson, Maurice Redfern, Elizabeth Theabold, William Thompson, Barbara Vickers & Harriet White.
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we pray for those living in Hillside and Holly Grove.
Monday 7th June
Today’s readings – 2 Corinthians 1.1-7, Psalm 34.1-8 & Matthew 5.1-12
🙏🏼 We pray for all children and young adults, as schools return.
Tuesday 8th June – Thomas Ken, bishop, non-juror, hymn writer, 1711
Today’s readings – 2 Corinthians 1.18-22, Psalm 119.129-136 & Matthew 5.13-16
🙏🏼 We pray for all community health workers.
Wednesday 9th June – Columba, abbot, missionary, 597
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Today’s readings – 2 Corinthians 3.4-11, Ps. 78.1-4 & Matthew 5.17-19
🙏🏼 We pray for the bereaved.
Thursday 10th June
7pm Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Today’s readings – 2 Corinthians 3.15-4.1,3-6, Psalms 78.36-40 & Matthew 5.20-26
🙏🏼We pray for local councils and councillors.
Friday 11th June – Barnabas the Apostle
Today’s readings – Acts 11.19-end, Psalm 112, Galatians 2.1-10 & John 15.12-17
🙏🏼 We pray for courage to share the good news in ways that meet people where they are.
Saturday 12th June
Today’s readings – 2 Corinthians 5.14-end, Psalm 103.1-12 & Matthew 5.33-37
🙏🏼 We pray for national government, cabinet and civil servants.
Next Sunday 13th June – Trinity+2
Today’s readings – Ezekiel 17.22-end, Psalm 92.1-8, 2 Corinthians 5.6-19 (11-13) 14-17 & Mark 4.26-34
🙏🏼 We pray for our Bishops (Julian, Philip and Jill), Dean (Peter) and Archdeacons (Mark and David)
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we pray for those living in Hunter Avenue and the James Mayor boatyard
