Sunday 17th July – Trinity 5
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 FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified: hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people, that in their vocation and ministry they may serve you in holiness and truth to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
FIRST READING: Genesis 18:1-10a
And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth, and said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the
tree, while I fetch a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.” And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.” And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. Then he took curds, and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.” The Lord said, “I will surely return to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
RESPONSORIAL PSALM 14:2-5
The Response to the Psalm is:
The just will live in the presence of the Lord.
SECOND READING: Colossians 1:15-28
He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre- eminent. For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him, provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the divine office which was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man mature in Christ. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia.
Open our hearts, Lord, to accept the words of your son.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL: Luke 10:38-end
Hear the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord
Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.” This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
INTERCESSIONS
🙏🏼Pray for retired clergy particularly Fr Phil and Fr Tom.
🙏🏼Our Confirmation candidates confirmed by Bishop Philip North last Friday: Oscar, Samuel, Mia, Gabriella, Lucy, Lydia, Cameron, Oliver, Jacob, Mason, George & Poppy
🙏🏼The Sick: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Maureen Karr, Susan Mahoney, Winnie Turner, Mary Sephton, Lavinia Sephton, Amanda Soady, Bill Duggan, Alison Comish & Brian
🙏🏼Year’s Mind: Irene Brunskill, Kenneth Soper, John Williams, Joseph William Martland, Jennie Pickup & Ann Melling
READINGS AND THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 18th July – Elizabeth Ferard, deaconess, 1883
Micah 6:1-4, 6-8, Psalm 50:3-7, 14 & Matthew 12:38-42
🙏🏼Pray for vocations to ordained ministry and the religious life.
Tuesday 19th July – Gregory, Bishop., and his sister Macrina, deaconess, c.394 & c. 379
7pm Choir Practice – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20, Psalm 85:1-7 & Matthew 12:46-end
🙏🏼Pray for all who work to keep our churches open daily.
Wednesday 20th July – St. Margaret of Antioch, martyr, 4th century
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10, Psalm 70 & Matthew 13:1-9
🙏🏼Pray for our link Dioceses of Bloemfontein and Braunschweig
Thursday 21st July
7pm Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13, Psalm 36 & Matthew 13:10-17
🙏🏼Pray for all whose job it is to discern vocations.
Friday 22nd July – St. Mary Magdalene
10am-12noon Coffee & Chat – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Song of Solomon 3:1-4, Psalm 42 & John 20:1-2, 11-18
🙏🏼Pray for all who proclaim the good news.
Saturday 23rd July
Jeremiah 7:1-11, Psalm 84:1-6 & Matthew 13:24-30
🙏🏼Pray for an increase in both lay and ordained vocations.
Sunday 24th July
8am Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
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 Tel: (01772) 814431 07968 753978
E-Mail: rector@rsmtht.church
Curate: The Rev’d Fr. Tristan Meares Tel: (01772) 590803
Email: curate@rsmtht.church
