Sunday 24th July – Trinity 6
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 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Merciful God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as pass our understanding: pour into our hearts such love toward you that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; 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: Genesis 18:20-32
Then the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomor′rah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to me; and if not, I will know.”
So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham still stood before the Lord. Then Abraham drew near, and said, “Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” And the Lord said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.” Abraham answered, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty- five there.” Again he spoke to him, and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” He said, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”
This is the word of the Lord – Thanks be to God
RESPONSORIAL PSALM 138:1-3, 6-8
The Response to the Psalm is: On the day I called you answered me, O God.
SECOND READING: Colossians 2:6-15
As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fulness of life in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ; and you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, who were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, having canceled the bond which stood against us with its legal demands; this he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in him.
This is the word of the Lord – Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia – If in my name you ask for anything, says the Lord, I will do it – Alleluia.
GOSPEL: Luke 11:1-13
Hear the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke – Glory to you, O Lord
He was praying in a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” And he said to them, “When you pray, say:
“Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread; and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive every one who is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.” And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’? I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs. And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
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.
🙏🏼 Pray for Fr. Mark, Fr. Tristan and Danny.
🙏🏼 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.
🙏🏼 The recently departed: Brian Kitchen
🙏🏼 Year’s Mind: Margaret Harrison, Olive Beamish, Dorothy Sephton, Cynthia Mary Barton, Ernest William Iddon, James Robert Shaw, Jack Stazicker, William Dandy, Susan Elizabeth Chicken, Betty Rimmer, Paul Flomer, Katie Anne Schofield, John Robert Shaw, Frank Broadbent, Irene Brunskill, Kenneth Soper, John Williams, Joseph William Martland & Jennie Pickup.
Monday 25th July – St. James the Apostle
Jeremiah 45:1-5, Psalm 126, Acts 11:27-12:2 & Matthew 20:20-28
🙏🏼 Pray for all involved in youth work and ministry.
Tuesday 26th July – Ss. Anne & Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
7pm Choir Practice – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Zephaniah 3:14-18a, Psalm 127 & Matthew 13:16-17
🙏🏼Pray for the students of our church schools.
Wednesday 27th July – Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop, 1901
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Jeremiah 15:10, 16-end, Psalm 59 & Matthew 13:44-46
🙏🏼 Pray for the staff of Holy Trinity, Mere Brow and Rufford Church schools.
Thursday 28th July
7pm Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Jeremiah 18:1-6, Psalm 146 & Matthew 13:47-53
🙏🏼 Pray for all school and university chaplains.
Friday 29th July – Mary, Martha & Lazarus
10am-12noon Coffee & Chat – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Isaiah 25:6-9, Psalm 49, Hebrews 2:10-15 & John 12:1-8
🙏🏼 Pray for all staff in the Diocesan offices.
Saturday 30th July – William Wilberforce, social reformer, 1883
Jeremiah 7:1-11, Ps. 84:1-6 & Matthew 13:24-30
🙏🏼 Pray for all involved in the Lambeth Conference
Sunday 31st July
❗️NO 8am today
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
