Sunday 7th August – Trinity 8
8am Said Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9:15am Sung Eucharist – St. Mary’ the Virgin, Rufford
10:45am Sung Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
All who take refuge in you will be glad; they will sing out their joy for ever; you will shelter them, so that those who love your name may exult in you.
COLLECT FOR THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Almighty Lord and everlasting God, we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of your laws and the works of your commandments; that through your mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul; 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 15:1-6
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” But Abram said, “O Lord God, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie′ zer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir.” And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; your own son shall be your heir.” And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed the Lord; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.
This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
RESPONSORIAL PSALM 32:1, 12, 18-20, 22.
The Response to the Psalm is: Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.
SECOND READING: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old received divine approval. By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear.
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked forward to the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia.
Who is greater, says the Lord, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? But I am among you as one who serves. Alleluia.
GOSPEL: Luke 12:32-40
Hear the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord.
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
“Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage feast, so that they may open to him at once when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes; truly, I say to you, he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and he will come and serve them. If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. You also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
POST-COMMUNION PRAYER
Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands that have taken holy things;
may the ears which have heard your word be deaf to clamour and dispute;
may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love shine with the light of hope;
and may the bodies which have been fed with your body be refreshed with the fullness of your life; glory to you for ever. Amen.
INTERCESSIONS
🙏🏼Pray for Fr. Tom and Fr. Phil covering today’s services.
🙏🏼The Sick: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Maureen Karr, Susan Mahoney, Winnie Turner, Mary Sephton, Lavinia Sephton, Amanda Soady &Alison Comish.
🙏🏼The recently departed: Brian Kitchen (11th)
🙏🏼Year’s Mind: Mary Elizabeth Carey, Alice Forest, James Henry Marsden & Ronald Clifford Tongue.
READINGS AND THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 8th August – St. Dominic, priest, founder of the order of preachers, 1221
Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-end, Psalm 148 & Matthew 17:22-end
🙏🏼Pray for all religious orders particularly the Dominicans.
Tuesday 9th August – Mary Sumner, founder of the Mother’s Union
7pm Choir Practice – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Ezekiel 2:8-3:4, Psalm 119:65-72 & Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
🙏🏼Pray all members of the Mother’s Union.
Wednesday 10th August – Laurence, Deacon and Martyr, 258
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Ezekiel 9:1-7, 1:18-22, Psalm 113 & Matthew 18:15-20
🙏🏼Pray for our link Dioceses of Bloemfontein (South Africa) and Braunschweig (Germany)
Thursday 11th August – St. John Henry Newman, priest, 1890
7pm Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Ezekiel 12:1-12, Psalm 78:58-4 & Matthew 18:21-19.1
🙏🏼Pray for all priests.
Friday 12th August – Oswald, king, martyr, 642
10am-12noon Coffee & Chat – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Ezekiel 16;1-15, 60-end, Psalm 118:14-18 & Matthew 19:3-13
🙏🏼Pray for all staff in the Diocesan offices.
Saturday 13th August – Florence Nightingale, nurse, social reformer, 1912
Ezekiel 18:1-11a, 13b, 30, 32, Psalm 51:1-3, 15-17 & Matthew 19:13-15
🙏🏼Pray for the NHS and all who work in the medical profession particularly nurses.
Sunday 14th August – The Assumption Of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8am Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
9:15am Patronal Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford, Preacher: Revd Mike Roberts, NW Railway Chaplain
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
