SUNDAY 23rd August – 11th Sunday after Trinity
Today’s readings
Isaiah 51.1-6, Psalm 138, Romans 12.1-8 & Matthew 16.13-20.
Today’s Collect
O God, you declare your almighty power most chiefly in showing mercy and pity, mercifully grant to us such a measure of your grace, that we, running the way of your commandments, may receive your gracious promises and be made partakers of your heavenly treasure. 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.
Prayers
🙏🏼 We pray for all parish clergy and parish office holders, that they may have the strength, imagination and wisdom, to enable each community to know it is prayed for, cared for and loved.
🙏🏼 Pray for those in self-isolation: God of compassion be close to those who are ill, afraid or in isolation. In their loneliness, be their consolation, in their anxiety, be their hope; in their darkness, be their light. Through him who suffered alone on the cross, but reigns with you in glory, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
🙏🏼 We pray for ourselves: Keep us good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy. Sustain and support the anxious, be with those who care for the sick and lift up all who are brought low; that we may find comfort knowing that nothing can separate us from your love. In Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
🙏🏼 Please pray for the sick & those in need: Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Jack Dalton, Jimmy Johnstone, Rosemary Lyon, Paddy MacDonagh, Ruth Middlesborough & Donald Sephton.
🙏🏼 For the faithful departed: Peggy Hague
🙏🏼 For those whose year’s mind falls this week: Thomas Rigby, Muriel Dodd, Ernest Highton Buck, Molly Holden, Robert Parkinson & Norman Dandy.
May we Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer, we pray for those living in Moss Lea, Oakgate Close & Oaklands Avenue.
Today’s Hymn
The church’s one foundation
is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
she is his new creation
by water and the Word:
from heav’n he came and sought her
to be his holy bride;
with his own blood he bought her,
and for her life he died.
Elect from ev’ry nation,
yet one o’er all the earth,
her charter of salvation
one Lord, one faith, one birth;
one holy name she blesses,
partakes one holy food,
and to one hope she presses,
with ev’ry grace endued.
Though with a scornful wonder
men see her sore oppressed,
by schisms rent asunder,
by heresies distressed,
yet saints their watch are keeping,
their cry goes up, “How long?”
And soon the night of weeping
shall be the morn of song.
The church shall never perish!
Her dear Lord to defend,
to guide, sustain, and cherish,
is with her to the end;
though there be those that hate her,
and false sons in her pale,
against both foe and traitor
she ever shall prevail.
Yet she on earth hath union
with the God the Three in One,
and mystic sweet communion
with those whose rest is won:
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we,
like them, the meek and lowly,
on high may dwell with thee.
MONDAY 24th – Bartholomew, Apostle.
Today’s readings
Isaiah 43.8-13, Psalm 145.1-7, Acts 5.12-16 & Luke 22.24-30.
🙏🏼 As we remember St Bartholomew, we pray for Christians who find themselves in vulnerable and dangerous situations; that they may be protected and have the strength they need to make choices that will enable them to flourish.
TUESDAY 25th
Today’s readings
2 Thessalonians 2.1-3a,14-end, Ps. 98 & Matthew 23.23-26.
🙏🏼We pray for the World Health Organisation as they lead the global response to the pandemic and speak up for those countries with the least resources.
WEDNESDAY 26th
Today’s readings
2 Thessalonians 3.6-10, 16-end, Ps.128 & Matthew 23.27-32.
🙏🏼 We pray for all ill in hospitals, in hospices, or at home; that they sense God’s love surrounding them.
🙏🏼We pray for their relatives and friends; that they sense the peace that passes all understanding in the midst of the worry and turmoil.
THURSDAY 27th – Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387.
Today’s readings
1 Corinthians 1.1-9, Ps. 145.1-7 & Matthew 24.42-end.
🙏🏼 We pray for schools across the diocese, their head teachers, teaching staff and support staff, as they learn new ways of working that create safe spaces for children to learn.
FRIDAY 28th – Augustine, Bishop, teacher of the faith, 430.
Today’s readingsi
1 Corinthians 1.17-25, Ps. 33.6-12 & Matthew 25.1-13.
🙏🏼We pray for all institutions providing higher education, particularly remembering theological colleges, especially the new theological college being developed across the North West.
SATURDAY 29th – Beheading of John the Baptist.
Today’s readings
1 Corinthians 1.26-end, Ps. 33.12-15,20-end & Matthew 25.14-30.
🙏🏼 We pray for those who are struggling with their mental health; that they may find a sense of peace and affirmation.
Broadcast worship scheduled
Sunday 23 August: 11th Sunday after Trinity
Radio 4: 8.10am: Sunday Worship, The Inspiration of Listening, explored by writer Anna Magnusson and poet Padraig O Tuma
BBC1: 1.15pm: Songs of Praise. ‘Celebrating the Salvation Army’ Kate Bottley visits The Salvation Army’s Hadleigh Farm in Essex.
Radio 3: 3.00pm: Choral Evensong, from St Martin-in-the-Fields with The Gesualdo Six.
Wednesday 26 August
Radio 3, 3.30pm: Choral Evensong, from St Martin-in-the-Fields with St Martin’s Voices.
Online worship for Sunday
Worship with Fr Mark on the benefice Facebook page: 9.30am and there after.
Worship on Blackburn Diocesan You Tube via the website: Sunday 9am and there after.
To contact Fr Mark
Phone: 01772 814431 Mobile: 07968 753978
Check us out on Facebook:
@ruffordstmarysandtarletonholytrinitychurch
