Readings for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity- 4th August 2024

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

New English Hymnal numbers (tunes):

Entrance: 345 (Vulpius) Christ is the King, O friends rejoice!

Canticle: 44 (Pastor Pastorum) Faithful vigil ended (Nunc Dimittis) Gradual: 309 (Song 9) Victim divine, thy grace we claim

Offertory: 302 (Song 1) O Thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray Post Communion: 307 (Divine Mysteries) Sweet Sacrament divine Recessional: 333 (Michael) All my hope on God is founded

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

A Reading from the Second Book of Moses, commonly called Exodus (16: 2-4, 9-15)

2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law or not. 9 And Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord, for he has heard your murmurings.’” 10 And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. 11 And the Lord said to Moses, 12 “I have heard the murmurings of the people of Israel; say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’” 13 In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning dew lay round about the camp. 14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as hoarfrost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel

saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”[a] For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.”

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

A Reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Ephesians (Eph. 4: 1-16)

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is

 

one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope

that belongs to your call, 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in

all. 7 But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of

Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it is said,

“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”

9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended

is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might

fill all things.) 11 And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ; 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in

every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, says the Lord; no one can

come to the Father except through me.

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John ( John 6: 24-35) Glory to you, O Lord.

After the reading of the Gospel:

The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

 

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For our Prayers: The world-wide Church & the homeless, those struggling with addiction and in recovery. For Peace with justice in: Palestine-Israel, Armenia, Ukraine, Sudan, all Refugees and Aid Agencies. The Church in Gaza, and all victims of war. All those affected by fires.

For the sick: Stella, Julia, Sherry, Helena, Jennifer, Jane, George, Eva, Austin, Linda, Theodore, Sue, Guy, Margarita, Marcus, Christina, Takis, Diane, Lodo, Teresa, Dimitra, Fran, Nicholas, Elaine, Eleftheria, Mirad, Daphne, and Christine, who is house-bound.

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Mon. 5th August  7:30 p.m. Low Mass (Eve of Transfiguration)

Weds. 7th August: 10 a.m. Low Mass

Sun. 11th August 10 a.m. Sung Mass; liturgy followed by refreshments

 

Dates for the diary

Coffee Morning: 12th September

Choral Evensong (in September (date to be confirmed

 

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