Service Sheet for Sunday 21st June 2026 - 4th Sunday after Trinity - St. Paul’s Anglican Church

19/06/2026

Service Sheet for Sunday 21st June 2026 – 4th Sunday after Trinity

Celebrant: Fr Benjamin Drury

Sung Mass for the twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Processional: 433 (Hanover) O worship the King

Resp. Psalm: Ps. 69

Gradual: 272 (All for Jesus) All for Jesus! All for Jesus!

Offertory: 439 (Gerontius) Praise to the holiest in the height

Communion: 472 (Contemplation) When all thy mercies, O my God

Recessional: 498 (Everton) Son of God, eternal Saviour

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

The Mass setting is Sir James Macmillan’s ‘St. Anne’s Mass’

A reading from the Book of Exodus (19: 2-6)

Jeremiah said: I hear so many disparaging me, ‘“Terror from every side!” Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’ All those who used to

be my friends watched for my downfall, ‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error. Then we will master him and take our revenge!’ But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero; my opponents will stumble, mastered, confounded by their failure; everlasting, unforgettable dis-

grace will be theirs. But you, O Lord of Hosts, you who probe with justice, who scrutinise the loins and heart, let me see the venge-

ance you will take on them, for I have committed my cause to you.

Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Resp. Psalm: Ps. 69: In your great love, answer me, O Lord

It is for you that I suffer taunts, that shame covers my face,

that I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother’s sons.

I burn with zeal for your house

and taunts against you fall on me. (Response)

This is my prayer to you,

my prayer for your favour.

In your great love, answer me, O God, with your help that never fails:

Lord, answer, for your love is kind;

in your compassion, turn towards me. (Response)

The poor when they see it will be glad and God-seeking hearts will revive;

for the Lord listens to the needy

and does not spurn his servants in their chains.

Let the heavens and the earth give him praise,

the sea and all its living creatures. (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans (5: 12-15)

Sin entered the world through one man, and through sin death,

and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin existed in the world long before the Law was given. There was no law and so no one could be accused of the sin of ‘law-breaking’, yet death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law.

Adam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall. If it is certain that through one man’s fall so many died, it is even more certain that divine grace, coming

through the one man, Jesus Christ, came to so many as an abundant free gift.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! The Spirit of truth will be my witness; and you too will be my witnesses. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (10: 26-33)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘Do not be afraid. For

everything that is now covered will be uncovered, and everything

now hidden will be made clear. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the daylight; what you hear in whispers, proclaim from the house-

tops.

‘Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; fear him rather who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without your Father knowing. Why, every hair on your head has been counted. So there is no need to be afraid; you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows.

‘So if anyone declares himself for me in the presence of men, I will declare myself for him in the presence of my Father in heaven. But the one who disowns me in the presence of men, I will disown in the presence of my Father in heaven.’

The Gospel of the Lord: praise to you, O Christ

O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may by thy mighty

aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect: Third Sunday after Trinity)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 24th June: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer (BCP)

Sunday 28th June: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (SS. Peter & Paul)

We shall be celebrating our patronal festival next Sunday. If any wish to bring food or drink to share in the churchyard, they are very welcome to do so.

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou, or Father Benjamin, about becoming a Friend of the church.

Study group & walking group: details from Father Benjamin.

Short prayer booklets (Prime and Compline) are available, please speak to Oliver Knight

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