Service Sheet for Sunday 26th July – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary time
Celebrant Fr. Benjamin. Drury
Sung Mass for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Processional: 365 (Dundee) God moves in a mysterious way Resp. Psalm: Ps. 119
Gradual: 407 (Ravenshaw) Lord, thy word abideth
Offertory: 495 (Benson) God is working his purpose out
Communion: 383 (Aberystwyth) Jesu, lover of my soul Recessional: 381 (Ewing) Jerusalem the golden
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 first Book of Kings (3: 5, 7-12)
The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, ‘Ask what you would like me to give you.’ Solomon replied, ‘O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in succession to David my father. But I am a very young man, unskilled in leadership. Your servant finds himself in the midst of this people of yours that you have chosen, a people so many its number cannot be counted or reckoned. Give your servant a heart to understand how to discern between good
and evil, for who could govern this people of yours that is so great?’ It pleased the Lord that Solomon should have asked for this. ‘Since you have asked for this’ the Lord said ‘and not asked for long life for yourself or riches or the lives of your enemies, but have asked for a discerning judgement for yourself, here and now I do what
you ask. I give you a heart wise and shrewd as none before you has had and none will have after you.’
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.
Resp. Psalm: Ps. 119: Lord, how I love your law!
My part, I have resolved, O Lord, is to obey your word.
The law from your mouth means more to me than silver and gold. (Response)
Let your love be ready to console me by your promise to your servant.
Let your love come and I shall live
for your law is my delight. (Response)
That is why I love your commands more than finest gold,
why I rule my life by your precepts, and hate false ways. (Response)
Your will is wonderful indeed; therefore I obey it.
The unfolding of your word gives light and teaches the simple. (Response)
A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans (8: 28-30)
We know that by turning everything to their good, God co-operates with all those who love him, with all those he has called according to his purpose. They are the ones he chose specially long ago and
intended to become true images of his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest of many brothers. He called those he intended for this; those he called he justified, and with those he justified he shared his glory.
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Speak, I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you
everything I have learnt from my Father. Alleluia!
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (13: 44-52)
Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus said to the crowds, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure
hidden in a field which someone has found; he hides it again, goes off happy, sells everything he owns and buys the field.
‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls; when he finds one of great value he goes and sells everything he owns and buys it.
‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea that brings in a haul of all kinds. When it is full, the fishermen
haul it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in a basket and throw away those that are no use. This is how it will be at the end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the just to throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
‘Have you understood all this?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ And he said to
them, ‘Well then, every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom things both new and old.’
The Gospel of the Lord: praise to you, O Christ.
O God, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect: Eighth Sunday after Trinity)
Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments
Wednesday 29th July: 10 a.m.; Low Mass (SS. Martha, Mary, & Lazarus)
Sunday 2nd August: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Eighteenth in Ord. Time)
For services in Thessaloniki, please e-mail Janet at
janick@otenet,gr
The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou, or Father Benjamin, about becoming a Friend of the church.
Study group: a session on the St. Thomas Christians of India, and the life of the church in Kerala, is to be held tomorrow (27th), at 7:30 p.m., at the chaplaincy flat. All interested persons should communicate with Fr. Benjamin.
A cell of the Society of the Holy House of Walsingham is to be formed. All interested persons should communicate with Father Benjamin or Mr. Oliver Knight.
Pilgrimage walking group: details from Fr. Benjamin.
Short prayer booklets (Prime and Compline) are available, please speak to Oliver Knight
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