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THE COLLECT FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Merciful Lord,
absolve your people from their offences,
that through your bountiful goodness
we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins
which by our frailty we have committed;
grant this, heavenly Father,
for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Saturday, 1st March – David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c. 601
Sunday, 2nd March – THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT
Monday, 3rd March – Feria
Tuesday, 4th March – Feria
Wednesday, 5th March – ASH WEDNESDAY
Thursday, 6th March – Feria
Friday, 7th March – Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203
Saturday, 8th March – Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910 Felix, Bishop, Apostle of the East Angles, 647; Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Priest, poet, 1929
Sunday, 9th March – THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Monday, 10th March – Feria
Tuesday, 11th March – Feria
Wednesday, 12th March- Ember Day
Thursday, 13th March – Feria
Friday, 14th March – Ember Day
Saturday, 15th March – Ember Day
Sunday, 16th March – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
Monday, 17th February – Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460
Tuesday, 18th March – Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Teacher, 386
Wednesday, 19th March – JOSEPH OF NAZARETH
Thursday, 20th March – Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary
Friday, 21st March – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556
Saturday, 22nd March – Feria
Sunday, 23rd March – THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Monday, 24th March – Walter Hilton of Thurgarton, Augustinian Canon, Mystic, 1396; Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953; Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, 1980
Tuesday, 25th March – THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Wednesday, 26th March – Harriet Monsell, Founder of the Community of St John the Baptist, Clewer, 1883
Thursday, 27th March- Feria
Friday, 28th March – Feria
Saturday, 29th March – Feria
Sunday, 30th March – THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Mothering Sunday)
Monday, 31st March – John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631
www.excitingholiness.org/first-edition is an excellent online resource containing short biographies of the saints, as well as prayers and readings for their day.
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Holy Communion for the The First Sunday of Advent, 2020, celebrated at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Prayers of Intercession for Advent
… and some favourite hymns for this day …
Awake, awake: fling off the night
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
Hark! A herald voice is calling
Lo, he comes with clouds descending
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Our services from the last Sunday of March until the end of April are as follows:Sunday, 30th March, THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Mothering Sunday) 9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Mothering Sunday Service, at St Thomas’, Southwick.
Sunday, 6th April, THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 9.30 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Family Service, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), St Mary’s Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 13th April, PALM SUNDAY 10.00 am Blessing of Palms; Procession of Palms departs from St Nicholas’, North Bradley for St Thomas’, Southwick. 10.30 am Family Service, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick. Monday, 14th April, MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK 7 pm Compline, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 7 pm Compline, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Tuesday, 15th April, TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK 7 pm Compline, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. Wednesday, 16th April, WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK 7 pm Compline, at St Thomas’, Southwick. Thursday, 17th April, MAUNDY THURSDAY 7 pm Holy Communion with Washing of Feet following by Watch, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 7 pm Compline, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Friday, 18th April, GOOD FRIDAY 12 noon Service of Readings and Meditation for Good Friday, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 2 pm The Last Hour, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 2 pm The Last Hour, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 20th April, EASTER DAY 8 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 9.30 am Festival Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Festival Family Service, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 27th April, THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 8 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 10 am Family Service, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick. Individual Prayer in our churches: St Nicholas’, North Bradley and St Thomas’, Southwick are open by prior arrangement only. St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton, is open during daylight hours throughout the week. |
Morning Prayer is said at St Nicholas’, North Bradley at 10 am every Thursday.If you have a smartphone do consider downloading and using the free Daily Prayer App (Aimer), where you can now also find a recording of each of the three daily offices – Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer. |
| “We lift up in prayer the people of our Benefice each morning; please let us know if you would like us to include in our prayers any particular person or cause.” |
| Worship at home An excellent range of resources can be found at: www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online |
| From our own Diocese, you can find at www.salisburycathedral.org.uk daily reflections and much streamed material, including, on Sundays, a Service of Words and Music (often on the Cathedral YouTube channel). |
| Daily HOPE The Church of England has launched a free national phone line as a simple new way to bring worship and prayer into people’s homes while our church buildings are closed. … |
| Dial in to listen to daily services of prayers and reflections. The service is available 24 hours a day. |
