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THE COLLECT FOR THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Saturday, 1st August – Feria
Sunday, 2nd August – THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 3rd August – Feria
Tuesday, 4th August – John-Baptiste Vianney, Cure d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859
Wednesday, 5th August – Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
Thursday, 6th August – THE TRANSFIGUATION OF OUR LORD
Friday, 7th August – John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866
Saturday, 8th August – Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221
Sunday, 9th August – THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 10th August – Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258
Tuesday, 11th August – Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253; John Henry Newman, Priest, Tractarian, 1890
Wednesday, 12th August – Feria
Thursday, 13th August – Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher, 1667; Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910; Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912
Friday, 14th August – Maximillian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941
Saturday, 15th August – THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Sunday, 16th August – THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 17th August – Feria
Tuesday, 18th August – Feria
Wednesday, 19th August – Feria
Thursday, 20th August – Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153
Friday, 21st August – Feria
Saturday, 22nd August – Feria
Sunday, 23rd August – THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 24th August – BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE
Tuesday, 25th August – Feria
Wednesday, 26th August – Feria
Thursday, 27th August – Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
Friday, 28th August – Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430
Saturday, 29th August – The Beheading of John the Baptist
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Sunday, 30th August – THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
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Friday, 31st August – Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651
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 for the month of August are as follows:Sunday, 2nd August, THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 9.30 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am 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, 9th August, THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 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. Sunday, 16th July, THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 9.30 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Morning Worship, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 6 pm Evensong and Homily, at St Thomas’, Southwick. Sunday, 23rd August, THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 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. Sunday, 30th August, THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 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 is open in certain days of the week (see current Pew News for details) or by prior arrangement; St Thomas’, Southwick is 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.Download our Safeguarding Policy hereIf 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). |
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