Eucharist of the Lord’s Supper
Preacher: Revd Elaine Dunne
Morning Prayer
The Liturgy of the Day
Preacher: The Rector
Eucharist and Renewal of Baptismal Vows
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11 March Lent 3
Santry 10.00 All-age Service DO/ED†
Glasnevin 11.30 All-age Eucharist DO
Finglas 11.30 All-age Service ED
14 March Wednesday
Finglas 10.30 Eucharist
15 March Thursday
Santry 20.00 Study Group in Santry Parish Centre
17 March Saint Patrick’s Day
Santry 10.00 Eucharist in Irish and English
There will be no Quiet Hour/Evening Prayer this week
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4 March Lent 2
Santry 10.00 Eucharist ED
Glasnevin 11.30 Morning Prayer EC
Finglas 11.30 Eucharist DO
5 March Monday
Santry 20.00 Study Group in Santry Parish Centre
7 March Wednesday
Finglas 10.30 Eucharist
10 March Saturday
Santry 16.00 Church Open for Quiet Hour
Santry 17.00 Evening Prayer
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Some material from this afternoon’s Quiet Hour in St Canice’s.
Jesus says, Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy-laden, and I will refresh you.
Matthew 11.28
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
with gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
kneel and adore him: the Lord is his Name!
Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness,
high on his heart he will bear it for thee,
comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayerfulness,
guiding thy steps as may best for thee be.
Fear not to enter his courts in the slenderness
of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine;
truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,
these are the offerings to lay on his shrine.
These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,
he will accept for the Name that is dear;
mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,
trust for our trembling and hope for our fear.
Jesus said: ‘No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
‘So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.’
Matthew 6:24-34
POINTS TO PONDER
Not many choose the life of complete simplicity, and those who do are often dependent on those who have not been free to renounce responsibilities.
I also remember a sermon I gave about Life. Life wasn’t designed for happiness, I said, but for learning, and it taught two lessons. One was the art of giving, and the other the art of giving up. The second lesson was harder but not optional. It was compulsory, since we all die with nothing.
I also make God a present of my losses, which sounds daft, but works. At the end of the day I recite all my failures and disappointments. And then I mentally roll them up in a ball and call out to God. “Catch!” I say, and throw the black ball away from me to him. He must do just that, for I never think of most of them again.
Rabbi Lionel Blue
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that in due time he may exalt you. Cast all your anxieties upon him, for he cares about you.
1 Peter 5:6,7
I cannot tell how silently he suffered,
as with his peace he graced this place of tears,
or how his heart upon the cross was broken,
the crown of pain to three and thirty years.
But this I know, he heals the broken-hearted,
and stays our sin, and calms our lurking fear,
and lifts the burden from the heavy laden,
for yet the Saviour, Saviour of the world, is here.
William Young Fullerton
Now I saw in my dream, that the highway up which Christian was to go, was fenced on either side with a wall, and that wall was called Salvation. Up this way, therefore, did burdened Christian run, but not without great difficulty, because of the load on his back.
He ran thus till he came at a place somewhat ascending; and upon that place stood a cross, and a little below, in the bottom, a sepulchre. So I saw in my dream, that just as Christian came up with the cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders, and fell from off his back, and began to tumble, and so continued to do till it came to the mouth of the sepulchre, where it fell in, and I saw it no more.
Then was Christian glad and lightsome, and said with a merry heart, “He hath given me rest by his sorrow, and life by his death.” Then he stood still a while, to look and wonder; for it was very surprising to him that the sight of the cross should thus ease him of his burden. He looked, therefore, and looked again, even till the springs that were in his head sent the waters down his cheeks.. Now as he stood looking and weeping, behold, three Shining Ones came to him, and saluted him with, “Peace be to thee.” So the first said to him, “Thy sins be forgiven thee,”; the second stripped him of his rags, and clothed him with change of raiment,; the third also set a mark on his forehead, , and gave him a roll with a seal upon it, which he bid him look on as he ran, and that he should give it in at the celestial gate: so they went their way. Then Christian gave three leaps for joy, and went on singing.
From Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
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Sunday 26 February – First Sunday in Lent
Service of Penitence in Santry at 10 a.m. and in Finglas at 11.30 a.m.
Eucharist in Glasnevin at 11.30 a.m.
Wednesday 29 February
Eucharist in Finglas Church at 10.30 a.m.
Thursday 1 March
Study Group in Santry Parish Centre at 8 p.m.
Saturday 3 March
Finglas Church will be open for a Quiet Hour from 4 – 5 p.m. – a bit of peace and quiet for praying, reading and thinking. Evening Prayer at 5 p.m.
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It’s that time of year again! Ash Wednesday is 22nd February, a day of discipline and self-denial.
10.30 a.m. Finglas Eucharist
11.30 a.m. Glasnevin School Service
8.00 p.m. Santry Eucharist with hymns and sermon
Now is the healing time decreed
for sins of heart and word and deed,
when we in humble fear record
the wrong that we have done the Lord.
Cleanse us, O Lord, from every stain,
help us the gifts of grace to gain,
till with the angels, linked in love,
joyful we tread thy courts above.
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Tomorrow (Sunday 29th January 2012) we are keeping as the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas). This brings to a close our celebration of Advent-Christmas-Epiphany.
Almighty and ever-living God, clothed in majesty, whose beloved Son was this day presented in the temple in the substance of our mortal nature: May we be presented to you with pure and clean hearts, by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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