4 July 2010

Welcome to  St Alban’s Anglican Church  

Today's Scripture:  Isaiah 66: 10-14               Galatians 6: 1-16          or  S. Luke 10: 1–11, 16-20

Today: 9.30 a.m. Matins; 6 p.m. Evening Prayer. 

This Week: No weekday services  

Next Sunday: 9.00 a.m. Matins; 9.30 a.m. Holy Eucharist; 6 p.m. EP

Fifth Sunday after Trinity

Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.   

 

AS CHRISTIANS WE CELEBRATE LIFE and recall our duty and efforts to support human life from womb to tomb. To help us recognise the sacredness of life at each of its stages, and as it leads to eternal life, here are some words from John Paul II:

 

“Men and women are called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of their earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God. The loftiness of this supernatural vocation reveals the greatness and the inestimable value of human life even in its temporal phase. Life in time, in fact, is the fundamental condition, the initial stage and an integral part of the entire unified process of human existence. It is a process which, unexpectedly and undeservedly, is enlightened by the promise and renewed by the gift of divine life, which will reach its full realisation in eternity. At the same time, it is precisely this supernatural calling which highlights the relative character of each individual’s earthly life. After all, life on earth is not an “ultimate” but a “penultimate” reality; even so, it remains a sacred reality entrusted to us, to be preserved with a sense of responsibility and brought to perfection in love and in the gift of ourselves to God and to our brothers and sisters.”

 

 

WORD OF GOD

At her breast will nurslings be carried and fondled in her lap. Like a son comforted by his mother will I comfort you.

(Isaiah 66:12-13)

 

WORD FOR TODAY

God who has revealed Himself in Jesus Christ also reveals himself to us in many and varied ways. Where do we look in our daily routine to see God acting in our world, showing his love and guiding our lives?

 

AND SO I SAW that God rejoices that he is our father, and God rejoices that he is our mother.

(Julian of Norwich)

 

GOD LOVES EACH OF US as if there were only one of us.

(Augustine)

  

THIS WEEK’S BIBLE READINGS 

Mon: 1 Sam 1: 1-20, Luke 19: 28-40, 2 Cor 1: 1-14

Tues : 1 Sam 1:21 – 2:11, Luke 19: 41-end, 2 Cor 1: 15 – 2:4

Wed: 1 Sam 2: 12-26, Luke 20: 1–8, 2 Cor 2: 5–end

Thurs: 1 Sam 2: 27-end, Luke 20: 9–19, 2 Cor 3

Fri: 1 Sam 3:1 – 4:1a, Luke 20: 20-26, 2 Cor 4

Sat: 1 Sam 4:1b-end, Luke 20:27-40, 2 Cor 5

NEXT SUNDAY : Deuteronomy 30: 9–14, Colossians 1: 1-14,   S. Luke 10: 25–37