The Parish of Great
Berkhamsted
St Peter’s Church
A Registered Charity
St Luke Evangelist
18th October 2009
Welcome to St
Peter’s Berkhamsted. If you are new to
the parish or this service please introduce yourself to a “welcomer” or to one
of the Clergy or sidesmen.
Communicant
members of all Churches are invited to receive Holy Communion. If you are not receiving Communion, please
come to the Altar rail for a blessing but carry a book so the minister knows.
The Sunday School,
Pathfinders and Crèche run in the Court House from 9:30am. Children are welcome to stay in the service.
There are children’s games at the back of the church.
Coffee and biscuits are
served in the Court House after the 9:30am service. All are invited. Please do come if you have time.
9:30am service
details Hymns, Psalm, Collect,
Readings,
Post Communion Prayer will be found on the Insert.
Anthem:
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Voluntary: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
6:00pm
service details Evensong & Sermon
Psalm: 103, Hymns: NEH 214, 64, 245
For all pastoral matters please contact
Fr Michael Bowie Rector tel. 01442 864194 email Rector@greatberkhamsted.org.uk
or
Fr John Pritchard Assistant Curate tel. 01442 870016 email
johnapritchard@hotmail.co.uk
Notices
SOLEMN REQUIEM FOR ALL SOULS 8:00pm Monday
2nd November at
St Peter’s
Fr Michael will preside. The choir will sing from Duruflé’s Requiem
ALL SOULS’ LIST If you wish
for someone to be prayed for at the All Souls’ Requiem and the name to be read
out, please post the details in the All Souls’ box in church
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FR MICHAEL STRONGLY RECOMMENDS Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch’s new book, A History of Christianity The First Three Thousand Years. There
are more copies of Archbishop Rowan Williams’ review at the back of church. The
RRP is £35, but Amazon can now supply it at £17.50. It is the basis of a BBC TV
series this autumn.
The Cowper
Society presents DIGBY
FAIRWEATHER AND HIS HALF DOZEN
Tomorrow Monday 19th October at 7:30pm for the Rector’s ‘Semi-Centenary’
Concert
Tickets £10 (under 18s
free) from Cole Flatt, in St Peter’s or at the door
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GRIEF
AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUP MONTHLY LUNCH 12:30pm NEXT Wednesday
21st October at The White Horse, Bourne End. Whether bereaved recently or a few years ago
you will be very welcome to join us. If
you would like to attend, need help with transport or would like further
details, please contact Sylvia Banks 871195
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ONE WORLD WEEK Hungry for One World (18-24 Oct). OPEN HOUSE next Tuesday
20th October 2-5pm at 17 Castle Hill
Avenue. Tea & home made cakes, Christian Aid Christmas
cards and Fairtrade food & gifts. All welcome.
Angela and Christopher Morris 866992
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ALL SAINTS COMMUNITY DAY Saturday
31st October 11:00am-3:00pm Refreshments will be available and the premises will
be open for people to visit.
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RAISE FUNDS FOR THE
HOSPICE OF ST FRANCIS a few of many ideas – join a Sponsored ‘Go Ape’ 18th
Oct. in Wendover Woods, or take part in this year's Firewalk Challenge, Thursday 12th Nov, 6pm at the Watermill Hotel, Bourne End
(full training given). See www.stfrancis.org.uk
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THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY Annual Box Opening
during October Please bring your box to one of the 9:30am
services during October. If Kathie is
not in St Peter’s please hand it to one of the Churchwardens or call Kathie
Lally 863526
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STEWARDSHIP PACKAGE MESSAGE If you have
taken a stewardship package please note that the address on the small brown
return envelope should read 46 Fieldway.
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ST
JOHN’S GOSPEL IN PERFORMANCE – Centenary Hall, Berkhamsted School,
Tuesday 3rd November at 7.45pm Berkhamsted Deanery’s annual presentation on one of the Gospels
continues with this performance by Meda Stamper, a professional performer with
a Theology PhD who has presented this work many times in the UK and the USA.
Tickets: £5 (students free) from Elizabeth Jackson 864382. Please put this event in your
diaries.
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Prayer
Diary RIP / Memorial None
A daily reminder to pray for the Church,
Country, Parish & community in Berkhamsted.
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Sunday
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Sunday xx
reading
For
the Sick
Memorial / RIP
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JOHN PRITCHARD WILL SUPPLY
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Monday
reading
Sick, Anxious &
Bereaved
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Tuesday
reading
Sick, Anxious &
Bereaved
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Wednesday
reading
Sick, Anxious &
Bereaved
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Thursday
reading
Sick, Anxious &
Bereaved
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reading
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Saturday
reading
Sick, Anxious &
Bereaved
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Sunday
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Readings:
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ST PETER’S
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TodaySunday 18th
October
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Next week Sunday 25th
October
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SIDESMEN
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8:00am
9:30am
6:00pm
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8:00am Geoff Dell
9:30am Gwen & Tony Roberts
Tony & Mandy Bailey
6:00pm Philippa Seldon
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INTERCESSOR
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9:30am
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9:30am N/A (Baptism)
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CHALICE
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9:30am
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9:30am J. Brtholomew, Graham T, Rachael A
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SERVERS
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8.00am
9:30am (MC)
(Cr)
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8:00am Chris Clegg
9:30am Sam Limbert (MC)
Simon Good (Cr)
Ron Fisher, Ted Lewis
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READINGS
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8:00am
9:30am
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8:00am Anthea Lepper
9:30am Tony Robert, Priscilla Watt
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CRÈCHE
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9:30am
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9:30am No
crèche – half term
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CHURCH CLEANING 19-24 Oct Carole Dell, Wendy Thompson, Graham Bashford, Edmund
Clarke, Miles Nicholas
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PEW LEAFLET notices, in writing: The Parish Office, The Court House,
Berkhamsted HP4 2AX
email ChurchOffice@greatberkhamsted.org.uk tel.878227 & rota
swaps by 2pm Wednesday please
PARISH OFFICE hours this week: 9:30am-5:00pm Tue & Wed;
9:30am-12noon Thu & Fri.
Website: http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk
This Week’s Diary
In
Church O= services where the PA
Loop system is in use
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SUNDAY 18th
October
ST LUKE
EVANGELIST
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8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie)
9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O (Fr John Pritchard) Pr FrMichael Bowie
Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders
6:00pm EVENSONG &
Sermon (Fr John Pritchard)
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Monday 19th
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9:00am Morning Prayer
5:00pm Evening Prayer
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6:00pm EUCHARIST
7:30pm Jazz concert Digby Fairweather
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Tuesday 20th
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7:30am Morning Prayer
9:30am EUCHARIST, All Saints’, Shrublands Rd.
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5:00pm Evening Prayer
5:15pm Choir Practice
(6:15pm)
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Wednesday 21st
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7:30am Morning Prayer
8:00am EUCHARIST
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5:00pm Evening Prayer
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Thursday 22nd
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7:30am Morning Prayer
9:50am Bridgewater
School visits
11:00am EUCHARIST
[cont’d] Bridgewater School visits (2:15)
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5:00pm Evening
Prayer
7:45pm Bellringing
(9:15pm) south door
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Friday 23rd
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7:30am Morning Prayer
9:15am EUCHARIST
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5:00pm Evening
Prayer
7:00pm Choir
Practice (8:30pm)
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Saturday 24th
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9:30am Morning Prayer
10:00am EUCHARIST
1:00pm WEDDING: Lee Somerville & Amanda
Harris
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3:00pm Organ/piano:
Jon Lee (5:00pm)
5:00pm Evening
Prayer
7:00pm Bellringing
(9:00pm)
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SUNDAY 25th
October
The Last after
Trinity
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8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr John Pritchard)
9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST & HOLY BAPTISMO (Fr Michael Bowie) Pr Fr John Pritchard Crèche,
Sunday School & Pathfinders
11:30am HOLY BAPTISMO
6:00pm EVENSONG &
Sermon (Richard Hackworth)
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Other Church Activities Today Sunday Sunday@5 5:00pm
Sunnyside Church
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Monday
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Fourth
Berkhamsted Brownies 6:00-7:15pm Court House.
Carolina Bowie 864194
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Tuesday
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Chuckles
Toddlers 10-11:30am All Saints’ with 10:15am Service Jacob and his Ladder. Jenny Wells 870981
Mothers’
Union Prayers
2:30pm at Audrey Faunce’s, 108 Valley Road,
Northchurch. Prayer requests to Margaret
Burbidge 862139.
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Wednesday
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Julian Meeting 11:30am 1 Montague Rd. Half hour of quiet prayer. Ruth
T-B 863268
Grief and Loss Support Group Monthly
Lunch 12:30pm
at The White Horse, Bourne End.
Contact Sylvia Banks 871195
Pathfinder
Games Club (yrs 5-8) 7–8:30pm Court House. The Revd Penny Nash 865217
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Thursday
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Home Group 8:00pm.
Janet & Michael Eller 875466
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Friday
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Little
Fishes Toddlers 9:30-11:30am Court House. Tracy Robinson 863559
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Future Dates at
St Peter’s unless otherwise stated
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M. 2 Nov 8:00pm
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All Souls’ Solemn Requiem
(using Duruflé Requiem)
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T. 3 Nov 7:45pm
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St John’s Gospel in performance,
Centenary Hall. Tickets £5, students
free
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W. 4 Nov 8:00pm
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Showing of Songs of Praise televised at
St Peter’s in May 1978 and broadcast in Feb ’79
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F. 13 Nov 1:00pm
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Cowper Society presents: Recital Anna
Markland piano, Catherine Van der
Geest violin
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St 14 Nov 7:30pm
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The Cowper Society presents: Bridgewater
Sinfonia
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St 21 Nov 8:00pm
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The Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted
Music Society Steven Osborne piano
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Sn 22 Nov 6:00pm
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St Cecilia Choral Evensong
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St 28 Nov 2:00pm
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Advent Workshop (until
5:00pm)
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Sn 29 Nov 6:00pm
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Advent Carol Service
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M. 30 Nov 8:00pm
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Consecration of the New Lady
Chapel Altar
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Sn 6 Dec 7:30pm
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The Cowper Society presents:
Berkhamsted Choral Society
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T.8 Dec 8:00pm
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Parochial Church Council,
Court House
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W. 23 Dec 7:30pm
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The Cowper Society presents:
Chiltern Chamber Choir
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2010
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W. 6 Jan 8:00pm
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Solemn Eucharist for the
Epiphany
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M. 25 Jan 8:00pm
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The Cowper
Society presents:
Forty Years of Photographing Antiques JP
Gates-
Court House
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St 30 Jan 10:30am
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Bellringing
– Full Peal
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SUNDAY The
Eighteenth after Trinity 11th October 2009
Hymns NEH
Introit 440
Gradual Psalm 90.13-17 see below
Offertory 296
Recessional
339
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind and reaching out to that which is before, we
may run the way of your commandments and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever AMEN
First Reading Amos 5:6–7, 10–15
A reading from the book of the
prophet Amos.
Seek
the LORD and live, or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire,
and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it. Ah, you that turn justice
to wormwood, and bring righteousness to the ground!
They
hate the one who reproves in the gate, and they abhor the one who speaks the
truth. Therefore because you trample on the poor and take from them levies of
grain, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not live in them; you
have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. For I know
how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins – you who afflict
the righteous, who take a bribe, and push aside the needy in the gate.
Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.
Seek
good and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will
be with you, just as you have said. Hate evil and love good, and establish
justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be
gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
This is the
word of the Lord
(Reply Thanks be to God)
Psalm 90.13-17
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R May the favour of
the Lord, the Lord our God be upon us.
Turn again, O
Lord; how long will you delay? Have compassion on your servants.
Satisfy us with
your loving-kindness in the morning, that we may rejoice and be glad all our
days.
Give us gladness
for the days you have afflicted us, and for the years in which we have seen
adversity R
Show your servants your works, and
let your glory be over their children.
May the gracious favour of the Lord
our God be upon us; prosper our handiwork;
O prosper the work of our hands. R
Psalm 90.13-17 ¯
May the
fa - vour of
the Lord, the
Lord our God
be up - on
us
11th
October 2009
Second Reading
Hebrews
4:12–16
A reading from the letter to
the Hebrews.
The
word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
until
it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the
thoughts and intentions of the heart. And before him no creature is hidden, but
all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an
account.
Since,
then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus,
the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high
priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in
every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore
approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and
find grace to help in time of need.
This is the word of the Lord
(Reply Thanks be to God)
Gospel Mark 10:17–31
The Lord be with you
(Reply And also with you)
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Mark.
(Reply Glory to you, O Lord)
As
Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and
asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ Jesus said
to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the
commandments: “You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall
not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honour your
father and mother.”’ He said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, I have kept all these since my
youth.’ Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, ‘You lack one thing; go,
sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure
in heaven; then come, follow me.’ When he heard this, he was shocked and went
away grieving, for he had many possessions.
Then
Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, ‘How hard it will be for those
who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!’ And the disciples were perplexed
at these words. But Jesus said to them again, ‘Children, how hard it is to
enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’ They were
greatly astounded and said to one another, ‘Then who can be saved?’ Jesus
looked at them and said, ‘For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for
God all things are possible.’
Peter
began to say to him, ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you.’ Jesus
said, ‘Truly I tell you there is no one who has left house or brothers or
sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake
of the good news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age – houses,
brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields – but with persecutions
– and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and
the last will be first.’
This is the Gospel of the Lord
(Reply Praise to you, O
Christ)
Post Communion Prayer
We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast: for here
we receive you, here the memory of your passion is renewed, here our minds are
filled with grace, and here a pledge of future glory is given, when we shall
feast at that table where you reign with all your saints for ever. AMEN