09 July 2023
10:00 | 
Posted by
Dr Platts |
This morning at our 10 am Eucharist we had in our minds those who live and work on the Sea as we celebrated Sea Sunday. Being so close to the sea ourselves we prayed especially for the crews of the Lifeboats, the fishermen, and the Coast Guards, but also remember those who work on the ships that bring our food and goods to us over the sea.
We had two choir contributions during communion, the whole choir sand 'O for a closer walk with God,' setting by C V Stanford as the anthem, and one of our Junior Choristers, Amelia, sang a solo of the verses of 'Spirit of God' from the organ loft, supported by the choir in the chorus. Well done Amelia!
There was coffee after the service and of course we are all gearing up for the Church Fete on the 29th of July If you can help please contact the Church Wardens, and in an case we would love to see you on the field between 2 and 4 pm on the day its self!
Zechariah 9:9-12
A reading from the book of the prophet Zechariah.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!
Lo, your king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the warhorse from Jerusalem;
and the battle-bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
Romans 7:15-25a
A reading fromt he letter of Paul to the Romans.
I do not understand my own actions.
For I do not do what I want,
but I do the very thing I hate.
Now if I do what I do not want,
I agree that the law is good.
But in fact it is no longer I that do it,
but sin that dwells within me.
For I know that nothing good dwells within me,
that is, in my flesh.
I can will what is right,
but I cannot do it.
For I do not do the good I want,
but the evil I do not want is what I do.
Now if I do what I do not want,
it is no longer I that do it,
but sin that dwells within me.
So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good,
evil lies close at hand.
For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self,
but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind,
making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
Wretched man that I am!
Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jersus Christ according to Matthew.
At that time Jesus said,
"To what will I compare this generation?
It is like children sitting in the market-places
and calling to one another,
“We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not mourn.”
For John came neither eating nor drinking,
and they say, “He has a demon”;
the Son of Man came eating and drinking,
and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard,
a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!”
Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.’
I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because you have hidden these things
from the wise and the intelligent
and have revealed them to infants;
yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father;
and no one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Come to me, all you that are weary
and are carrying heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me;
for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’
