02 March 2025
10:00 | 
Posted by
Dr Platts |
Our 10 am Eucharist today was an all age service. Father Chris was the Celebrant, and the lessons were read by members of our Sunday School. We have recently been working on reading alowed skills with the children and their parents. We saw the fruits of this work this morning with excellent readings from Scarlet and Esme.
In the sermon Father Chris talked about the Transfiguration, how light, especially the light of God is essential to our Christian life. He illustrated how difficult things are with out light by asking one of the children to assemble a doll inside a black film unloading bag. She made a very good effort but illustrated the point well!!
In the sermon Father Chris talked about the Transfiguration, how light, especially the light of God is essential to our Christian life. He illustrated how difficult things are with out light by asking one of the children to assemble a doll inside a black film unloading bag. She made a very good effort but illustrated the point well!!
The Choir sang the Ave Verum in the setting by W.A. Mozart for the anthem.
Father Chris thanked Dr Platts for her fantastic welsh themed meal held on Saturday, St David's day. 24 people ate a three course welsh meal, which finished with the most delicious welsh cakes. We raised £300 for the church at the same time!!
There was coffe after the service.
In the Afternoon we had our Sung Evensong at 3:30. This lovely service with the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, a pslam, Hymns and prayers is a once a month occasion. It is a lovely moment of praise and prayer before the start of the week.
Spring is on its way!
A reading from the book of Exodus.
Moses came down from Mount Sinai.
As he came down from the mountain
with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand,
Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone
because he had been talking with God.
When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses,
the skin of his face was shining,
and they were afraid to come near him.
But Moses called to them;
and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him,
and Moses spoke with them.
Afterwards all the Israelites came near,
and he gave them in commandment
all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
When Moses had finished speaking with them,
he put a veil on his face;
but whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him,
he would take the veil off, until he came out;
and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,
the Israelites would see the face of Moses,
that the skin of his face was shining;
and Moses would put the veil on his face again,
until he went in to speak with him.
2 Corinthians 3:12- 4:2
A reading from the seconf letter of Paul to the Corinthians.
Since, we have such a hope,
we act with great boldness,
not like Moses, who put a veil over his face
to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory
that was being set aside.
But their minds were hardened.
Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant,
that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside.
Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read,
a veil lies over their minds;
but when one turns to the Lord,
the veil is removed.
Now the Lord is the Spirit,
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And all of us, with unveiled faces,
seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror,
are being transformed into the same image f
rom one degree of glory to another;
for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry,
we do not lose heart.
We have renounced the shameful things that one hides;
we refuse to practise cunning or to falsify God’s word;
but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves
to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.
Luke 9:28-36
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.
Jesus took with him Peter and John and James,
and went up on the mountain to pray.
And while he was praying,
the appearance of his face changed,
and his clothes became dazzling white.
Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him.
They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure,
which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep;
but since they had stayed awake,
they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.
Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus,
‘Master, it is good for us to be here;
let us make three dwellings,
one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah
Peter did not know what he said.
While he was saying this,
a cloud came and overshadowed them;
and they were terrified as they entered the cloud.
Then from the cloud came a voice that said,
‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!’
When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone.
And the disciples kept silent
and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.
