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The Fourth Sunday after Trinity 27th June 2021

Today’s 11.15 am service is live streamed at: www.llandaff-cathedral.live/sundayeucharist Today’s 4.00 pm Choral Evensong is live streamed at: https://llandaff-cathedral.live/choral-evensong

The Collect and Readings for today O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that with you as our ruler and guide we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not our hold on things eternal; grant this, heavenly Father, for our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

A reading from the book of Wisdom God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them, and the dominion of Hades is not on earth. For righteousness is immortal. For God created us for incorruption, and made us in the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his company experience it. Wisdom of Solomon 1.13-15; 2.23-24

Psalm 30 I will magnify thee O Lord for thou hast set me up: and has not suffered my foes to triumph over me.

O Lord my God I cried unto thee: and thou hast made me whole.

Thou Lord hast brought me back from the land of death: thou hast saved my life from among them that go down to the pit.

Sing praises unto the Lord O ye his servants: and give thanks unto him at the remembrance of his holiness.

For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, in his good pleasure is life: heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

And in my prosperity I said ‘I shall never be removed: thou Lord of thy goodness hast made my hill so strong.’

Thou didst turn thy face from me: and I was sore distressed.

Then I cried unto thee O Lord: even unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

What profit is therein my blood: If I go down to the pit?

Shall the dust give thanks unto thee: Or shall it declare thy faithfulness?

Hear O Lord and have mercy upon me: O Lord be thou my helper.

Thou hast turned my lamentation into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness.

Therefore shall my heart sing of thy praise without ceasing: O Lord my God I will give thanks unto thee forever.

A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians. You excel in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you – so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking. I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others. For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich. And in this matter I am giving my advice: it is appropriate for you who began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something – now finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your means. For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has – not according to what one does not have. I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance. As it is written, ‘The one who had much did not have too much, and the one who had little did not have too little.’ 2 Corinthians 8.7-15

The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St Mark When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the lake. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, ‘My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.’ So he went with him.

And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, ‘If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.’ Immediately her haemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, ‘Who touched my clothes?’ And his disciples said to him, ‘You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, “Who touched me?” ’ He looked all around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed of your disease.’

While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, ‘Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?’ But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, ‘Do not fear, only believe.’ He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. When he had entered, he said to them, ‘Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.’ And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha cum,’ which means, ‘Little girl, get up!’ And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. He strictly ordered them that no one should know this and told them to give her something to eat. Mark 5.21-43

Prayers of Intercession for this week We are asked to look beyond our individual cares to those of our community, our country and our world, so let us turn to the God of compassion, who calls us today.

We pray for those who are sick or in any kind of trouble; that we may find ways to be more deeply involved.

As we hold the needs of the world before God, so we pray for the willingness to act for change.

As we pray for those who are dying and for those we love who have died, we pray for willingness to understand that life and death are tightly woven together in our own lives.

God of all, you know our fears and joys, our wondering and our denials. We ask you to take these prayers and help us to be true to them. We ask this through Jesus our Lord.

THE WEEKLY PRAYER INTENTIONS and PRAYER RESOURCES

Those who are sick and have asked for prayer: Roger Rathbone, Catherine Hughes, Archie Conway-Gardner, David Barron, Dean John Rogers, Jane Craig, Alison Lewis, Alyson Grant, Rhys Ghazaros, Lisa Wright, Gerwyn Capon, the Dean.

The long-term sick and housebound, among them: Sid Baldwin, Tom Bailey, Dafydd Hughes, Ray Edwards, Alan Robinson, Marjorie Mudge.

Those who have died recently: Gillian Audrey Williams, Jean Jones

Those whose anniversary of death falls this week: 27th June Howard John Verey, Evan Idris Jenkins (Priest), Michael John Anthony Smith, Terry Dyddgen-Jones 28th June Reg Stinchcombe, Frank Moorcraft, 29th June Mary Arwyn Jones, Lisa Margaret Crispin 30th June John Glyn Stephens, Becky Dodd, Peggy Meurig Williams 1st July David James Hodges 2nd July Bernard Light 3rd July George Frederick Smedley

Please pray for the 1Family project and for the family of being supported by this project.

The Cycle of Prayer for this week in the Anglican Communion and in this Diocese: Sunday: The Church of Pakistan The Parish of & : the Rev’d Caroline Owen

Monday: The Diocese of Cochin (South India) The Parish of , Christ Church: the Rev’d Marc-Ashton Walford

Tuesday: The Diocese of Coimbatore (South India) The Parish of Merthyr Tydfil, St David & : the Rev’d Mark Prevett

Wednesday: The Diocese of Colombia (USA) Retreat Houses, their Wardens and Staff

Thursday: The Diocese of Chubu (Japan) The Parish of , Trelewis, & Llanfabon: the Rev’d Gareth Coombes

Friday: The Diocese of Clogher (Ireland) The Parish of Ystrad Mynach & Llanbradach: the Rev’d Canon Steven Kirk

Saturday: The Diocese on the Coast (Nigeria) The Merthyr Tydfil Ministry Area: the Rev’d Mark Prevett, Ministry Area Leader

Services Today & this week 9.00 am ‘All-age’ Eucharist

11.15 am Holy Eucharist Service setting - Josef Rheinberger Missa Misericordias Domini Op.192 Offertory Motet: Peter Hurford – When I lie within my bed (words by Robert Herrick) Communion Motet: Fernand Laloux & St Thomas Aquinas – Tantum ergo Sacramentum

4.00 pm Choral Evensong Duruflé - Tu es Petrus S Moore Responses; Psalm 53; Murrill – Evening Service in E Philip Moore – All wisdom cometh from the Lord

Monday 28th at 5.30 pm – Choral Evensong Sung by the Cathedral School Girl Choristers

Tuesday 29th at 5.30 pm – Choral Evensong For the Feast of St Peter & St Paul

Thursday 1st July 9.30 am Cymun Bendigaid 5.30 pm – Choral Evensong

Cathedral News

Tomorrow (Monday 28th June), the Girl Choristers of Llandaff Cathedral School will sing Evensong at the Cathedral for the first time since March 2020! This will be a special service to thank Tim Hill who is stepping down as the Girls’ Director at the end of the current academic year. From September 2021 the Girls will come under the direction of the Cathedral Music Department. 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of Girl Choristers at the Cathedral School and a special video has been made to celebrate. You can view it here. All are welcome on Monday at 5.30pm to support the Girl Choristers in their first service for 15 months.

Weekday Services: we are slowly re-introducing our weekday celebrations of the Holy Eucharist from the beginning of July. Celebration of the Eucharist in Welsh begins again on Thursday this week at 9.30 am, (July 1st) and a celebration of the Eucharist in English begins again on Tuesday 6th July at 9.30 am. Throughout July and August the Eucharist will be celebrated every Tuesday in English and every Thursday in Welsh at 9.30 am. We hope these services will continue until further notice, with additional services beginning in September and October.

The Friends of Llandaff Cathedral: all members of the Friends are reminded that the Annual General Meeting of the Friends will take place at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday 3rd July in the Nave of the Cathedral? Face-masks must be worn, and social distancing must be observed. Those who attend the meeting will be asked to complete ‘track and trace’ form on entering the Cathedral. It is hoped that the Cathedral’s new Summer Pop-up café will be open until 4.00 pm if any member wishes to purchase refreshments. Anybody interested in joining the Friends will find full details of types of membership and fees in the Friends Pages on the Cathedral website. An application for membership can also be downloaded from there. The Choral Eucharist at 11.15 a.m. on Sunday

4th July will be observed as the Friends Festival Eucharist. You can find out more about the Friends of Llandaff Cathedral by clicking here.

The Foodbank chest was emptied this week. There were 102.6 kgs of food in the chest which is enough for 9 three-day food parcels. Thank you to everyone who has made donations…. Please continue to do so. You can find more information about the Foodbank at the end of this newsletter.

THE CHRISTIAN AID BOOKSALE – THIRD TIME LUCKY?? The long-range forecast for Sunday July 4th shows a rain-free day! So David and Sue Smith hope to hold the sale from 10.00am-3.00pm in their garden at 33 Cardiff Road (access via Heol y Pavin and Penedre). Please put the date in your diary, and (assuming the forecast does not change again!) we very much look forward to seeing you there.

Pop-Up Cathedral Café for Saturdays in July and August: Thank you to those who have already signed up with generous offers of help to make this initiative work. The sign-up sheet on the big board now shows where we would welcome more support, so please check it and put your name down in any spaces where you could help, especially with donating your baking! There will be a training/briefing session on Monday 28th June at 6.30pm in Prebendal House for as many of our team as can come, so please note that date. Contact Canon Jan to discuss or offer times, or sign up on the big board near the west door.

Young Christians Climate Network: On 7th July the Welsh leg of the Young Christians Climate Network Relay passes through Llandaff on its way from Swansea to Bristol, in preparation for the COP26 conference later this year. For more about the relay, see https://www.yccn.uk/ All our families are invited to take part if they can, joining the walk from the Cathedral after school at 3.30 on Wednesday 7th July and walking together through the park to St John’s church in the City Centre. Children must be supervised by parents. You can sign up for the walk here . There will be light refreshments at each end of the walk, and those who want to return on foot can do so as a group. YCCN explains: The climate crisis is a reflection, and a cause, of deep injustice in the world. This crisis arises from our abuse of God’s creation, and our broken relationship with our neighbours worldwide who suffer most from its consequences. We are convinced of the Biblical mandate to care for creation and lament its exploitation. We are organising this Relay to COP26 to show we care about climate justice and creation care. We want to see systematic change on a global and a local scale. We hope that by running this relay, we can raise awareness of COP26 and our imperative as Christians to engage in creation care theology, individually and corporately.

The Cathedral Bible Study Group: will re-commence meeting face to face in July on Mondays at 4-5pm in Prebendal House. We look at the gospel for the coming Sunday and discuss its meaning and how we might apply it to our lives. Contact Canon Jan if you have not been part of the group before and would like to come, as our numbers are limited by social distancing. [email protected]

Christian Aid Week 2021: the current total raised for Christian Aid during the recent campaign week stands at over £3,500 – thank you and well done to everyone who has helped raise that amount.

Cathedral Kids toddler group meets each Wednesday in term time in Prebendal House, with play, chat, snacks, songs and times for the little ones to get to know the Cathedral as their church. The group is led by Emma

Sturgess ([email protected]) and Canon Jan, please contact them to register for the group. Numbers are limited at present so register now!

The Cathedral Shop: We are really pleased to be gradually welcoming back our shop volunteers. You can help support the Cathedral and the Cathedral shop by buying your birthday, get well & anniversary cards here. They are at very competitive prices!

Foodbank news – from time to time, you may wonder if there is anything specific that the food bank value amongst its donations. Items in short supply at any time are listed at this link: Donate food | Cardiff Foodbank The general list of items suitable for a food parcel is here: What’s in a food parcel? | Cardiff Foodbank Thank you for your support, it is greatly appreciated. The crate to put food into is currently positioned near the South East door.

Information relevant to the pandemic restrictions

We display the QR code that links with the NHS Tracing App. If you have the app on your mobile device you can scan the code through the app. This means that if people visit the building and later test positive for coronavirus, other app users who were there at the same time may be sent an alert, if local public health teams think this is necessary.

Sunday Worship guidelines – a reminder…. Here are some of the key things to note:

• There are currently three services in term-time: 9.00 am, 11.15 am and 4.00 pm • Both morning services are celebrations of the Holy Eucharist with the 9.00 am service catering particularly for children and families. • Social distancing guidelines must be maintained at all times – especially before and after the services. Given that the rows are 2 metres apart, they can act as a useful guide when standing in the Nave. • Hand sanitiser must be used on entry. • Face-coverings: Welsh Government regulations now make the wearing of face coverings compulsory in public buildings. This includes the Cathedral. • Everyone attending will be invited to complete a ‘track and trace’ card - please bring a pen! • Communion will be administered standing and in one kind only. • There will be no congregational singing. • Ritual and ceremony will be kept to a minimum. • No service sheets will be used – the order of service will be available online to print in advance and bring with you or to follow on a phone or other mobile device. They are also available through QR codes displayed at each service. • The ‘2-metre distance’ rule means that the capacity of the Cathedral will be between 80 and 90 individuals although family groups sitting together will legitimately increase the number. • 5 cathedral chairs must be left clear between households.

Please note that there will be a legal maximum capacity number and it may be necessary to impose restrictions on entry to ensure that number is not exceeded.

The Welsh Government, the Church in and the Diocese have all produced and issued protocols and detailed instructions to clergy and parishes. We are following them all.

THE CATHEDRAL OFFICE You may email [email protected] or call on 029 2056 4554. The answering service is checked regularly for messages.

CLERGY The Dean: The Very Rev’d Gerwyn Capon The Dean is currently on sick leave

Precentor: The Rev’d Canon Mark Preece Chancellor: The Rev’d Canon Dr Jan van der Lely [email protected] : 029 2056 8842 [email protected] : 029 2115 6258

PARISH OFFICERS Churchwardens John R. Kenyon - [email protected] Ian Macdonald - [email protected]

Safeguarding Officer Stewardship Secretary Kathryn Bates - [email protected] Helen Patterson - 029 2061 9166

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