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EGLWYS GADEIRIOL LLANDAF LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL Registered Charity Number 1159090 The Weekly Notes Online www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk The Second Sunday after Trinity 13th 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 Lord, you have taught us that all our doings without love are nothing worth: send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before you. Grant this for your only Son 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 the prophet Ezekiel. Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it, in order that it may produce boughs and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar. Under it every kind of bird will live; in the shade of its branches will nest winged creatures of every kind. All the trees of the field shall know that I am the LORD. I bring low the high tree, I make high the low tree; I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I the LORD have spoken; I will accomplish it. Ezekiel 17.22-24 Psalm 92.1-4,11-14 - It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord. It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High; To tell of your loving-kindnesses early in the morning and of your faithfulness in the night season; R On the psaltery and on the lyre and to the melody of the harp. For you have made me glad by your acts, O Lord; and I shout for joy because of the works of your hands. R The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree and shall spread abroad like a cedar of Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. R They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be green and succulent; That they may show how upright the Lord is, my rock, in whom there is no fault. R A reading from the second letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. Brothers and sisters, we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord – for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For all of us must appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil. The love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 2 Corinthians 5.6-10,14-17 The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St Mark Such a large crowd gathered around Jesus that he got into a boat and began to teach them using many parables. Jesus said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.’ Jesus also said, ‘With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.’ With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples. Mark 4.26-34 Prayers of Intercession for this week As we give thanks for the teaching of Jesus, encouraging us to be his disciples, we remember his lessons of compassion for our fellow human beings and pray for all those in need. Let us pray for those who teach us more about Jesus, especially for ministers of the Church who may be struggling in difficult circumstances. Let us pray for governments and rulers around the world; that they may always pursue the kingdom values of justice and peace. Let us pray for all those who care for their neighbours, in local situations or in the wider world, and for all who suffer in body, mind or spirit. Let us pray for those we love, and for those we find it difficult to like; that our small seeds of compassion may grow into understanding. As we give thanks that Christ died for all, we pray for those who mourn, and remember with gratitude our loved ones awaiting us in eternal life. Eternal God, we thank you for the splendour of the universe, for the beauty of our planet, and for hearing the prayers we offer in the power of your Spirit. 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, Kate Robinson, 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. Those whose anniversary of death falls this week: 13th June no deaths recorded on this date 14th June William Glyn Hughes Simon,(Bishop), Natalie Kay Flavell, Michael Jenkins, Joan Buckingham 15th June Robert Henry Jenkins, Heber Francis Stanley Watkins, 16th June Grace Enid Whiting, Winifred Rachel Allen, 17th June Elizabeth Beryl Ware, Florrie Webb, Pascal Conn-Favillier, Victoria May Keohane 18th June Dennis Perry, Christopher David Owen, Jo Price 19th June Stephen Howard Tarbet Please pray for the 1Family Cardiff 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 Anglican Church of Nigeria The Parish of Radyr: the Rev’d Vicki Burrows Monday: The Diocese of Chandigarh (North India) The Parish of St Fagan’s & Michaelston-super-Ely: the Rev’d Vicki Burrows Tuesday: The Diocese of Chelmsford (England) The Parish of Tongwynlais: we pray for the appointment of a new Parish Priest Wednesday: The Diocese of Chester (England) The Diocesan Department of Communication & Engagement: Matt Batten Thursday: The Diocese of Chhattisgarh (North India) The Rectorial Benefice of Whitchurch Ministry Area: the Rev’d John Davis, Ministry Area Leader Friday: The Diocese of Chicago (USA) The Rectorial Benefice of Whitchurch: the Rev’d John Davis, Rector Saturday: The Diocese of Chichester (England) The Deanery of Merthyr Tydfil & Caerphilly: the Rev’d Canon Steven Kirk, Area Dean Services Today & this week 9.00 am ‘All-age’ Eucharist 11.15 am Holy Eucharist Service setting: Mozart - Mass in C major “Krönungsmesse”, K.317 Offertory Motet: Ave verum Corpus 4.00 pm Choral Evensong Victoria - Jesu, dulcis memoria Smith Responses; Psalm 39; Byrd - Second Service Parsons – Ave Maria Thursday 17th 5.30 pm – Choral Evensong Cathedral News Christian Aid Week 2021 - we raised thousands! Kate Bates and the CA team write: Our 2021 campaign was restricted by Covid regulations, but this only served to stimulate innovation. The final total is not yet finalised but we raised a huge amount of money yet again. We were pleased to welcome Dr Nathan Munday from the Wales Christian Aid Team to speak at our Sunday morning Services and he was very well-received. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped with activities or who made donations. We would particularly like to mention the schools’ contributions which were tremendous. They were totally committed despite restrictions. Through their fundraising the pupils had fun, but more importantly perhaps, they once again learned a great deal about the problems that Christian Aid is trying to tackle in partnership with local communities across the world.