The Parish of Louth and Deanery of Louthesk Weekly notes and information for 10th May 2020: 5th Sunday of Easter www.teamparishoflouth.org.uk Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! In all we do, we seek to live out Jesus’ command to draw close to the love of God in worship, and to share this by loving our neighbour Collect Prayer at Daily Prayer during the week O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Keep us, good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy in this time of uncertainty and distress. Sustain and support the anxious and fearful, and lift up all who are brought low; that we may rejoice in your comfort knowing that nothing can separate us from your love in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. At this time, if you are aware of anyone in pastoral need please e-mail [email protected] or ‘phone 07901 852198, 07500 965321 or 07734 871159. 1 A prayer for VE Day From the Act of Commitment for Peace Lord God our Father, we pledge ourselves to serve you and all humankind, in the cause of peace, for the relief of want and suffering, and for the praise of your name. Guide us by your Spirit; give us wisdom; give us courage; give us hope; and keep us faithful now and always. Amen. https://www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christian-aid-week 2 DIARY OF PRAYER & WORSHIP THIS WEEK… Orders of service are printed on the pages that follow, and all services marked * are streamed via the Parish of Louth facebook page (www.facebook.com/louthchurch). (N.B.: You should not need to be signed up to Facebook to access this – just click ‘Not now’ if it asks you to sign up) Sunday 10th 10am Eucharist* Please join in at home 5th SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 7.55-end; 1 Peter 2.2-10; John 14.1-14 6pm Simple Choral Evensong* Please join in at home Plainsong Resp. Ps. 147.1-12 Canticles: Sancti Jacobi Ludensis Brown Zachariah 4.1-10; Revelation 21.1-14 Lead me, Lord Wesley Monday 11th 9 15am Matins* Please join in at home Psalm 145; Numbers 9.15-end; 10.33-end; Luke 4.38-end 4pm Evening Prayer* Please join in at home Psalm 105; Deuteronomy 16.1-20; 1 Peter 1.1-12 7 30pm Compline* Please join in at home Tuesday 12th 9 15am Morning Prayer* Please join in at home Psalm 19; Numbers 11.1-33; Luke 5.1-11 11am Holy Communion* Please join in at home 11 30am ‘How to pray… with Psalms and the Daily Office’ Please join in online or by ‘phone. Go to: www.zoom.us/join and enter the Meeting ID: 885 1814 3817 and Password: 342479, or ‘phone 0203 481 5240 (and use the same ID and Password). 4pm Evening Prayer* Please join in at home Psalm 97; Deuteronomy 17.8-end; 1 Peter 1.13-end 7 30pm Compline* Please join in at home Wednesday 13th 9 15am Matins* Please join in at home Psalm 30; Numbers 12; Luke 5.12-26 3 30pm BBC Radio 3 Broadcast Service A pre-recorded service 7 30pm Compline* Please join in at home Thursday 14th 9 15am Matins* Please join in at home Psalm 16; 1 Samuel 2.27-35; Acts 2.37-end 4pm Evening Prayer* Please join in at home Psalm 80; 1 Samuel 16.1-13a; Matthew 7.15-27 7 30pm Compline* Please join in at home Friday 15th 9 15am Matins* Please join in at home Psalm 138; Numbers 14.1-25; Luke 6.1-11 4pm Evening Prayer* Please join in at home Psalm 66; Deuteronomy 21.22-22.8; 1 Peter 3.1-12 Please join in at home 7 30pm Compline* Saturday 16th 12 30pm Midday Prayer* Please join in at home 3 Sunday 17th 10am Eucharist* Please join in at home 6th SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 17.22-31; 1 Peter 3.13-end; John 14.15-21 6pm Plainsong Evensong* Please join in at home Plainsong Responses Ps. 87 Plainsong Canticles Zachariah 8.1-13; Rev. 21.22-22.5 The Lamb’s high banquet Plainsong PRAYERS AND READINGS AT THE EUCHARIST ON SUNDAY … Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!. Collect Prayer (that can be used each day during the week) Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: grant that, as by your grace going before us you put into our minds good desires, so by your continual help we may bring them to good effect; through Jesus Christ our risen Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. The First Lesson: Acts 7.55-end A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. Filled with the Holy Spirit, Stephen gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him. Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he died. Reader: This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. New Testament Reading: 1 Peter 2.2-10 A Reading from the first book of Peter. Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture: “See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner”, and “A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy 4 nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Reader: This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. Gospel Reading: John 14.1-14 Reader: Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. All: Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.