Eaglais na hÉireann + The Church of Ireland
MALLOW UNION of Parishes
SUNDAY 17th OCTOBER 2021
The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
FÁILTE / WELCOME to everyone who worships in our churches today
Please take a moment to check you have switched off your phone before worship begins.
Please ensure that our churches are safe spaces for everyone by observing all social distancing and hygiene protocols.
Holy Communion will continue to be administered in one kind only and worshippers will receive the consecrated bread.
Very happily, we are now able to resume refreshments after services on Sundays for those who wish to stay. We are grateful to those who have offered to help in making and serving refreshments – as well as making sure we can enjoy one another’s company in safety.
SERVICES TODAY
10.00am at St Mary’s, Castletownroche
MORNING PRAYER
10.00am at St Mary’s, Doneraile
THE EUCHARIST
11.45am at St James’s, Mallow
THE EUCHARIST (followed by Congregational/Maintenance meeting)
NEXT WEDNESDAY 20th October
St Luke, Evangelist (transferred from the 18th)
11.00am
THE EUCHARIST in St James’s Church Mallow
Isaiah 35.3-6
Luke 10.1-9
TODAY’S READINGS
Isaiah 53: 4-12
Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By a perversion of justice he was taken away. Who could have imagined his future? For he was cut off from the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people. They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days; through him the will of the Lord shall prosper. Out of his anguish he shall see light; he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge. The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Mark 10: 35-45
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to Jesus and said to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’ And he said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’ And they said to him, ‘Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.’ But Jesus said to them, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?’ They replied, ‘We are able.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.’ When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them, ‘You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’
NEWS ITEMS
MOTHERS’ UNION Afternoon Tea in the Parish Hall on Saturday October 23rd from 2-4pm, to further support the “Mums in May” initiative. All are very welcome.
MALLOW ARTS FESTIVAL There is a vocal concert in St James’s Church, Mallow by Bella Notte 2 and guests as part of the Mallow Arts Festival on SATURDAY 30th OCTOBER. Tickets available from Eventbrite.ie.
SUNDAY 31st OCTOBER is the Eve of All Saints’ Day and the Fifth Sunday of the month. There will be one service only in the Union that day at 11.00am in St James’s Church, Mallow which will be a Festival Eucharist to celebrate All Saints’.
SUNDAY 7th NOVEMBER All morning services will include an Act of Remembrance for those who have lost their lives in the world’s conflicts. There will also be a Service of Reflection and Remembrance (as the Sunday following All Souls’ Day) in St James’s Church, Mallow at 4.00pm. This is offered as an opportunity to celebrate our faith in the resurrection, and to remember before God those close to us, whom we have loved and lost, by name. A list is now available in all our churches for people to add the names of loved ones they would like to be remembered at this service. Please add names by next Sunday at the latest.
CONGREGATIONAL/MAINTENANCE MEETINGS
Mallow (today); Doneraile: Thursday November 11, 7.30pm
Castletownroche: Thursday November 18th 8pm
GIFT DAY The Select Vestry has agreed to mark Sunday 21st November as a GIFT DAY when we will have one service for all the churches of the Union in St James’s Mallow at 11am. It is hoped this will be an annual service to focus on stewardship and the responsible resourcing of our churches for our future mission and ministry.
CONFIRMATION some young people have already expressed the wish to prepare for Confirmation and the Rector would be glad to hear from others (of any age) who wish to take this step by confirming the faith of their baptism. He is very happy to talk through any questions that enquirers (or their parents, where appropriate) may have.
CANON DENIS MacCARTHY we pray for Denis (a former incumbent of Mallow Union) and rejoice with him as he is installed as Prebendary of Donoughmore in St Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne, this afternoon. The Rector will be attending the service.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
For Paul, our Bishop; and for the clergy and people of this united Diocese. In the Anglican Communion, for the Church in the Province of the West Indies.
We pray for all those known to us, including John Ladd, Peter, Nicky, Ned Foott, Marjorie Thompson, Melissa, Margaret, Katie.
We commend to God’s mercy all who have recently died, among them Thomas O’Sullivan, Margaret Clifford and Bose Akanu along with those we have loved and lost whose anniversary of death occurs at this time of year, especially Albert Daly.
We pray for many businesses and communities across Ireland who are anxious and uncertain around the lifting of restrictions next Friday – and for all our healthcare professionals who are treating rising infection levels, especially in hospitals and ICUs.
KEEPING IN TOUCH
The Reverend
MEURIG WILLIAMS
Rector of Mallow Union
Telephone (022) 21473
mllwyd@aol.com
www.mallow.cloyne.anglican.org
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Diocesan Readers
Avril Gubbins (022) 24267
Emmanuel Adebisi
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SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY
24th October 2021 (The Twenty First Sunday after Trinity)
Jeremiah 31. 7-9; Mark 10. 46-52
10.00am MORNING PRAYER in St Mary’s, Doneraile
10.00am THE EUCHARIST in St Mary’s, Castletownroche
11.45am MORNING PRAYER in St James’s, Mallow