Eaglais na hÉireann + The Church of Ireland
MALLOW UNION of Parishes
SUNDAY 27 th MARCH 2022
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
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.
Holy Communion will be administered in one kind only for the time being and worshippers will receive the consecrated
bread. The Church of Ireland welcomes all baptized Christians to receive communion at celebrations of the Eucharist.
Please continue to make our churches safe for everyone.
Those who wish to continue wearing face coverings are welcome to do so.
SERVICES TODAY
10.00am THE EUCHARIST in St Mary’s, Castletownroche
10.00am MORNING PRAYER in St Mary’s, Doneraile
11.45am A SERVICE OF THE WORD FOR MOTHERING SUNDAY
NEXT WEDNESDAY
St James’s Church Mallow 30 th March 11.00am THE EUCHARIST
Isaiah 49. 8-15;
John 5. 17-30
in St James’s, Mallow
TODAY’S READINGS
Joshua 5: 9-12
The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.’ And so that place is called Gilgal to this day. While the Israelites were encamped in Gilgal they kept the passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho. On the day after the passover, on that very day, they ate the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. The manna ceased on the day they ate the produce of the land, and the Israelites no
longer had manna; they ate the crops of the land of Canaan that year.
Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32
Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.” So he divided his property between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and travelled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of
that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, “How many of my father’s hired
hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like
one of your hired hands.’ ” So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. Then the son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.” But the father said to his slaves, “Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!” And they began to celebrate. ‘Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on. He replied, “Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has got him back safe and sound.” Then he became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him. But he answered his father, “Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!” Then the father * said to him, “Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.” ’
NEWS ITEMS
LENT COURSE The final sessions exploring The Gospel According to St Luke takes place the week after next in St
James’s, Mallow on Thursday 7 th April at 8.00pm Please see Lent leaflet for more details. Each session ends with
refreshments and a short service of Night Prayer. All are very welcome.
The AGM (Easter Vestry) will be held this year on 25 th April (St Mark’s Day) at 8.00pm in St James’s Mallow.
CONCERT IN DONERAILE A concert will be held in St. Mary’s, Doneraile on Friday, 29th April next at 8pm. It will
feature Slovakian violinist, Vladimir Jablokov, accompanied by his sister, Olga. He has previously headlined
performances in the National Concert Hall, INEC and the Cork Opera House. Tickets are €20 each and are available at
Centra, Doneraile.
BUILT HERITAGE INVESTMENT SCHEME We are delighted that St Mary’s Church, Castletownroche, has been awarded a grant of €15,000 to assist with the cost of repairs to the tower (the highest value grant awarded by Cork County Council under the scheme this year). Grateful thanks to the wardens for their part in helping to prepare the grant application. Plans are now afoot for a fundraising event.
ORGAN REPAIRS We hope that repair and maintenance work will be carried out on the organs of Mallow and Doneraile churches in the coming week or two. All in the interest of music-making in all our churches!
PRAYERS FOR UKRAINE ‘To clasp the hands in prayer is to begin an uprising against the disorder of the world’ (Karl
Barth). The Church of Ireland has published prayers for the people of Ukraine and those displaced by war on the website,
which can be accessed at www.ireland.anglican.org/prayer-worship/worship-resources/prayers-in-a-time-of-war-in-the-
ukraine
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
For Paul, our Bishop; and for the clergy and people of this united Diocese. We join with our sister churches of the Anglican
Communion in praying today for The Church in the Province of Myanmar.
We pray for all those known to us, including Marjorie Thompson, Olive Kingston, Cliff O’Hanlon, Manuela, Ivor.
We commend to God’s mercy all who have recently died, along with those we have loved and lost whose anniversary of death occurs at this time of year, especially John Coulter.
We pray for the people of Ukraine, their leaders & all who are suffering the impact of war. We pray, too, for all Ukrainian people living in Ireland and those arriving here having fled their homeland, giving thanks for the generosity with they are being welcomed.
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
0868467464
SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY
3 rd APRIL 2022
The Fifth Sunday in Lent (Passiontide begins)
Isaiah 43. 16-21; John 12. 1-8
10.00am MORNING PRAYER in St Mary’s, Castletownroche
10.00am THE EUCHARIST in St Mary’s, Doneraile
11.45am THE EUCHARIST in St James’s, Mallow