25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Parish of St. Barnabas and St. Agnes
A parish of the Society of St Wilfrid & St Hilda
within the Diocese of Chichester
with St. Philip Hove
Weekly Bulletin 19th September 2021
Sunday 9.30am Parish Eucharist at St. Philip’s Church
11:00am Parish Mass at St Barnabas Church
St. Philip’s is open on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month at 9.30am
St Barnabas is also open this week for private prayer
Tuesday – Friday: Private Prayer - 12noon- 2pm Mass as advertised
Saturday Private Prayer – 9:30am –12.30pm Mass at 9.30am
Fr. John is off duty on Monday
COMMUNICATION:
If you hear of anyone in our congregations who are ill or especially if they are in hospital, will you please make sure that Fr John is informed.
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SUNDAY READINGS:
The Collect:
O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbour, grant that, by keeping your precepts, we may merit to attain eternal life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The First Reading:
A reading from the book of Wisdom: Wisdom 2:12,17-20
The godless say to themselves: ‘Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man, since he annoys us and opposes our way of life, reproaches us for our breaches of the law and accuses us of playing false to our upbringing. ‘Let us see if what he says is true, let us observe what kind of end he himself will have. If the virtuous man is God’s son, God will take his part and rescue him from the clutches of his enemies. Let us test him with cruelty and with torture, and thus explore this gentleness of his and put his endurance to the proof. Let us condemn him to a shameful death since he will be looked after – we have his word for it.’
The Psalm:
The Lord upholds my life.
O God, save me by your name; by your power, uphold my cause.
O God, hear my prayer; listen to the words of my mouth. R.
For proud me have risen against me, ruthless men seek my life.
They have no regard for God. R.
But I have God for my help. The Lord upholds my life.
I will sacrifice to you with willing hear and praise your name for it is good. R.
The Second Reading:
A reading from the letter of St. James: James 3:16-4:3
Wherever you find jealousy and ambition, you find disharmony, and wicked things of every kind being done; whereas the wisdom that comes down from above is essentially something pure; it also makes for peace, and is kindly and considerate; it is full of compassion and shows itself by doing good; nor is there any trace of partiality or hypocrisy in it. Peacemakers, when they work for peace, sow the seeds which will bear fruit in holiness.
Where do these wars and battles between yourselves first start? Isn’t it precisely in the desires fighting inside your own selves? You want something and you haven’t got it; so you are prepared to kill. You have an ambition that you cannot satisfy; so you fight to get your way by force. Why you don’t have what you want is because you don’t pray for it; when you do pray and don’t get it, it is because you have not prayed properly, you have prayed for something to indulge your own desires.
The Gospel: A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark: Mark 9:30-37
Jesus and his disciples made their way through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know, because he was instructing his disciples; he was telling them, ‘The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men; they will put him to death; and three days after he has been put to death he will rise again.’ But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to ask him.
They came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the road?’ They said nothing because they had been arguing which of them was the greatest. So he sat down, called the Twelve to him and said, ‘If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all.’ He then took a little child, set him in front of them, put his arms round him, and said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes one of these little children in my name, welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.’
Parish Prayers this week:
19th Sun 25th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE PARISH
St Philip’s Church 9.30am St. Barnabas Church 11am
20th Mon Feria Middleton Grove N.H.
21st Tue S. Matthew Ap. 7pm Tax Inspectors
22nd Wed Feria Those to be ordained
23rd Thu S. Padre Pio 12.30pm The Suffering
24th Fri Our Lady of Walsingham 12.30pm England’s Nazareth
25th Sat Feria (Monthly Requiem) 9.30am Departed of September
Next Sunday 26th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE PARISH
St. Barnabas Church 11am
We pray for all who live and work in our parish and especially this week:
19th Portland Road, Princes Crescent. 20th Poynter Road, Raphael Road.
21st Princep Road, Reynolds Road. 22nd Ranelagh Villas, Richardson Road.
23rd St. Patrick’s Road, Rutland Gardens.24th Sackville Road, Sackville Gardens.
25th Shakespeare Street, St. Heliers Avenue.
Let us pray for the sick, especially
those suffering with Coronavirus and those who care for them, the weak and the dying. We also pray for those for whom our prayers have been asked.
Let us pray for those who have died recently especially: Rose Dunthorne;Philomena Buckley; Jose Lasola; Maurice Clarke Pr. Valerie Beard; Bernard Holdrich Pr. Terry Morley Pr. and also those whose years mind falls at this time:
19th Florence Eldridge; Demetria Hudson. 21st Elizabeth Poole.
22nd Nellie Terry; Phyllis Gillies. 23rd Elizabeth Cauldicott.
24th Jean Weller; Edith Stapleton; Trevor Mann; Robert Seymour; Hugh Pickles Pr. Roy Stevens.
25th Eric Gillies Pr. Ron Simpson.
Parish Staff:
Parish Priest: Fr John Eldridge SSC 01273 881761
frjohn@live.co.uk
St Barnabas contacts:
Churchwarden: Christopher Bould 07730381934
Churchwarden: Vacant
Safeguarding: Carol & David Tildesley 07749182018/07710 030179
Website: www.stbarnabashove.co.uk
Twitter: @StBarnabasHove
Facebook: @StbarnabasHove
Instagram: stbarnabaschurchhove
St Philip’s contacts:
Parish Contacts: Alethea Samrah 01273 771882
Susan Davey 01273 324724
Thank you for your continued support, since the beginning of the Pandemic both Churches have suffered a significant financial loss so your support is more essential than ever. Have you considered paying by Standing Order?
St Barnabas has now gone Contactless,you can now make a donation, by mobile
Phone with this QR code HOME
If you shop on line you can help raise money for St. Barnabas.
1) Amazon: (Just type in St Barnabas Hove in the search bar) it will come up with St Barnabas Parochial Institution Fund, once this is selected as your chosen charity, every time you shop with Amazon, we will get a percentage.
Easy fund raising - Visit: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk and search for St. Barnabas Church Hove and for every £10 spent, 10p will be given to S. Barnabas.
NOTICES
WEDNESDAY
No Exposition and mass this week
RENEWING HOPE Saturday 2nd October St. Paul’s Church West Street Brighton
Please email if you wish to attend. email stbarnabashove2018@gmail.com.
Parish Pilgrimage to Walsingham 2022
Mon 16th – Fri. 20th May 2022 5 days full board including coach travel and day trip Approx. £390 per head £20 Deposit required with booking form.