7th March 2021

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Burton Latimer

Making the love of God known in our community & homes

Week commencing 7^th March 2021

The Third Sunday of Lent

Our Prayer List

Each week we pray for a different street: this week is Heron Close

We remember those who are ill or need our prayers at this time, especially:

Sebastian, Barbara Ellison, Anne-Marie Miller, Jonny, June and Heather

We pray for the souls of those who have died:

We remember those whose anniversaries of death are at this time:

Jack Oram, Doreen Taylor, Archie Campbell, George Cheney

Contact details:

The Rector: The Revd Jez Safford, The Rectory, Preston Court, Burton Latimer, NN15 5LR. Telephone: 01536 723810.

Safeguarding Officer: Lucy Lorentzen, 3 Clipson Close, Burton Latimer,

NN15 5GH. Telephone: 07944597181.

Website: www.stmarysburtonlatimer.co.uk or visit us on

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stmarysburtonlatimer.co.uk

Collect

Almighty God,
whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain,
and entered not into glory before he was crucified:
mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross,
may find it none other than the way of life and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

All Amen

Psalm 39

1 I said, ‘I will keep watch over my ways,

so that I offend not with my tongue.

2 ‘I will guard my mouth with a muzzle,

while the wicked are in my sight.’

3 So I held my tongue and said nothing;

I kept silent but to no avail.

4 My distress increased, my heart grew hot within me;

while I mused, the fire was kindled

and I spoke out with my tongue:

5 ‘Lord, let me know my end and the number of my days,

that I may know how short my time is.

6 ‘You have made my days but a handsbreadth,

and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight;

truly, even those who stand upright are but a breath.

7 ‘We walk about like a shadow

and in vain we are in turmoil;

we heap up riches and cannot tell who will gather them.

8 ‘And now, what is my hope?

Truly my hope is even in you.

9 ‘Deliver me from all my transgressions

and do not make me the taunt of the fool.’

10 I fell silent and did not open my mouth,

for surely it was your doing.

11 Take away your plague from me;

I am consumed by the blows of your hand.

12 With rebukes for sin you punish us;

like a moth you consume our beauty;

truly, everyone is but a breath.

13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;

hold not your peace at my tears.

14 For I am but a stranger with you,

a wayfarer, as all my forebears were.

15 Turn your gaze from me, that I may be glad again,

before I go my way and am no more

Refrain: Lord, let me know my end and the number of my days.

O Christ, Son of the living God,

help us when we are too cast down to pray,

and grant that we may trust you all our days,

for you are with us in our living and our dying,

Jesus, Lord and God.

Gospel

Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory.
The Lord is a great God, O that today you would listen to his voice.
Harden not your hearts.

All Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory.

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to N.

All Glory to you, O Lord.

John 2.13-22

¹³The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. ¹⁵Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶He told those who were selling the doves, ‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a market-place!’ ¹⁷His disciples remembered that it was written, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’ ¹⁸The Jews then said to him, ‘What sign can you show us for doing this?’ ¹⁹Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ ²⁰They then said, ‘This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?’ ²¹But he was speaking of the temple of his body. ²²After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

This is the Gospel of the Lord

All Praise to you, O Christ

Prayer after Communion

Merciful Lord,
grant your people grace to withstand the temptations
of the world, the flesh and the devil,
and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Stewardship If you have already signed up to our Parish Giving Scheme (PGS), thank you. If you would like to join this scheme, please contact our treasurer Charmaine Augustus (telephone 352914), who will be happy to provide you with the necessary form/information. We now have so little take up on the boxed weekly stewardship envelopes that it is no longer viable for us to purchase them. We hope therefore that those of you who currently give via this method will feel able to change to PGS,

Prayer list: The names of those who are ill or in need of prayer will remain on the prayer list for three weeks. However, we realise that some people may need to be on for longer and, if this is the case, please speak with Carol Sharman who will be happy to arrange this.

Hymn

Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound,

that saved a wretch like me.

I once was lost, but now I’m found,

was blind, but now I see.

‘Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,

and Grace my fears relieved.

How precious did that Grace appear

the hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares

I have already come.

‘Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far,

and Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me,

His word my hope secures.

He will my shield and portion be

as long as life endures.

When we’ve been there a thousand years,

bright shining as the sun,

we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise

than when we first begun.