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Sunday March 17

Passion Sunday
Fifth Sunday in Lent
St Patrick's Day

Notices
Opening Hymn: I Bind Unto Myself Today
Sentence of the Day
Collect of the Day
Lesson: Jeremiah 31:31-34
Epistle: Hebrews 5:5-10
Gradual Hymn: When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Gospel: John 12:20-33
Sermon
Prayers & Intercessions
Anthem: I Give To You A New Commandment - P Nardone
Closing Hymn: Be Thou My Vision

Notices

Fisherfolk Newsletter & Pew Sheet for March 17

Opening Hymn: I Bind Unto Myself Today

Sentence of the Day

"This is the covenant I will make with them," says the Lord: "I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
Jeremiah 31:33

Collects

Collect of the Day

Almighty and eternal God,
you have made of one blood all the nations of the earth
and will that they live together
in peace and harmony;
so order the course of this world
that all peoples may be brought together
under Christ’s most gentle rule;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Collect for Ash Wednesday

God of the desert,
as we follow Jesus into the unknown,
may we recognise the tempter when he comes;
let it be your bread we eat,
your world we serve and you alone we worship.
This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Lesson

Jeremiah 31:31-34

31“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them,”
declares the Lord.

33“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”

Epistle

Hebrews 5:5-10

5In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,

“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.”

6And he says in another place,

“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”

7During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. 8Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Gradual Hymn: When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

Gospel

John 12:20-33

20Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

23Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

27“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28Father, glorify your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

30Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.

Sermon by Vicar Stuart Goodin

There is something deeply reassuring about the lifecycle of plants. They grow their leaves during spring, blossom their flowers during summer, lay down their leaves during autumn, and accept the sleep of winter. Then they come forth again into new life as the spring season awakens.1 Cyclical patterns of this kind give us the comfort of knowing that all will be well again: one season will pass into the next; renewal will come in its due time; and on and on it will go, without end. It is predictable, safe, reassuring.

But the problem is, this is not what human life is like. We know all too well that it is not a cycle: human life is linear. It goes from beginning to an end: a very definite end. So we shrink from the end; we shrink from death; something in us screams “This is not how it should be!” Read more...

Prayers & Intercessions

Prayers of the People for Sunday March 17

Anthem: I Give To You A New Commandment - P Nardone

Closing Hymn: Be Thou My Vision

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