Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time,
Year A
9th August, 2020
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8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (trad. language)
Ripley House
10.30 a.m. Mass
Parish and Congregation
6.00 p.m. Evensong & Benediction
Introit: Hymn to God the Father, Maconchy
Responses: Ayleward
Canticle: Stanford in D
Anthem: from Magnificat, J.S.Bach
Voluntary: Lento, No.3, Op.105, Stanford
7.30 p.m. Mass
Mass: Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time,
Year 2
Tuesday 9.30 a.m. St Clare
Sherbourne House
Wednesday 9.30 a.m. Feria
St George’s House
Thursday 9.30 a.m. Feria
Sullivan House
Friday 9.30 a.m. St Maximilian Kolbe
Sussex Street
Saturday 9.30 a.m. of Our Lady
Sutherland Row, Sutherland Street
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time,
Year A
The Assumption
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (trad. language)
Tachbrook Mews
10.30 a.m. Mass
Parish and Congregation
12 noon Heaven’s Gate Mass
at the Parish House
6.00 p.m. Evensong & Benediction
7.30 p.m. Mass
GDPR
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dates for the diary
this week
Today:
Holy Water
The custom of blessing water for use in church and the home goes back at least to the fifth century, and probably earlier since it was a custom Christians carried on from their Jewish forebears.
The water is not magical but is used by God to give a blessing to people or their homes. In fact blessings with holy water can be applied to all sorts of things, from the sacred vessels of the Mass to a new motor car. This is a sign to us of God’s care for the whole of His creation and how the Spirit of God makes all things new (Is. 65.17, Rev. 21.5).
The water also reminds us of our baptism. So in happier times when we come into church we make the sign of the cross on our foreheads as a reminder that we entered Christ’s Body the Church through baptism.
Holy water is a symbol of God’s strength to both protect us and give us new life.
Prayer of blessing
Blessed are you, Lord, all-powerful God,
who in Christ, the living water of salvation,
blessed and transformed us.
Grant that when we are sprinkled with this water
or make use of it,
we will be refreshed inwardly by the power
of the Holy Spirit
and continue to walk in the new life
we received at Baptism.
We ask this though Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
If you would like to make your usual church worship at home, please see the link Spiritual Communion 2020
The Westminster Chapel Foodbank which usually meets in the Parish Halls as part of the Pimlico Hub at St Gabriel’s, requests the following items;
Cleaning fluids Toiletries Toilet roll
Sanitary towels Cooking oil Herbs & Spices
Also
Tins of fruit Juice
UHT milk Rice pudding/custard
Coffee Sugar
Tinned tomatoes Pasta sauce Tinned vegetables
For the moment we ask that you take your donations to Sainsburys in Wilton Road for collection and distribution to the needy – thank you.
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Vicar: Fr Owen Higgs
St Gabriel’s Church
30 Warwick Square
London SW1V 2AD
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