Bulletin, Sat 16 and Sunday 17 August, for Turlough, Castlebar, and Dugort services
Bulletin, for Sat 16 August (Turlough)
and Sunday 17 August 2025 (Castlebar and Dugort, Achill)
Welcome to the Aughaval Parishes!
Sunday 17th August 2025
The Ninth Sunday after Trinity
From the Sarum Primer 1558
via Carrie day, Pinterest
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us
also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run
with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer
and perfecter of our faith…(Hebrews 12:2).
Hymns
323 - The God of Abraham praise
Children’s song Beloved, let us love one another (1 John 4. 7 and 8)
305 - O Breath of life, come sweeping through us (Westport)
231 - My song is love unknown
636 - May the mind of Christ my Saviour
Collect One
Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such
things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without
thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
Collect Two
Almighty God, who sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your
Church: Open our hearts to the riches of his grace, that we may bring forth
the fruit of the Spirit in love and joy and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The First Reading Isaiah 5: 1-7
Let me sing for my beloved
my love-song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watch-tower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
he expected it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem
and people of Judah,
judge between me
and my vineyard.
What more was there to do for my vineyard
that I have not done in it?
When I expected it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;
I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns;
I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
he expected justice,
but saw bloodshed;
righteousness,
but heard a cry!
The Psalm Psalm 80: 1-2, 9-20
The Second Reading Hebrews 11: 29 - 12: 2
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but
when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. By faith the walls
of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days. By faith Rahab
the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she
had received the spies in peace.
And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak,
Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through
faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the
mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won
strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to
accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection. Others suffered
mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned
to death, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went
about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented— of
whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains,
and in caves and holes in the ground.
Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive
what was promised, since God had provided something better so that they
would not, without us, be made perfect. Therefore, since we are surrounded
by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the
sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set
before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the
sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its
shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
The Gospel Reading Luke 12: 49-56
‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I
have a baptism with which to be baptised, and what stress I am under until it
is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I
tell you, but rather division! From now on, five in one household will be
divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided:
father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and
daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’
He also said to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud rising in the west, you
immediately say, “It is going to rain”; and so it happens. And when you see
the south wind blowing, you say, “There will be scorching heat”; and it
happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth
and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?Post Communion Prayer
Holy Father, who gathered us here around the table of your Son to share this
meal with the whole household of God: In that new world where you reveal
the fulness of your peace, gather people of every race and language to share
in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Collect Of The Word
Everliving God, increase in us your gift of faith, that, forsaking sin and all that
hinders us, we may run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith; who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Pastoral care and enquiries:
Revd Suzanne Cousins, 083 800 3233
Email aughaval@tuam.anglican.org
Website aughaval.tlk.ie Please see also Aughaval Parishes Facebook page.
