For the third year in succession, due to ongoing coronavirus concerns, it has been decided not to proceed with a Country Fair on May Bank Holiday Monday. It is hoped to organise this very popular event next year.
The Hub
Thanks to a dedicated band of volunteers, The Hub is open six days a week. It stocks some lovely good as new clothes, greeting cards and books. Why not drop in some day?
Table Tennis
The Table Tennis Club meets in East Glendalough School each Thursday evening 7.30pm—9.00pm. All are welcome!
Food Security
The current tragic war in Ukraine has brought the question of food security into sharp focus. Ireland relies heavily on imports, particularly wheat for bread. Clearly, it would be impracticable for us all to grow wheat in our gardens, but we can grow many more vegetables than we currently do. For those with no gardens, windowsills work perfectly for growing small salad plants, sprouting beans, herbs etc. For those with gardens, the amount one can grow obviously depends on garden size, but every effort should be made to grow as much as possible. Community gardens and allotments also facilitate vegetable and fruit growing. Homemade compost enhances the soil structure and health. Farmers who rely on artificial fertilisers are being affected by massive price increases coupled with reduced availability, so spreading farmyard manure will assume ever more importance. An ultimate goal would be to eliminate food waste entirely. From an environmental perspective, food waste has a huge – and unsustainable – carbon footprint. From an ethical perspective, with worldwide food shortages beckoning, waste is nonsensical and some would say immoral.
Singalong Concert in aid of Ukrainian
There will be a charity concert in aid of Ukrainian relief efforts in Nun’s Cross church on Saturday 23rd April at 7pm. This will be a fun event with the opportunity to singalong with the Dalkey Ukulele Klub band (DUK), together with supporting acts. It is hoped to involve children from the local schools. Tickets will cost €10 and there will be a raffle that evening.
Friendship Group April
The next meetings of the Friendship Group will take place on 25th April and 16th May. This group is mainly composed of retired people who meet for a chat over a cup of tea or coffee. For further details please contact Linda Walsh on (086) 8228378.
Eco-congregation Times
The vestry has formed an eco-congregation sub-committee which is chaired by Stella Mews. She writes:
“We who belong to our churches are well aware that ‘all good gifts around us are sent from heaven above’, but we also know that we have a growing part to play in our endeavour to save our planet from destruction, caused by our selfish activities over many years.
When Whitechurch parish chose Killiskey parish as its Eco-congregation partner for mentoring, the most immediate issues identified included preparing an area at the back of the church for a Wild-flower garden, and the provision of a tree to assist the young bats from our belfry in their early flights. A semi-mature Rowan tree (Sorbus) has now been planted at the side of the church, and soon the covers will come off the area for the Wild Glower Garde. Do take time to see our new tree, and to enjoy Spring in the church grounds!”
Ecumenical Weekly Bible Studies
Saturday morning bible studies take place in the Chester Beatty restaurant, at the new time of 9.30am. This is a joint venture with Ashford Roman Catholic parish.
Compline – Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Topic: Compline – Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Time: Mar 23, 2022 07:30 PM London
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Compline
Wednesday 23rd March 2022
The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
Amen
Brethren, be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist, steadfast in the
faith. (1 Peter 5: 8, 9)
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
Thanks be to God.
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord’s Name be praised.
A PSALM
Psalm 69
1 Save me, O God, ♦︎
for the waters have come up, even to my neck.
2 I sink in deep mire where there is no foothold; ♦︎
I have come into deep waters and the flood sweeps over me.
3 I have grown weary with crying; my throat is raw; ♦︎
my eyes have failed from looking so long for my God.
4 Those who hate me without any cause ♦︎
are more than the hairs of my head;
5 Those who would destroy me are mighty; ♦︎
my enemies accuse me falsely:
must I now give back what I never stole?
6 O God, you know my foolishness, ♦︎
and my faults are not hidden from you.
7 Let not those who hope in you
be put to shame through me, Lord God of hosts; ♦︎
let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me,
O God of Israel.
8 For your sake have I suffered reproach; ♦︎
shame has covered my face.
9 I have become a stranger to my kindred, ♦︎
an alien to my mother’s children.
10 Zeal for your house has eaten me up; ♦︎
the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.
11 I humbled myself with fasting, ♦︎
but that was turned to my reproach.
12 I put on sackcloth also ♦︎
and became a byword among them.
13 Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, ♦︎
and the drunkards make songs about me.
14 But as for me, I make my prayer to you, O Lord; ♦︎
at an acceptable time, O God.
15 Answer me, O God, in the abundance of your mercy ♦︎
and with your sure salvation.
16 Draw me out of the mire, that I sink not; ♦︎
let me be rescued from those who hate me
and out of the deep waters.
17 Let not the water flood drown me,
neither the deep swallow me up; ♦︎
let not the Pit shut its mouth upon me.
18 Answer me, Lord, for your loving-kindness is good; ♦︎
turn to me in the multitude of your mercies.
19 Hide not your face from your servant; ♦︎
be swift to answer me, for I am in trouble.
20 Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ♦︎
deliver me because of my enemies.
21 You know my reproach, my shame and my dishonour; ♦︎
my adversaries are all in your sight.
22 Reproach has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness. ♦︎
I looked for some to have pity, but there was no one,
neither found I any to comfort me.
23 They gave me gall to eat, ♦︎
and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.
24 Let the table before them be a trap ♦︎
and their sacred feasts a snare.
25 Let their eyes be darkened, that they cannot see, ♦︎
and give them continual trembling in their loins.
26 Pour out your indignation upon them, ♦︎
and let the heat of your anger overtake them.
27 Let their camp be desolate, ♦︎
and let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
28 For they persecute the one whom you have stricken, ♦︎
and increase the sorrows of him whom you have pierced.
29 Lay to their charge guilt upon guilt, ♦︎
and let them not receive your vindication.
30 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living ♦︎
and not be written among the righteous.
31 As for me, I am poor and in misery; ♦︎
your saving help, O God, will lift me up.
32 I will praise the name of God with a song; ♦︎
I will proclaim his greatness with thanksgiving.
33 This will please the Lord more than an offering of oxen, ♦︎
more than bulls with horns and hooves.
34 The humble shall see and be glad; ♦︎
you who seek God, your heart shall live.
35 For the Lord listens to the needy, ♦︎
and his own who are imprisoned he does not despise.
36 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, ♦︎
the seas and all that moves in them;
37 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; ♦︎
they shall live there and have it in possession.
38 The children of his servants shall inherit it, ♦︎
and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Glory to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and shall be for ever.
Amen.
A READING
Luke 13: 18-21
He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare
it? It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and
it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”
And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven
that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
For thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.
Keep me as the apple of an eye.
Hide me under the shadow of thy wings.
A REFLECTION
A CANTICLE
NUNC DIMITTIS
1 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word.
2 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
3 To be a light to lighten the Gentiles
and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
4 Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning,
is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Preserve us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping, that awake
we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.
Let us pray
Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.
Blessed art thou, Lord God of our fathers,
to be praised and glorified above all for ever;
Let us bless the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Let us praise him and magnify him for ever.
Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven
to be praised and glorified above all for ever.
The Almighty and most merciful Lord guard us and give us his blessing.
Amen.
CONFESSION
We confess to God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, That
we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, Through our own grievous
fault. Wherefore we pray God to have mercy upon us. Almighty God, have
mercy upon us, Forgive us all our sins, Deliver us from all evil, Confirm and
strengthen us in all goodness, And bring us to life everlasting; Through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us
that thy people may rejoice in thee?
O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us
and grant us thy salvation.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this night without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, hear our prayer
and let our cry come unto thee.
Let us pray
THE COLLECTS
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend
us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our
Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the silent hours of this night,
so that we, who are wearied by the changes and chances of this fleeting world,
may repose upon thy eternal changelessness; through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen
Look down, O Lord, from thy heavenly throne, illuminate the darkness of this
night with thy celestial brightness, and from the children of light banish the deeds
of darkness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, who at this evening hour didst rest in
the sepulchre, and didst thereby sanctify the grave to be a bed of hope to thy
people: Make us so to abound in sorrow for our sins, which were the cause of thy
passion, that when our bodies lie in the dust, our souls may live with thee: who
livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God world without
end.
Amen
Visit, we beseech thee, O Lord, this place (or, our homes), and drive away all the
snares of the enemy; Let thy holy angels dwell herein (or, therein) to preserve us
in peace; and may thy blessing be upon us evermore; through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
Amen
A TIME OF OPEN PRAYER
Now, in a moment of open prayer, we lay before the Lord all that is on our hearts.
Those we want to upload in prayer, for our world or communities or things of our
own which we want to bring before the Lord. Let us pray to the Lord who so
graciously hears us.
We will lay us down in peace and take our rest.
For it is thou, Lord, only, that makest us dwell in safety.
The Lord be with you
and with thy spirit.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
The Almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, bless and
preserve us this night and for evermore.
Amen.
Service 16 March 2022
Topic: Suzanne Harris’ Zoom Meeting
Time: Mar 16, 2022 07:30 PM London
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Liturgy on the Eve of St Patrick’s Day – Wed 16th March 2022
Tomorrow, we remember Saint Patrick who came to Ireland a long time ago to bring people to God. Saint Patrick taught us that there are three persons in One God: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He taught us using the symbol of a shamrock. As we remember Saint Patrick we pray together –
Saint Patrick of Ireland, we thank you for bringing the Gospel to the people of Ireland. We thank you for your witness and faithfulness in serving the Lord. May we never cease to proclaim Jesus by our way of living. We ask this through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Collect of St Patrick
Almighty God, in your providence you chose your servant Patrick to be the apostle of the Irish people, to bring those who were wandering in darkness and error to the true light and knowledge of your Word: Grant that walking in that light we may come at last to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, Amen.
Psalm 105 verses 1 – 15
1 Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”
12 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and shall be for ever, Amen.
Reading – Luke 13 verses 22 -31 – The Narrow Door
22 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”
He said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’
“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
26 “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
27 “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’
28 “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”
Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem
31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”
Few thoughts
Hymn of St. Patrick
Christ be with me and within me, Christ behind me and before,
Christ beside me and to win me, Christ to comfort and restore,
Christ beneath me and above me, Christ in quiet and in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
Christ in every heart that broken, Christ in every joy and pain,
Christ in every word that’s spoken, Christ in sun, moon and rain,
Christ in resting and in rising, Christ the Lord of all my life,
Christ to guide me and to shield me, Christ protecting me, in strife.
Christ be with me and within me, Christ behind me and before,
Christ beside me and to win me, Christ to comfort and restore,
Christ beneath me and above me, Christ in quiet and in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
PRAYERS
Because God’s love for us is strong, we can present our needs with confidence.
That the leaders of the Church in Ireland and the rulers of the countries in our world may have the courage and wisdom of Saint Patrick.
Lord, hear us. Lord graciously hear us.
That peace and friendship may grow among people of all faiths, cultures and nationalities.
Lord, hear us. Lord graciously hear us.
That the civic leaders of Ireland and those in positions of authority may bear witness to Christian values: honesty, generosity and compassion.
Lord, hear us. Lord graciously hear us.
That Irish emigrants abroad may have the help they need, particularly those who feel lonely and lost.
Lord, hear us. Lord graciously hear us.
That the people who enter Ireland as refugees and particularly the Ukrainian People may experience a warm Irish welcome, friendship and the support they need at this time,
Lord, hear us. Lord graciously hear us.
That young men and women may hear the call of God as Saint Patrick did in his teenage years, we think particularly of the young people in our parishes, our children and grandchildren,
Lord, hear us. Lord graciously hear us.
That our loved one who have gone before us, may find rest in the loving arms of Jesus in the promised land of heaven.
Lord, hear us. Lord graciously hear us.
We take a few moments now, to bring to God the people and situations that are on our hearts and in our minds.
Pause for Silence
United as a family, we bring all our prayers together in the prayer that Jesus himself taught us ……………..
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.
God of all nations, you are faithful to your people: Hear the prayers we bring on the eve of the feast of Saint Patrick and grant them, we implore you, through Christ our Lord. Amen
Closing Prayer
O God you gave Saint Patrick to the people of Ireland so that we might come to know you and love you. Grant that we will continue to follow you and proclaim your deeds to all, by our thoughts, words and actions and the way we live our lives. This we ask in the name of Jesus our Saviour and Lord. Amen.
Blessing
May the Strength of God pilot us. May the Power of God preserve us.
May the Wisdom of God instruct us. May the Hand of God protect us.
May the Way of God direct us. May the Shield of God defend us.
Amen.