PARISH OF CARDIFF: ST GERMAN WITH ST SAVIOUR

St German’s Church
31 January 2021 - Epiphany 4 (Ordinary Time 4)

In today’s gospel from Mark, we hear about the first two

signs of the Good News of God that people see in Jesus, This week:
which are: His different way of teaching the things of God Sun 31 - Epiphany 4
and his power over unclean spirits. Jesus opens a new way Pray for: Parish of Pentyrch
of purity for people. In those days anyone declared impure, & Capel Llanilterne, Michael
could not come before God to pray or receive the blessing
John (V); The Episcopal
of God promised to Abraham. Yet now faith in Jesus is
Anglican Church of Brazil
what purifies them and restores them to right relationship
with God. The Good News of the Kingdom of God, as St Saviour’s:
proclaimed by Jesus, must have been an immense relief for 9:30 Sung Mass;
people and truly a cause of great joy and tranquility. St German’s:
11:00 am Mass
Mon 1:

Parish Notes: 11:00 Funeral

18:00 Mass
(St S)
(St G)
The Presentation of the
Welcome - We warmly welcome Bishop Richard Fenwick, the former Dean of Monmouth and former
Lord (vigil)
Bishop of St Helena, who will preside and preach for us today. Bishop Richard has also agreed to be
Tues 2:
the president of the Friends of St German’s.
10:00 (St S)
Covid Risks Update - The Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales have recently advised all parishes
The Presentation of the
to review and look again at our public acts of worship. We have done this regularly and so our risk
Lord
assessment states people must adhere to social distancing and so go straight to their chair and at the
Wed 3:
end of the service leave orderly. Recent suggestions are that people leave row by row rather than all at
10:00 Mass (St G)
once. Once outside in the carpark, catch ups and some fellowship is possible because it is much safer in
St Blaise, martyr
terms of infection rates and chances of the coronavirus spreading.
Thur 4:
Ash Wednesday and Lent - We will have sprinkling of ashes instead of imposition during the Ash
17:45 Mass (St S)
Wednesday mass which will be at 10am in St German’s and 6pm in St Saviour’s. We will prepare on
St Agatha, martyr
online stations of the cross from each church during Lent for people to pray at home.
Fri 5:
St German’s Ministry Area - Canon Stewart Lisk will be visiting after mass today to talk about the
No Mass today
Ministry Area of Roath and Cathays which we will join on 1 Jan 2022. If you are interested in finding
Sat 6:
out about our ministry area and the processes involved in its formation please stay behind after mass.
11:00 Gardening Club (St G)
Funeral - The funeral of Irene Fawcett will be in St German’s on Thursday 18 February at 1pm. We
pray for Irene and her friends and family at this time. Sun 7 - Sexagesima
Faith QI - Next meets on Wed 3 Feb at 7pm via zoom. The next topic will be ‘The Old Testament’. Pray for: Pontlottyn w
Each evening we explore a different topic related to our faith and spirituality - sometimes prayer, Fochriw, Bargoed & Deri w
sometimes philosophy, sometimes theology. At the heart of it is a desire to understand and deepen our Brithdir; The Anglican
own faith. Other topics this year: Why go to Church, God and the Pandemic, God talk in a digital age, Church of Burundi
Spirituality, Who’s in Charge - God, Power and Authority. This is open to anyone at all, be they church St Saviour’s:
goer, parishioner or not. 9:30 Sung Mass;
Gardening - We’d like to resume our Gardening Club (first Saturday of the month from 11am-1pm. It is St German’s:
always weather permitting and so we’d like to meet on Saturday 6 Feb. Open to all. 11:00 am Mass
Zoom Bingo - We are looking at Monday 8 February for our first zoom bingo night. Please email Ross
if you’d like to play along ross.pilliner18@stpadarns.ac.uk We hope to play five games and all
Parish Priest:
proceeds can go to charity. We are hoping for donations of small prizes.
Fr Phelim O’Hare,
Recently Departed - Sidney Carr, Carol Jones, Irene Fawcett, Frederick Green RIP 02922 411229,
phelimohare@gmail.com

Churchwardens:
Peter Lovitt 02920 763754
READINGS THIS WEEK READINGS NEXT WEEK PSALM RESPONSE Richard Hill 07519 352840
Job 7:1-4,6-7 O that today you
Deut 18:15-20 www.saintgermanwithsaints
Ps 147:1-6 would listen to his
Ps 95:1-2, 6-7b, 7c-9 aviour.org
1 Cor 9:16-19,22-23
1 Cor 7:32-35 voice! Harden not
Mark 1:29-39
Mark 1:21-28 your hearts. (3vs)

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COLLECT: PSALM GOSPEL:

Creator God, who in the beginning O that today you would listen to his A reading from the Holy Gospel
commanded the light to shine out of voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’ according to Mark.
darkness: we pray that the light of
the glorious gospel of Christ may Come, ring out our joy to the Lord; Now after John was arrested, Jesus came
hail the rock who saves us. They went to Capernaum; and when the
dispel the darkness of ignorance and Let us come before him, giving thanks, sabbath came, he entered the synagogue
unbelief, shine into the hearts of all with songs let us hail the Lord. R/ and taught. They were astounded at his
your people, and reveal the teaching, for he taught them as one
knowledge of your glory in the face Come in; let us bow and bend low;
let us kneel before the God who made us:
having authority, and not as the scribes.
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, Just then there was in their synagogue a
for he is our God and we
who is alive and reigns with you the people who belong to his pasture, man with an unclean spirit, and he cried
and the Holy Spirit, one God, now the flock that is led by his hand. R/ out, ‘What have you to do with us, Jesus
and for ever. Amen. of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy
O that today you would listen to his voice! us? I know who you are, the Holy One of
‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, God.’ But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be
as on that day at Massah in the desert silent, and come out of him!’ And the
TODAY’S MUSIC: hen your fathers put me to the test;
when they tried me,
unclean spirit, throwing him into
convulsions and crying with a loud
At the Lamb’s high feast we sing though they saw my work.’ R/
voice, came out of him. They were all
Gifts of bread and wine
amazed, and they kept on asking one
We hail thy presence glorious Psalm 95
another, ‘What is this? A new teaching -
There is a redeemer
with authority! He commands even the
unclean spirits, and they obey him.’ At
once his fame began to spread
SECOND READING : throughout the surrounding region of
Galilee.
A reading from the 1st letter of Paul to
the Corinthians This is the Gospel of the Lord.
FIRST READING :
I would like to see you free from all Mark 1:121-28
A reading from the book of worry. An unmarried man can devote
Deuteronomy. himself to the Lord’s affairs, all he need
worry about is pleasing the Lord; but a
Moses said to the people: ‘The Lord your married man has to bother about the
God will raise up for you a prophet like world’s affairs and devote himself to
myself, from among yourselves, from pleasing his wife: he is torn two ways. In
your own brothers; to him you must the same way an unmarried woman, like
listen. This is what you yourselves asked a young girl, can devote herself to the
of the Lord your God at Horeb on the Lord’s affairs; all she need worry about
day of the Assembly. “Do not let me hear is being holy in body and spirit. The
again” you said “the voice of the Lord married woman, on the other hand, has
my God, nor look any longer on this to worry about the world’s affairs and
great fire, or I shall die”; and the Lord devote herself to pleasing her husband. I
said to me, “All they have spoken is well say this only to help you, not to put a
said. I will raise up a prophet like halter round your necks, but simply to
yourself for them from their own make sure that everything is as it should
brothers; I will put my words into his be, and that you give your undivided
mouth and he shall tell them all I attention to the Lord.
command him. The man who does not
listen to my words that he speaks in my This is the word of the Lord.
name, shall be held answerable to me 1 Cor 7
for it. But the prophet who presumes to
say in my name a thing I have not
commanded him to say, or who speaks in
the name of other gods, that prophet
shall die.”
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
This is the word of the Lord. Blessed are you, Father,Lord of heaven
Deut 18 and earth, for revealing the mysteries of
the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!