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ST Saviours Newsletter - 11 April 2021 Easter II
ST Saviours Newsletter - 11 April 2021 Easter II
St Saviour’s Church
11 April 2021 - Easter II
missional response to the needs of our various neighbourhoods. (Day off - Friday)
Covid Risks Update - Please continue to adhere to social distancing and so go Churchwardens:
straight to their chair and at the end of the service leave orderly. Once outside catch
Bill Eastwood
ups and some fellowship is possible because it is much safer in terms of infection
07800 946949
rates and chances of the coronavirus spreading. We are hopeful for some further David Gibbins
freedoms to do with worship and singing in the coming weeks. 07813160825
Faith QI - Next meets on Wednesday 21 April via zoom. Each evening we explore a
different topic related to our faith and spirituality - sometimes prayer, sometimes www.saintgermanwith
philosophy, sometimes theology. At the heart of it is a desire to understand and saintsaviour.org
deepen our own faith. The next topic will be ‘God and the Pandemic’.
Recently Departed - Fr Bill Isaacs, HRH Prince Philip
COLLECT I was punished, I was punished by the saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again,
Lord, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has
Almighty Father, you have given but not doomed to die. sent me, so I send you.’ When he had
your only Son to die for our sins said this, he breathed on them and said
Open to me the gates of holiness: to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you
and to rise again for our
I will enter and give thanks. forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven
justification: grant us so to put away
This is the Lord’s own gate them; if you retain the sins of any, they
the leaven of malice and wickedness where the just may enter. are retained.’
that we may always serve you in I will thank you for you have answered But Thomas (who was called the Twin),
pureness of living and truth; through and you are my saviour. one of the twelve, was not with them
the merits of your Son Jesus Christ Psalm 118 when Jesus came. So the other disciples
our Lord, who is alive and reigns told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he
with you, in the unity of the Holy said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. the nails in his hands, and put my finger
Amen.
SECOND READING in the mark of the nails and my hand in
The Second Reading is from the first his side, I will not believe.’
letter of John. A week later his disciples were again in
TODAY’S MUSIC: the house, and Thomas was with them.
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ Although the doors were shut, Jesus
Alleluia sing to Jesus
has been begotten by God; and whoever came and stood among them and said,
Shine Jesus Shine
loves the Father that begot him loves the ‘Peace be with you.’ Then he said to
We have been told
child whom he begets. We can be sure Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see
At the Lamb’s high feast
that we love God’s children if we love my hands. Reach out your hand and put
God himself and do what he has it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’
FIRST READING commanded us; this is what loving God Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my
is – keeping his commandments; and his God!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have you
A reading from the book of Acts. believed because you have seen me?
commandments are not difficult,
because anyone who has been begotten Blessed are those who have not seen and
The whole group of believers was yet have come to believe.’
united, heart and soul; no one claimed by God has already overcome the world;
this is the victory over the world – our Now Jesus did many other signs in the
for his own use anything that he had, as presence of his disciples, which are not
everything they owned was held in faith. Who can overcome the world?
Only the man who believes that Jesus is written in this book. But these are
common. written so that you may come to believe
The apostles continued to testify to the the Son of God: Jesus Christ who came
by water and blood, not with water only, that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of
resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great God, and that through believing you
power, and they were all given great but with water and blood; with the
Spirit as another witness – since the may have life in his name.
respect.
None of their members was ever in Spirit is the truth.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
want, as all those who owned land or John 20
houses would sell them, and bring the This is the word of the Lord.
money from them, to present it to the 1 Jn 5
apostles; it was then distributed to any THE REGINA CAELI
members who might be in need. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven,
alleluia!
This is the word of the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia!
He who thou wast meet to bear alleluia!
Acts 4 Jesus said: ‘You believe because you can
As he promised, hath arisen, alleluia!
see me. Happy are those who have not
Pour for us to him thy prayer, alleluia!
seen and yet believe.’
RESPONSORIAL PSALM Alleluia!
Rejoice and be glad,
O virgin Mary, alleluia!
I will thank you, Lord, for you have R./ For the Lord has risen indeed,
given answer. GOSPEL alleluia!
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, A reading from the Holy Gospel Let us pray,
for his love has no end. according to St John. O God, by the resurrection of your on,
The Lord is my strength and my song; our Lord Jesus Christ, you have brought
he was my saviour. When it was evening on that day, the joy to the whole world: Granth that, by
There are shouts of joy and victory first day of the week, and the doors of the help of his mother, the ivrigin Mary,
in the tents of the just. the house where the disciples had met we may obtain the joys of everlasting
were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus life; through Christ the Lord. Amen.
The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; came and stood among them and said,
his right hand raised me up. ‘Peace be with you.’ After he said this, he
I shall not die, I shall live showed them his hands and his side.
and recount his deeds. Then the disciples rejoiced when they