PRAYER AND WORSHIP
During the current Coronavirus crisis, when all services have been suspended, short videos, that are intended to be an aid to worship, will be posted on this page.
Follow the link to watch each video and scroll down this page for separate links to the readings in Bible Gateway.
Sunday, 15th August, 2021: Trinity 11
Sunday, 8th August, 2021: Trinity 10
Sunday, 1st August, 2021: Trinity 9
Sunday, 25th July, 2021: Trinity 8
Sunday, 18th July, 2021: Trinity 7
Sunday, 11th July, 2021: Trinity 6
Sunday, 4th July, 2021: Trinity 5
Sunday, 27th June, 2021: Trinity 4
Sunday, 20th June, 2021: Trinity 3
Sunday, 13th June, 2021: Trinity 2
Sunday, 6th June, 2021: Trinity 1
Sunday, 30th May, 2021: Trinity Sunday
Sunday, 23rd May, 2021: The Day of Pentecost
Sunday, 16th May, 2021: Easter 7
Sunday, 9th May, 2021: Easter 6
Sunday, 2nd May, 2021: Easter 5
Sunday, 25th April, 2021: Easter 4
Sunday, 18th April, 2021: Easter 3
Sunday, 11th April, 2021: Easter 2
Sunday, 4th April, 2021: The Feast of the Resurrection
Holy week: 3rd April, 2021: The Events of the Saturday
Holy Week: 2nd April, 2021: The Events of the Friday
Holy Week: 1st April, 2021: The Events of the Thursday
Holy Week: 31st March, 2021: The Events of the Wednesday
Holy Week: 30th March, 2021: The Events of the Tuesday
Holy Week: 29th March, 2021: The Events of the Monday
Sunday, 28th March, 2021: Palm Sunday
Sunday, 21st March, 2021: Fifth Sunday in Lent
Sunday, 14th March, 2021: Mothering Sunday
Sunday, 7th March, 2021: Third Sunday in Lent
Sunday, 28th February, 2021: Second Sunday in Lent
Sunday, 21st February, 2021: First Sunday in Lent
Sunday, 14th February, 2021: Sunday before Lent
Sunday, 7th February, 2021: Second Sunday before Lent
Sunday, 31st January, 2021: Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany
Sunday, 24th January, 2021: Third Sunday after The Epiphany
Sunday, 17th January, 2021: Second Sunday after The Epiphany
Sunday, 10th January, 2020: First Sunday after The Epiphany
Sunday, 3rd January, 2021: Second Sunday of Christmas
Sunday, 20th December, 2020: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sunday, 13th December, 2020: Third Sunday of Advent
Sunday, 6th December, 2020 - Second Sunday of Advent
Sunday, 29th November, 2020 - First Sunday of Advent
Sunday, 22nd November, 2020 - Sunday before Advent
Sunday, 15th November, 2020 - 2nd Sunday before Advent
Sunday, 8th November, 2020 - Remembrance Sunday
Sunday, 1st November, 2020 - Feast of All Saints
Sunday, 25th October, 2020 - Trinity 20
Sunday, 18th October, 2020 - Trinity 19
Sunday, 11th October, 2020: Trinity 18
Sunday, 4th October, 2020: Trinity 17
Sunday, 27th September, 2020: Harvest Thanksgiving
Sunday, 20th September, 2020: Trinity 15
Sunday, 13th September, 2020: Trinity 14
Sunday, 6th September, 2020: Trinity 13
Sunday, 30th August, 2002: Trinity 12
Sunday, 23rd August, 2020: Trinity 11
Sunday, 16th August, 2020: Trinity 10
Sunday, 9th August, 2020: Trinity 9
Sunday, 2nd August, 2020: Trinity 8
Sunday, 26th July, 2020: Trinity 7
Sunday, 19th July, 2020: Trinity 6
Sunday, 12th July, 2020: Trinity 5
Sunday, 5th July, 2020: Trinity 4
Sunday, 28th June, 2020: Trinity 3
Sunday, 21st June, 2020: Trinity 2
Sunday, 14th June, 2020: Trinity 1
Sunday, 7th June, 2020: Trinity Sunday
Sunday, 31st May, 2020: The Day of Pentecost
Sunday, 24th May, 2020: Sunday after Ascension
Sunday, 17th May, 2020: Jesus taken up into Heaven
Sunday, 10th May, 2020: Jesus comforts the Disciples
Sunday, 3rd May, 2020: The Good Shepherd and His Sheep
Sunday, 26th April, 2020: The Road to Emmaus
Sunday, 19th April, 2020: Jesus Appears to the Disciples
Sunday, 12th April, 2020: The Feast of the Resurrection
Holy Week: 11th April, 2020: The Events of the Saturday
Holy Week: 10th April, 2020: The Events of the Friday
Holy Week: 9th April, 2020: The Events of the Thursday
Holy Week: 8th April, 2020: The Events of the Wednesday
Holy Week: 7th April, 2020: The Events of the Tuesday
Click on this link to go to the Church of Ireland Daily Prayer
Bible Readings (powered by Bible Gateway NIVUK)
Click on a link below to go to a reading for a particular Sunday.
Sunday, 3rd October, 2021
Romans 2: 1 - 16: God’s Righteous Judgment
Matthew 10: 1 - 22: Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Sunday, 15th August, 2021
Luke 15: 11 - 22: The parable of the lost son
Sunday, 8th August, 2021
Matthew 5: 38 - 52: An eye for an eye
Sunday, 1st August, 2021
Luke 2: 41 - 52: Jesus in the temple courts
Sunday, 25th July, 2021
Matthew 7: 21 - 29: The wise and foolish builders
Sunday, 18th July, 2021
Luke 17: 11 - 17: Jesus and the ten lepers
Sunday, 11th July, 2021
2 Timothy 3: 14 - 17: A final charge to Timothy
Sunday, 4th July, 2021
Matthew 13: 1 - 9 & 18 - 23: The parable of the sower
Sunday, 27th June, 2021
Mark 12: 28 - 34: The greatest commandment
Sunday, 20th June, 2021
Genesis 22: 1 - 14: Abraham is tested
Sunday, 13th June, 2021
Luke 18: 9 - 14: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Sunday, 6th June, 2021
Genesis 18: 1 - 15: The Three Visitors
Genesis 21: 1 - 7: The Birth of Isaac
Sunday, 30th May, 2021 - Trinity Sunday
Psalm 8: 1 - 9: A Psalm of David
Matthew 28: 16 - 20: The Great Commission
2 Corinthians 13: 11 - 13: Final Greetings and Benediction
Sunday, 23rd May, 2021 - The Day of Pentecost
Acts 2: 1 - 11: The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
Sunday, 16th May, 2021 - Seventh Sunday of Easter
Acts 1: 1 - 10: Jesus taken up into heaven
Sunday, 9th May, 2021 - Sixth Sunday of Easter
John 15: 9 - 17: Love each other
Sunday, 2nd May, 2021 - Fifth Sunday of Easter
John 14: 1 - 14: Jesus comforts his disciples
Sunday, 25th April, 2021 - Fourth Sunday of Easter
Psalm 23 - The Lord is My Shepherd
John 10: 1 - 10: The Good Shepherd and His Sheep
Sunday, 18th April, 2021 - Third Sunday of Easter
Luke 24: 13 - 35: The road to Emmaus
Sunday, 11th April, 2021 - Second Sunday of Easter
John 20: 19 - 29: Jesus appears to the disciples
Sunday, 4th April, 2021 - Feast of the Resurrection
Acts 10: 34 - 43: Peter’s vision
Holy Week: Friday, 3rd April, 2021 - The events of the Saturday
Matthew 27: 62 - 66: The guard at the tomb
Holy Week: Friday, 2nd April, 2021 - The events of the Friday
Luke 22: 66 - 71: Jesus before Pilate and Herod
John 19: 17 - 42: The crucifixion of Jesus
Holy Week: Thursday, 1st April, 2021 - The events of the Thursday
Matthew 26: 17 - 75: The Last Supper
Holy Week: Wednesday, 31st March, 2021 - The events of the Wednesday
Mark 14: 1 - 11: Jesus anointed at Bethany
Holy Week: Tuesday, 7th April, 2020 - The events of the Tuesday
Mark 12: 1 - 12: The parable of the tenants
Matthew 22: 15 - 22: Paying the poll-tax to Caesar
Luke 20: 27 - 39: The resurrection and marriage
Holy Week: Monday, 29th March, 2021 - The events of the Monday
Mark 11: 12 - 19: Jesus curses a fig-tree and clears the temple courts
Sunday, 28th March, 2021 - Palm Sunday
Sunday, 21st March, 2021: Fifth Sunday in Lent
Sunday, 14th March, 2021 - Fourth Sunday in Lent and Mothering Sunday
Luke 2: 33 - 35: Jesus presented in the temple
Sunday, 7th March, 2021 - Third Sunday in Lent
Exodus 20: 2 - 17: The Ten Commandments
Sunday, 28th February, 2021 - Second Sunday in Lent
Mark 8: 31 - 38: Jesus predicts his death
Sunday, 21st February, 2021 - First Sunday in Lent
Genesis 9: 8 - 17: God’s covenant with Noah
Sunday, 14th February, 2021 - Sunday before Lent
Mark 9: 2 - 9: The transfiguration
Sunday, 7th February, 2021 - Second Sunday before Lent
Ephesians 3: 14 - 20: A prayer for the Ephesians
Sunday, 31st January, 2021 - Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany
Sunday, 24th January, 2021 - Third Sunday after The Epiphany
Sunday, 17th January, 2021 - Second Sunday after The Epiphany
Mark 1: 29 - 38: Jesus heals many
Sunday, 10th January, 2010 - First Sunday after The Epiphany
Matthew 2: 1 - 23: The Magi visit the Messiah
Sunday, 3rd January, 2021 - Second Sunday of Christmas
Ephesians 1: 3 - 14: Praise for spiritual blessings in Christ
Sunday, 27th December, 2020 - First Sunday of Christmas
Isaiah 61: 10 & 11: The year of the Lord’s favour continuing in Isaiah 62: 1 - 3: Zion’s new name
Luke 2: 15 - 21 - The birth of Jesus
Sunday, 13th December, 2020 - Fourth Sunday of Advent
Luke 2: 8 - 15: The birth of Jesus
Sunday, 13th December, 2020 - Third Sunday of Advent
Revelation 5: 6 - 14: The Scroll and the Lamb
Sunday, 6th December, 2020 - Second Sunday of Advent
Psalm 46: 1 - 11: God is our refuge and strength
Sunday, 29th November, 2020 - First Sunday of Advent
Mark 13: 24 - 35: The day and hour unknown
Sunday, 22nd November, 2020 - Sunday before Advent
Ezekiel 34: 12 - 24: The Lord will be Israel’s shepherd
John 18: 33 - 37: Jesus before Pilate
Sunday, 15th November, 2020 - 2nd Sunday before Advent
1 Thessalonians 5: 1 - 5: The day of the Lord
Matthew 25: 14 - 28: The parable of the bags of gold
Sunday, 1st November, 2020 - Remembrance Sunday
Micah 4: 1 - 5: The mountain of the Lord
Matthew 5: 1 - 12: Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount
Sunday, 1st November, 2020 - Feast of All Saints
Revelation 7: 9 - 17: The great multitude in white robes
Matthew 23: 1 - 12: A warning against hypocrisy
Sunday, 25th October, 2020
Deuteronomy 34: 1 - 12: The death of Moses
Matthew 22: 34 - 46: The greatest commandment
Sunday, 18th October, 2020
1 Kings 3: 1 - 14: Solomon asks for wisdom
Luke 15: 11 - 24: The parable of the lost son
Sunday, 4th October, 2020
Exodus 32: 1 - 14: The golden calf
Matthew 22: 1 - 14: The parable of the wedding banquet
Mark 10: 13 - 16: The little children and Jesus (video reading)
Sunday, 4th October, 2020
1 Samuel 3: 1 - 10: The Lord calls Samuel
John 1: 43 - 51: Jesus calls Philip and Nathanael
John 5: 1 - 9: The healing at the pool (video reading)
Sunday, 27th September, 2020
Deuteronomy 8: 7 - 18: Do not forget the Lord
Psalm 65: 8 - 13: Thanksgiving for earth’s bounty
Luke 12: 13 -21: The parable of the rich fool (video reading)
Sunday, 20th September, 2020
Exodus 16: 2 - 15: Manna and quail
Matthew 20: 1 - 16: The parable of the workers in the vineyard
Sunday, 13th September, 2020
Exodus 14: 19 - 31: Moses and the Israelites escape across the Red Sea
Matthew 18: 21 - 35: The parable of the unmerciful servant
Sunday, 6th September, 2020
Exodus 3: 1 - 8a, 10 - 14: Moses and the burning bush
Exodus 4: 1 - 11: Signs for Moses
Romans 13: 8 - 14: Love fulfils the law
Luke 7: 36 - 50: Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman
Prayers
The following prayers can be used by an individual, or by a group of people, and have been used as devotional prayers for hundreds of years. It is part of the Anglican tradition to use such prayers. We invite you to use them in your own prayer time, particularly as you begin your prayers, and practise the presence of God.
Other prayers will be added to this site from time to time.
Traditional Prayers.
The Our Father, or Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
The power and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen.
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead and buried;
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven
And is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy catholic Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And the life everlasting. Amen.
Sunday, 30th July 2017 - Trinity 7
Intercession Read by Jean Fenton during the Morning Prayer Service conducted by Rev. Wallace Fenton.
As we continue to pray, Lord, we ask that you will teach us to put the needs of others before our own, our duty before our pleasure, the things of the Spirit before the things of the body and above all to put you before everything else. Amen.
Lord God, we are sometimes frightened by the state of our world with so much wickedness, ruthless cruelty and wanton disregard for human life. This is not the world you intended for mankind, made in your likeness and for your glory. Have mercy on our lost world and on sinful, rebellious mankind. You have shown us in Jesus Christ your way of peace. Forgive our folly and bring us to our senses, that we may follow your way and not our own. Amen.
God of love and Father of us all, have mercy on those who are suffering in our world today as a result of war and civil strife: the wounded and handicapped, the dying and bereaved, the homeless and impoverished, the starving and refugees. We think particularly at this time of the Yemen, where malnutrition and cholera are rife. Bless all agents of righteousness at work among the stricken nations, and give peace in our time, for the sake of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
We pray, Father, for our own parish and for all the people for whom this church is responsible; for families and the children growing up in them; for the lonely; for the sick. Prosper the work being done here and strengthen all who serve you in whatever capacity, for the honour and glory of your name. Amen.
Lord, life changes and so must we. Save us from getting set in our ways. Make us open-minded, and help us to overcome our in-built prejudices. May we cheerfully welcome new ideas and enter without fear into new experiences and new patterns of work. Life changes. We change. But you, O Lord, are eternally the same and so is your love and care for us. Glory to your name. Amen.
And finally a prayer of praise:-
Almighty God, maker of heaven and earth, we praise for the world you have made to be our home, and for everything you have given us so richly to enjoy. We praise you too for our creation as men and women made in your image, with minds to know you, hearts to love you, and wills to obey you. Accept our gratitude and may our lives from day to day show forth your glory. And now may we entrust the past to your mercy, the present to your love, and the future to your wisdom, through Jesus our Saviour. Amen.
Prayer for Day of Pentecost - Whitsunday, 4th June 2017
Read by Jean Fenton during the Morning Service of Holy Communion. Service conducted by Rev. Wallace Fenton.
Let us pray.
Almighty God and Father, help us to be still in your presence, that we may know ourselves to be your people, and you to be our God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
On this day of Pentecost, we think of the coming of the Holy Spirit. We praise you, O God, because you gave the Holy Spirit to the first Christians, making Jesus real to them, teaching them the truth, and giving them power to witness boldly. Fill us with the same Spirit that we may know their experience and follow their example, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
As we approach the General Election we pray that we may use our vote responsibly. Lord you created us free to choose and made us accountable to you and to each other; give to those of us who have the right to elect representatives to serve in government of our country, an urgent sense of our responsibility; a clear and unbiased judgement and a generous concern for the good of all people; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Father, we bring to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, those who are suffering in any way; any who are known to us who are ill; the victims of the Manchester bomb still in hospital and the families whose lives were torn apart by the unexpected bereavement; and now the victims of the latest atrocity in London. May your healing Spirit assist all who work to restore them, that in your goodness they may find wholeness in body, mind and spirit, for the glory of your name. Amen.
A Prayer for our Parish
Almighty God, you have made us members of Christ and of his Church in this parish. May we as a congregation reach upwards to your throne in worship and adoration; inwards to one another in understanding and fellowship; and outwards to the world in evangelism and social compassion. Make us like a city set on a hill whose light cannot be hidden, so that men and women may find Christ as the light of the world and his church as the family of the redeemed, and eternal life as the gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Heavenly Father, graciously receive these our prayers, whether spoken with our lips or echoed in our hearts, and answer them as may be best for us and those for whom we have prayed.
And may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all. Amen.
