PARISH OF CARDIFF; ST GERMAN WITH ST SAVIOUR

St Saviour’s Church
18 August 2019 - Ordinary Time 20 (Trinity 9)

There are many difficult sayings of Jesus. In This week:

today’s gospel we hear one of these. A Sun 18: Trinity 9
warning to those who follow him that being a 9:30 Sung Mass (St S)
disciple will result in conflict. He tells it as it is 11am Sung Mass (St G)
(and how true his words turned out to be). It 1.30pm Baptism (St S.)
will mean that families (and Church families)
Mon 19:
will be divided – those who follow Christ and
those who ignore and reject the hope and true 6pm Mass (St G)
peace that he is offering. He is giving his St John Eudes
followers this warning now so that they will Tues 20:
not be shocked when they realise that 10am Mass (St S)
following Jesus will mean some very tough St Bernard
choices – and what can be tougher than
Wed 21:
choosing between loyalty to family and loyalty
to Jesus. This is why we, as Church, rely 10am Mass (St G)
totally on the grace that comes only from God. St Pius X
Thur 22:
5:45pm Mass (St S)
Parish Notes: Our Lady, Mother &
Queen
Blessing of Herbs - for assumptiontide and distribution at the end of mass today. Fri 23:
Congratulations - to Kiara Grace Parry who will be baptised today in St Saviour’s. 6pm Mass (St S)
Many thanks to Fr Keith and Fr Thomas for covering our Sunday services in the St Rose of Lima
Sat 24:
last two weeks. Next Sunday we welcome Fr Jordan Hillebert, Theology Tutor from
11am Mass (St S)
St Padarn’s institute.
12:30pm Wedding (St G)
Sanctuary Lamps - A reminder that sanctuary lamps can be dedicated in St Bartholomew
thanksgiving/in memoriam. Please write your intentions on the sheets at the back of Sun 25: Trinity 10
church and give your £4 donation to John Stuart. (OT 21)
Penrhys Sponsored Walk Many thanks to all those who supported the walk St Saviour’s:
yesterday from Llanwonno Church to Penrhys. 9:30 Sung Mass;
Cardiff Foodbank - Currently, we urgently needed the following items: long life St German’s:
11:00 am Sung Mass
fruit juice, UHT milk, Rice Pudding, Sponge Pudding, Tinned Potatoes, Tinned
Tomatoes, Tinned fish. They also have plenty of: Beans, pasta, cereals, snacks &
sweets, soup, tea, meat. Many thanks again. Parish Priest:
Assumptiontide - Ecumenical Celebration of the Assumption on Sun 18 August in St Fr Phelim O’Hare,
02922 411229,
Mary’s Butetown. Vespers, procession, fireworks and BBQ. All are welcome.
phelimohare@gmail.com
Rome and Assisi Pilgrimage 2019 - 2-6 December. Cost of flights from Bristol, (Day off - Friday)
transfers & transport in Rome and to Assisi will be £250. See Fr Phelim for details. Churchwardens:
Recently Departed: Arthur Petty, Louise Anne Lloyd, Terence Clive James RIP.
Bill Eastwood
07800 946949
David Gibbins
READINGS THIS WEEK READINGS NEXT WEEK 07813160825
PSALM RESPONSE
Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 Isa 66:18-21
Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18 Ps 117:1, 2 Lord, come to my aid! www.saintgermanwith
Heb 12:1-4 Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 (4vv) saintsaviour.org
Luke 12:49-53 Luke 13:22-30

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COLLECT OFFERTORY: let the healing streams abound,


make and keep me pure within.

Almighty God, who sent your In Christ there is no east or west,
Thou of life the fountain art,

Holy Spirit to be the life and in him no south or north,
freely let me take of thee:

but one great fellowship of love
light of your Church: open our spring thou up within my heart,

throughout the whole wide
hearts to the riches of your rise to all eternity.
earth.
grace, that we may bring forth
the fruit of the Spirit in love In Christ shall
and joy and peace; through
FINAL HYMN:
true hearts everywhere
Jesus Christ your Son our their high communion find; 1. Hail, holy Queen enthroned
Lord, who is alive and reigns his service is the golden cord above, O María.
with you and the Holy Spirit, close-binding humankind. Hail, Queen of mercy and of
one God, now and for ever. love, O María!
Amen Join hands, disciples of the faith,
whate'er your race may be. Triumph, all ye Cherubim;
All children of the living God Sing with us, ye Seraphim.
GATHERING: are surely kin to me. Heav'n and earth
resound the hymn:
Stand up! Stand up for Jesus! Salve, Salve, Salve Regína.
In Christ now meet
Ye soldiers of the cross;
both east and west;
Lift high His royal banner, 2. Our life, our sweetness,
in him meet south and north.
It must not suffer loss; here below
All Christly souls are one in him
throughout the whole wide Our hope in sorrow and in woe.
From victory unto victory, O Maria!
earth.
His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished, 3. To thee we cry, poor sons of
And Christ is Lord indeed. COMMUNION: Eve, O Maria!To thee we sigh, we
mourn, we grieve, O Maria!
Stand up! Stand up for Jesus! Jesu, Lover of my soul,

Stand in His strength alone; let me to thy bosom fly,

4. Turn then most gracious
The arm of flesh will fail you; while the nearer waters roll,

Advocate, O Maria!
Ye dare not trust your own. while the tempest still is high:

Toward us thine eyes
hide me, O my Saviour, hide,

compassionate, O Maria!
Put on the gospel armor, till the storm of life be past;

And, watching unto prayer, safe into the haven guide,

5. The cause of joy to all below,
Where duty calls, or danger, O receive my soul at last.

O María.
Be never wanting there. 

The spring through which all
Other refuge have I none,

graces flow, O María.
Stand up! Stand up for Jesus! hangs my helpless soul on thee;

The strife will not be long; leave, ah! leave me not alone,

Angels, all your praises bring,
This day the noise of battle, still support and comfort me!

Earth and heaven, with us sing
The next the victor's song. All my trust on thee is stayed;

All creation echoing:
all my help from thee I bring;

Salve, salve, salve Regina!
To him that overcometh, cover my defenceless head

A crown of life shall be; with the shadow of thy wing.

He with the King of glory 

Shall reign eternally. Plenteous grace with
thee is found,

grace to cover all my sin;


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FIRST READING SECOND READING This is the gospel of the Lord.
Luke 12
The First reading is from the book of The Second Reading is from the
Jeremiah. letter to the Hebrews.

The king’s leading men spoke to the With so many witnesses in a great
king. ‘Let Jeremiah be put to death: cloud on every side of us, we too,
he is unquestionably disheartening then, should throw off everything
the remaining soldiers in the city, that hinders us, especially the sin
and all the people too, by talking that clings so easily, and keep
like this. The fellow does not have running steadily in the race we have
the welfare of this people at heart so started. Let us not lose sight of
much as its ruin.’ ‘He is in your Jesus, who leads us in our faith and
hands as you know,’ King Zedekiah brings it to perfection: for the sake
answered ‘for the king is powerless of the joy which was still in the
against you.’ So they took Jeremiah future, he endured the cross,
and threw him into the well of disregarding the shamefulness of it,
Prince Malchiah in the Court of the and from now on has taken his place
Guard, letting him down with ropes. at the right of God’s throne. Think of
There was no water in the well, only the way he stood such opposition
mud, and into the mud Jeremiah from sinners and then you will not
sank. give up for want of courage. In the
  Ebed-melech came out from the fight against sin, you have not yet
palace and spoke to the king. ‘My had to keep fighting to the point of
lord king,’ he said ‘these men have death.
done a wicked thing by treating the
prophet Jeremiah like this: they This is the word of the Lord.
have thrown him into the well, Heb 12
where he will die.’ At this the king
gave Ebed-melech the Cushite the GOSPEL
following order: ‘Take three men
with you from here and pull the A reading from the Holy Gospel
prophet Jeremiah out of the well according to St Luke.
before he dies.’
‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and
This is the word of the Lord. how I wish it were already kindled! I
Jer 38 have a baptism with which to be
baptized, and what stress I am
under until it is completed! Do you
RESPONSORIAL PSALM think that I have come to bring
Lord, come to my aid! peace to the earth? No, I tell you,
but rather division! From now on,
I waited, I waited for the Lord five in one household will be
and he stooped down to me; divided, three against two and two
he heard my cry. R/ against three; they will be divided:
father against son and son against
He drew me from the deadly pit, father, mother against daughter and
from the miry clay. daughter against mother, mother-in-
He set my feet upon a rock law against her daughter-in-law and
and made my footsteps firm. R/ daughter-in-law against mother-in-
law.’
He put a new song into my mouth, He also said to the crowds, ‘When
praise of our God. you see a cloud rising in the west,
Many shall see and fear you immediately say, “It is going to
and shall trust in the Lord. R/ rain”; and so it happens. And when
you see the south wind blowing, you
As for me, wretched and poor, say, “There will be scorching heat”;
the Lord thinks of me. and it happens. You hypocrites! You
You are my rescuer, my help, know how to interpret the
O God, do not delay. R/ appearance of earth and sky, but
Psalm 40 why do you not know how to
interpret the present time?