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St German’s Church
15 November 2020 - Kingdom 3 (Ord Time 33)

The Parable of the Talents - This can be

Services This
a hard passage to understand especially
considering the master’s exaggerated
Week
Sun 15 - OT 33
anger. As ever, the context of Jesus’
(Kingdom 3)
situation is key. He is surrounded by
09:30 Mass (St S)
enemies and approaching his last weeks. 11:00 Mass (St G)
He is frustrated at the hardness of heart Pray for:
of those around him. Yet there is ‘Good Llangynwyd w Maesteg,
News’ to be found in this story: it shows Martin Evans (V), Geraint
what trusting and free spirited servants John (C) Anthony Beer,
David Lloyd, Maggie
of God can do; it shows us a ‘master’ Thorne; The Church of
who does not cling to power but enables Ceylon
us to be fulfilled. The last word is also Mon 16:
challenging and encouraging: “Get off No Mass today(St G)
your butt and stop pitying yourself! Tue 17:
Otherwise you will lose everything you No Mass today (St S)
Parish Notes: have.” (Michel de Verteuil) St Elizabeth of Hungary
Wed 18:
PCC Meeting - Our next PCC meeting will be on No Mass today (St G)
Monday 23rd at 7pm via Zoom. We will update Thur 19:
everyone on Ministry Area proposals as well as plans for Advent and Christmas. No Mass today (St S)
Sidonia Innocent RIP - We pray for Sidonia’s family at this time. Her funeral will be in St Friday 20:
German’s on Monday 23 Nov at 11:30. To attend please see Fr Phelim. No Mass today
Calendar - See Richard Davey to book your St German’s Calendar (£5 and £7 each). Saturday 21:
Calendars will be available for collection after mass on 6th and 13th December. If you can’t No Mass today
make it on these days please contact Richard to arrange other forms of delivery. Presentation of the BVM
Weekday and Sunday Services - No weekday masses this week as Fr Phelim has been asked Sun 22 - Christ the
to self isolate by NHS track and trace. with the end of the recent lockdown we are able once King
more to pray and worship in church as before. Numbers attending church services are 09:30 Mass (St S)
determined according to what each building can safely sustain bearing in mind the two 11:00 Mass (St G)
meter social distancing rule. St Saviour's is currently 45 and St German’s is 60. Pray for: Penrhiwceiber,
Matthewstown &
Advent and Christmas - we hope as much as possible to maintain the usual services for the
Ynysboeth, Ben Rabjohns
seasons of Advent and Christmas. Yet much of what we do this year will be determined by (V); The Church of
covid rules and so numbers will be limited and booking places will be very important. We Bermuda
will publish a full list of services for the first Sunday of Advent.
Nightshelter - It looks increasingly unlikely we will be unable to offer our winter outreach to Parish Priest:
the homeless this year because of the ongoing risks and dangers posed by the Covid crisis. Fr Phelim O’Hare,
We will keep our options going as to how best we might support the local authority as they 02922 411229,
provide self contained units for the homeless most of which will be in Adamsdown.
[email protected]
Happy Birthday and Thank You to our wonderful organist, Brian Williams, who reaches a
big milestone this week. We are ever so grateful for his work, humour and presence with us
over the last number of decades. Not often we can say things like that. Here’s to the next Churchwardens:
few Brian. Ad Multos Annos.
Recently Departed - Sidonia Innocent, David Conrad Richards RIP Peter Lovitt 02920 763754
Richard Hill 07519 352840

READINGS THIS WEEK READINGS NEXT WEEK

Prov 31:10-13, 19-20, PSALM:
Ezek 34:11-12, 15-17
30-31 O blessed are those
Ps 23:1-2a, 2b-3, 5, 6
Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5
1 Cor 15:20-26, 28 who fear the Lord.
1 Thess 5:1-6
Matt 25:31-46
Matt 25:14-30

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TODAYS HYMNS: O blessed are those who fear the

Lord.’
Christ is made the sure foundation [Jesus spoke this parable to his
Jesus where’er thy people meet O blessed are those who fear the Lord disciples.] ’For it is as if a man, going on
and walk in his ways! a journey, summoned his slaves and
Loving shepherd of thy sheep
By the labour of your hands entrusted his property to them; to one
God be in my head
you shall eat. he gave five talents, to another two, to
Love divine You will be happy and prosper. R/ another one, to each according to his
ability. Then he went away. The one who
Your wife like a fruitful vine had received the five talents went off at
COLLECT in the heart of your house;
your children
once and traded with them, and made
five more talents. In the same way, the
Heavenly Father, whose blessed like shoots of the olive, one who had the two talents made two
around your table. R/ more talents. But the one who had
Son was revealed to destroy the received the one talent went off and dug
works of the devil and to make Indeed thus shall be blessed a hole in the ground and hid his master’s
us the children of God and heirs the man who fears the Lord. money. After a long time the master of
of eternal life: grant that we, May the Lord bless you from Zion those slaves came and settled accounts
in a happy Jerusalem with them. Then the one who had
having this hope, may purify all the days of your life. R/ received the five talents came forward,
ourselves even as he is pure; that Psalm 127 bringing five more talents, saying,
when he shall appear in power “Master, you handed over to me five
SECOND READING: talents; see, I have made five more
and great glory we may be made
talents.” His master said to him, “Well
like him in his eternal and done, good and trustworthy slave; you
glorious kingdom; grant this for A reading from St Paul’s first letter to the have been trustworthy in a few things, I
the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, Thessalonians. will put you in charge of many things;
enter into the joy of your master.” And
to whom with you and the Holy the one with the two talents also came
You will not be expecting us to write
Spirit, be the kingdom, the anything to you, brothers, about ‘times forward, saying, “Master, you handed
power and the glory, for ever and and seasons’, since you know very well over to me two talents; see, I have made
ever. Amen. that the Day of the Lord is going to come two more talents.” His master said to
like a thief in the night. It is when him, “Well done, good and trustworthy
people are saying, ‘How quiet and slave; you have been trustworthy in a
peaceful it is’ that the worst suddenly few things, I will put you in charge of
FIRST READING: happens, as suddenly as labour pains many things; enter into the joy of your
come on a pregnant woman; and there master.” Then the one who had received
A reading from the book of Proverbs the one talent also came forward,
will be no way for anybody to evade it.
  But it is not as if you live in the dark, saying, “Master, I knew that you were a
A perfect wife – who can find her? harsh man, reaping where you did not
my brothers, for that Day to overtake
She is far beyond the price of pearls. sow, and gathering where you did not
you like a thief. No, you are all sons of
Her husband’s heart has confidence in scatter seed; so I was afraid, and I went
light and sons of the day: we do not
her, from her he will derive no little and hid your talent in the ground. Here
belong to the night or to darkness, so we
profit. Advantage and not hurt she you have what is yours.” But his master
should not go on sleeping, as everyone
brings him all the days of her life. She is replied, “You wicked and lazy slave! You
else does, but stay wide awake and
always busy with wool and with flax, she knew, did you, that I reap where I did
sober.
does her work with eager hands. She not sow, and gather where I did not
This is the word of the Lord.
sets her hands to the distaff, her fingers scatter? Then you ought to have
1 Thessalonians 5
grasp the spindle. She holds out her invested my money with the bankers,
hand to the poor, she opens her arms to and on my return I would have received
the needy. Charm is deceitful, and what was my own with interest. So take
beauty empty; the woman who is wise is GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: the talent from him, and give it to the
the one to praise. Give her a share in one with the ten talents. For to all those
what her hands have worked for, and let Alleluia, Alleluia! who have, more will be given, and they
her works tell her praises at the city Make your home in me, as I make mine will have an abundance; but from those
gates. in you. Whoever remains in me bears who have nothing, even what they have
fruit in plenty. will be taken away. As for this worthless
This is the word of the Lord. Alleluia. slave, throw him into the outer darkness,
Proverbs 31 where there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.”
GOSPEL:
RESPONSORIAL PSALM: A reading from the Holy Gospel
This is the Gospel of the Lord.

according to St Matthew. Matthew 25:1-13