PARISH OF CARDIFF; ST GERMAN WITH ST SAVIOUR

St Saviour’s Church
9 May 2021 - Easter VI

Many admire Jesus and

This week:
respect his teaching
without really believing Sun 9: Easter 6
in him or his teachings. 9:30 Sung Mass (St S)
As Christians, today’s 11am Sung Mass (St G)
gospel about Christ’s
commandment to love so Mon 10:
much that we are willing 18:00 Mass (St G)
to lay down our lives, is Tues 11:
the ultimate challenge. O
God, help us make this 10:00 Mass (St S)
love a reality in our lives. Wed 12:
10:00 Mass (St G)
Thur 13:
Parish Notes: 17:45 Mass (St S)
Reserve your seat at St Saviour’s mass via Liz on 07718918846 Ascension of the Lord
Covid Risks Update - Please continue to adhere to social distancing and so go Fri 14:
straight to their chair and at the end of the service leave orderly. Once outside catch No Mass (St S)
St Matthias, Apostle
ups and some fellowship is possible.
Sat 15:
Prayer for Christian Unity - This year we will pray for Christian Unity from
No Mass (St S)
Ascension to Pentecost whilst combining this with our usual Thy Kingdom Come
Sun 16: Easter 7
prayer focus. We will post daily prayers and reflections online for people to pray St Saviour’s:
each day as well as a service for Christian Unity in St German’s this Sunday at 18:30 9:30 Sung Mass;
and in St Saviour’s the following week at the same time. St German’s:
Crowning of Mary - In this month of May, we will crown the image of Our Lady 11:00 am Sung Mass
with a garland of flowers at the end of mass today. 18:30 Benediction and
AGM - Our AGM will be on Tuesday 25 May in church at 18:30. It will be the usual Prayer for Christian
format: reports on ministry, buildings, finances as well as elections for the new PCC, Unity
wardens and representatives for deanery and diocesan conferences. Only those on
the electoral roll can vote. We will have a single item PCC to approve our audited Parish Priest:
accounts in advance of the AGM on Sunday 23 May after mass. Fr Phelim O’Hare,
Fr Edward Dowland Owen will be licensed to Grangetown next Sunday at 3pm. If 02922 411229,
anyone would like to join in it will also be lives steamed. See Fr Phelim for links. phelimohare@gmail.com

Bingo 16 June at 7pm via zoom to raise money for Christian Aid. (Day off - Friday)
Ordinands - Many thanks to our ordinands for all their help this past year. We will Churchwardens:
be saying farewell soon to Natasha whose last Sunday with us will be 30 May.
Electoral Roll - We need to renew our Electoral Roll. This new electoral roll will Bill Eastwood
07800 946949
eventually form part of the wider MA electoral roll. Please see Wendy. David Gibbins
Recently Departed - Marion Evans, Joan Kear, Catherine Cooper, Paul Warner 07813160825

www.saintgermanwith
READINGS THIS WEEK READINGS NEXT WEEK PSALM RESPONSE saintsaviour.org
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, Acts 1:1-11
44-48 The Lord has shown
Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
Ps 98:1, 2-3a, 3b-4 his salvation to the
1 John 4:7-10 Eph 4:1-13
Mark 16:15-20
nations. (3vv)
John 15:9-17

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COLLECT His right hand and his holy arm friends if you do what I command you. I
  have brought salvation. R/ do not call you servants any longer,
because the servant does not know what
God our redeemer, you have The Lord has made known his salvation; the master is doing; but I have called
delivered us from the power   has shown his justice to the nations. you friends, because I have made known
of darkness and brought us He has remembered his truth and love to you everything that I have heard from
  for the house of Israel. R/ my Father. You did not choose me but I
into the kingdom of your Son: chose you. And I appointed you to go
grant, that as by his death he All the ends of the earth have seen and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that
has recalled us to life, so by   the salvation of our God. the Father will give you whatever you
Shout to the Lord, all the earth, ask him in my name. I am giving you
his continual presence in us   ring out your joy. R/ these commands so that you may love
he may raise us to eternal joy; Psalm 98 one another.
through Jesus Christ your Son
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
our Lord, who is alive and SECOND READING John 15
reigns with you and the Holy The Second Reading is from the first
Spirit, one God, now and for letter of John. THE REGINA CAELI
ever. Amen. My dear people, Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven,
let us love one another alleluia!
FIRST READING since love comes from God
and everyone who loves is begotten by
He who thou wast meet to bear
alleluia!
A reading from the book of Acts. God and knows God. As he promised, hath arisen,
Anyone who fails to love can never have alleluia!
As Peter reached the house Cornelius known God, because God is love. Pour for us to him thy prayer,
went out to meet him, knelt at his feet God’s love for us was revealed alleluia!
and prostrated himself. But Peter helped when God sent into the world his only
him up. ‘Stand up,’ he said ‘I am only a Son so that we could have life through Rejoice and be glad,
man after all!’ him; this is the love I mean: not our love O virgin Mary, alleluia!
  Then Peter addressed them: ‘The truth for God, but God’s love for us when he
I have now come to realise’ he said ‘is sent his Son to be the sacrifice that takes R./ For the Lord has risen indeed,
that God does not have favourites, but our sins away. alleluia!
that anybody of any nationality who
fears God and does what is right is This is the word of the Lord. Let us pray,
acceptable to him.’ 1 Jn 4 O God, by the resurrection of your on,
  While Peter was still speaking the our Lord Jesus Christ, you have brought
Holy Spirit came down on all the joy to the whole world: Granth that, by
listeners. Jewish believers who had
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: the help of his mother, the ivrigin Mary,
accompanied Peter were all astonished we may obtain the joys of everlasting
Alleluia, alleluia!
that the gift of the Holy Spirit should be life; through Christ the Lord. Amen.
Jesus said: ‘If anyone loves me he will
poured out on the pagans too, since they keep my word, and my Father will love
could hear them speaking strange
languages and proclaiming the greatness
him, and we shall come to him.’ TODAY’S MUSIC
Alleluia!
of God. Peter himself then said, ‘Could I danced in the morning
anyone refuse the water of baptism to Sing it in the valleys
these people, now they have received We have been told
the Holy Spirit just as much as we have?’ GOSPEL Tell out my soul
He then gave orders for them to be
baptised in the name of Jesus Christ. A reading from the Holy Gospel
Afterwards they begged him to stay on according to St John.
for some days.
As the Father has loved me, so I have
This is the word of the Lord. loved you; abide in my love. If you keep
Acts 10 my commandments, you will abide in
my love, just as I have kept my Father’s
commandments and abide in his love. I
RESPONSORIAL PSALM have said these things to you so that my
joy may be in you, and that your joy may
The Lord has shown his salvation to be complete.
the nations. ‘This is my commandment, that you love
one another as I have loved you. No one
Sing a new song to the Lord has greater love than this, to lay down
  for he has worked wonders. one’s life for one’s friends. You are my