Parish News

You may be register for the COVID-19 vaccine on  https://vaccine.hse.ie. The COVIC-19 helpline landline is 1850 24 1850.

Revd Jack and our area youth worker, Stephen Byford, are continuing to keep in touch with Youth in national and secondary schools via Zoom. If you would like further information please contact Jack.

Please consider renewing or beginning your financial commitment to Killiskey Parish by way of Planned Giving. By doing this you can maximise the amount of money received by the Parish and greatly assist the Parish to meet its financial commitments. Planned Giving is making a pledge to donate an amount of money regularly over the course of the year whether weekly, monthly, quarterly or by a single donation. Under the tax regulations, the Parish, as a registered charity, can obtain a tax refund from the government for recorded donations from tax payers (PAYE and Self-Assessment) who contribute a minimum of €250 in the tax year. This is the equivalent of €4.81 per week. The parish can claim a further approx. 45% of the amount donated from the government. Cash donations on the plate, while very gratefully received, are not eligible for a tax refund. If you are contributing more than €250 over the course of the year through this method, you might like to consider Planned Giving.

Planned Giving can be done in any one of the following ways:

*The envelope system enables parishioners to donate regular cash amounts which can be recorded for tax refund purposes. Envelopes can be obtained from the churchwardens.

*By setting up a standing order with your bank for a minimum donation of €5 per week (or monthly or quarterly equivalent).

*A donation or donations totalling at least €250 can be made directly to the Parish Treasurer, Scott Golden, Malvern House, The Glebe, Wicklow Town.

Congratulations and thanks to all who were appointed/elected at the Easter Vestry held on 25th April:

Rector’s Churchwarden: Stella Mew

People’s Churchwarden: Ivan Sheane

Rector’s Glebewarden: Richard Henderson

People’s Glebewarden: David Harte

Other Select Vestry Members: Hazel Bayley, Juliet Belton, Patricia Butler, Bernadette Glover, Scott Golden, Tim Hicks, Stephanie McDonald, Amanda Mooney, Michael Norman, Lesley Rue, John Smyth and Lucy Tottenham.

A copy of the 2020 accounts is available on request from Scott Golden.

The 50th of Earth Day, an international event, fell on 22 April this year and was marked by President Biden’s Leaders’ Summit on Climate. It is encouraging that he is determined to forge ahead with reducing carbon emissions in the US and to reverse the damage done by his forebear. Worryingly however, China continues to build new coal fired power plants and is the world’s top emitter of carbon, whilst conversely being a top producer of alternative energy or the means to generate it (solar panels etc.). Whilst emissions fell worldwide during the pandemic in the first half of 2020, they have risen in 2021. Ireland has introduced its Climate Action Bill and aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Some people are unhappy with some of the actions that must be taken, but they are essential if the world’s temperature rise is to be kept below 1.5⁰C. The more countries that become carbon neutral, the more possible it will be for other countries to follow suit. Reducing (and ultimately eliminating) our reliance on fossil fuels whilst converting to the use of green technology will be critical to our change to carbon neutrality.

At this time of year, last minute arrangements are normally in train to ensure the success of the Ashford Country Fair. Sadly, for the second year, the Fair cannot take place this Bank Holiday Monday. It is hoped that the 2022 Fair will be bigger and better.

The Select Vestry plans to organise a fundraising event for later in 2021 to offset some of the lost revenue.

As in 2020, parish income will be significantly adversely impacted by having no Fair and by the reduced opening period for the shop.

The current expectation is that non-essential retail outlets will be allowed to re-open at some stage in May.

Work has begun to ensure that Ashford Charity Shop will be in a position to greet customers when restrictions are lifted.

Killiskey Parish is organising a Pentecost Vigil which will be posted on YouTube on Saturday 22nd May. The service will be recorded in Nun’s Cross church and will include hymns, readings and prayers related to the coming of the Holy Spirit.

Topic: Morning Prayer Easter 4

Time: Apr 25, 2021 11:00 AM Dublin

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KILLISKEY PARISH

MORNING PRAYER FOR USE ON SUNDAY – 25 APRIL 2021

THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

The Gathering of God’s People

 

THE GREETING

Christ is risen!

The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

 

INTRODUCTION

We have come together in the name of Christ

to offer our praise and thanksgiving,

to hear and receive God’s holy word,

to seek the forgiveness of our sins,

and to pray for the needs of the world,

that by the power of the Holy Spirit

we may give ourselves to the service of God.

 

O Lord, open our lips,

and our mouth will proclaim your praise.

 

Let us worship the Lord.

All praise to his name.

 

Blessed are you, Lord God of our salvation,

to you be praise and glory for ever.

As once you ransomed your people from Egypt

and led them to freedom in the promised land,

so now you have delivered us from the dominion of darkness

and brought us into the kingdom of your risen Son.

May we, the first fruits of your new creation,

rejoice in this new day you have made,

and praise you for your mighty acts.

Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Blessed be God for ever.

 

Opening Hymn: CH327 “Christ is our corner-stone” (vs 1, 2 and 4)

Christ is our corner-stone,

on him alone we build;

With his true saints alone

the courts of heaven are filled:

on his great love

our hopes we place

of present grace

and joys above.

 

O then with hymns of praise

these hallowed courts shall ring;

our voices we will raise,

the Three-in-One to sing,

and so proclaim

in joyful song

both loud and long,

that glorious name.

 

Here may we gain from heaven

the grace which we implore,

and may that grace, once given,

be with us evermore,

until that day

when all the blessed

to endless rest

are called away.

Anon. 7^th or 8^th century Latin

1. John Chandler (1792-1866) altd.

 

PENITENCE

Christ died to sin once for all, and now he lives to God.         Romans 6: 10

 

Let us renew our resolve to have done with all that is evil

and confess our sins in penitence and faith.

O God, our loving Father in heaven,

we confess that we have sinned against you;

we have broken your commandments;

we have often been selfish,

and we have not loved you as we should.

For these, and all our sins, forgive us, we pray:

through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

May the Father of all mercies

cleanse you from your sins,

and restore you in his image

to the praise and glory of his name,

through  Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

 

 

SENTENCES OF SCRIPTURE

Your word is a lantern to my feet

and a light upon our path.                                          cf Psalm 119:105

 

O Lord, your word is everlasting:

it stands firm for ever in the heavens.                                   cf Psalm 119: 89

 

Let us then receive the word of the Lord:

so may the light of your presence shine into our hearts.

 

Proclaiming and Receiving the Word

 

The First Reading: Acts 4: 5-12

The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. When they had made the prisoners stand in their midst, they inquired, ‘By what power or by what name did you do this?’ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, ‘Rulers of the people and elders, if we are questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are asked how this man has been healed, let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead. This Jesus is “the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.”

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.’

 

Psalm 23: CH20 “The King of love my shepherd is”

The King of love my shepherd is,

whose goodness faileth never.

I nothing lack if I am his,

and he is mine for ever.

 

Where streams of living water flow

my ransomed soul he leadeth,

and where the verdant pastures grow

with food celestial feedeth.

 

Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,

but yet in love he sought me,

and on his shoulder gently laid,

and home, rejoicing, brought me.

 

In death’s dark vale I fear no ill

with thee, dear Lord, beside me;

thy rod and staff my comfort still,

thy cross before to guide me.

 

Thou spread’st a table in my sight;

thy unction grace bestoweth;

and oh, what transport of delight

from thy pure chalice floweth!

 

And so through all the length of days,

thy goodness faileth never;

Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise

within thy house for ever.

Henry Williams Baker (1821-77)

metrical version of Psalm 23

The Second Reading: 1 John 3: 16-24

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?

 

Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.

 

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.

 

Hymn before the Gospel: Thanks & Praise 60 “I will sing the wondrous story”

I will sing the wondrous story

of the Christ who died for me.

how He left His home in glory

for the cross of Calvary:

 

Yes, I’ll sing the wondrous story

of the Christ who died for me,

sing it with the saints in glory,

gathered by the crystal sea.

 

I was lost, but Jesus found me,

found the sheep that went astray,

threw His loving arms around me,

drew me back into His way.

 

Days of darkness still come o’er me,

sorrow’s paths I often tread,

but the Saviour still is with me;

by His hand I’m safely led.

 

He will keep me till the river

rolls its waters at my feet;

then He’ll bear me safely over,

where the loved ones I shall meet.

Francis Harold Rowley (1854-1952)

 

 

 

The Gospel Reading: John 10: 11-18

‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.’

 

THE SERMON

COLLECT OF THE WORD

Jesus, good shepherd of the sheep,

by whom the lost are sought

and guided into the fold:

feed us and we shall be satisfied,

heal us and we shall be whole,

and lead us that we may be with you,

where you live and reign

with the Father and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever. Amen.

 

 

The Response to God’s Word

 

THE APOSTLES’ CREED

 

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died and was buried;

he descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again;

he ascended into heaven,

he is seated at the right hand of the Father,

and he will come again to judge the living 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.

 

THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

In joy and hope let us pray to the Father.

That our risen Saviour may fill us and all Christians

with the joy of his glorious and life-giving resurrection …

we pray to the Father.

Hear our prayer.

 

That isolated and persecuted churches

may find fresh strength  in the good news of Easter …

we pray to the Father.

Hear our prayer.

 

That God may grant us humility

to be subject to one another in Christian love …

we pray to the Father.

Hear our prayer.

 

That he may help us provide for those

who lack food, work or shelter …

we pray to the Father.

Hear our prayer.

 

That, by his power, war and famine may cease through  all the world …

we pray to the Father.

Hear our prayer.

 

That he may reveal the light of his presence

to the sick, the weak and the dying,

to comfort and strengthen them …

we pray to the Father.

Hear our prayer.

 

That, according to his promises, all who have died

in the faith of the resurrection may be raised on the last day …

we pray to the Father.

Hear our prayer.

 

That he may send the fire of the Holy Spirit upon his people,

so that we may bear faithful witness to his resurrection,

we pray to the Father.

Hear our prayer.

 

Heavenly Father,

you have delivered us from the power of darkness

and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:

grant that, as his death has recalled us to life,

so his continual presence in us

may raise us to eternal joy;

through  Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

THE COLLECT OF THE DAY

Almighty God,

whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life:

 

Raise us, who trust in him,

from the death of sin to the life of righteousness,

that we may seek those things which are above,

where he reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever. Amen.

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Gathering our prayers and praises into one, we are bold to pray:

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.

 

Closing Hymn: CH644 “Faithful Shepherd, feed me”

Faithful Shepherd, feed me

in the pastures green;

faithful Shepherd, lead me

where your steps are seen.

 

Hold me fast, and guide me

in the narrow way;

so, with you beside me,

I shall never stray.

 

Daily bring me nearer

to the heavenly shore;

may my faith grow clearer,

may I love you more.

 

Hallow every pleasure,

every gift and pain;

be my only treasure,

all I hope to gain.

 

Day by day prepare me

as you see is best,

then let angels bear me

to your promised rest.

 

Thomas B Pollock (1836-96) altd.

 

 

Going out as God’s People

 

A THANKSGIVING

Blessed are you, Holy God,

creator, redeemer and life-giver;

you have spoken the world into being

and filled it with wonder and beauty.

For every blessing we have received

we give you thanks and praise.

 

Blessed are you, Holy God,

for people of every language and culture

and for the rich variety you give to life.

For every blessing we have received

we give you thanks and praise.

 

Blessed are you, Holy God,

for Jesus Christ our Saviour,

truly divine and truly human,

living and dying for us,

and going before us into heaven.

For every blessing we have received

we give you thanks and praise.

 

 

Blessed are you, Holy God,

for your Spirit, the fire of love burning in our hearts,

bringing us to faith, and calling us to holiness

in the Church and in the world.

For every blessing we have received

we give you thanks and praise.

 

We go into the world

to walk in God’s light,

to rejoice in God’s love

and to reflect God’s glory.

 

THE BLESSING

God the Father,

by whose glory Christ was raised from the dead,

raise you up to walk with him in the newness of his risen life:

and the blessing of God Almighty,

the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,

be with you and remain with you always. Amen.

 

THE DISMISSAL

We go in the peace of the Risen Christ. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Topic: Compline 21 April 2021

Time: Apr 21, 2021 07:30 PM

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WEDNESDAY, 21 APRIL 2021:  COMPLINE

 PREPARATION

APPROACH

The angels of God guard us through the night,

and quieten the powers of darkness.

 

The Spirit of God be our guide

to lead us to peace and to glory.

 

It is but lost labour that we haste to rise up early

and so late take rest, and eat the bread of anxiety.

For those beloved of God are given gifts even as they sleep.

 

Silence

 

My brothers and sisters,

Our help is in the name of the eternal God,

who is making the heavens and the earth.

 

Dear God,

thank you for all that is good,

for our creation and for our humanity,

for the stewardship you have given us of this planet earth,

for the gifts of life and of one another,

for your love which is unbounded and eternal.

 

O thou, most holy and beloved,

my Companion, my Guide upon the way,

my bright evening star.

 

PENITENCE

We repent the wrongs we have done:

 

Silence

 

We have wounded your love.

O God, heal us.

 

We stumble in the darkness.

Light of the world transfigure us.

 

We forget that we are your home.

Spirit of God, dwell in us.

 

Eternal Spirit, living God,

in whom we live and move and have our being,

all that we are, have been, and shall be is known to you,

to the very secret of our hearts

and all that rises to trouble us.

Living flame burn into us,

Cleansing wind, blow through us,

Fountain of water, well up within us,

that we may love and praise in deed and in truth.

 

INVOCATION

Eternal Spirit, flow through our being and open our lips,

that our mouths may proclaim your praise.

 

Let us worship the God of love.

Alleluia, alleluia.

 

THE WORD OF GOD

PSALM

Psalm 135

 

1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord;

give praise, O servants of the Lord,

2 you that stand in the house of the Lord,

   in the courts of the house of our God.

3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;

sing to his name, for he is gracious.

4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,

   Israel as his own possession.

 

 

5 For I know that the Lord is great;

our Lord is above all gods.

6 Whatever the Lord pleases he does,

   in heaven and on earth,

   in the seas and all deeps.

7 He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth;

he makes lightnings for the rain

and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

 

8 He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

   both human beings and animals;

9 he sent signs and wonders

into your midst, O Egypt,

against Pharaoh and all his servants.

10 He struck down many nations

   and killed mighty kings—

11 Sihon, king of the Amorites,

and Og, king of Bashan,

and all the kingdoms of Canaan—

12 and gave their land as a heritage,

   a heritage to his people Israel.

 

13 Your name, O Lord, endures for ever,

your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.

14 For the Lord will vindicate his people,

   and have compassion on his servants.

 

15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

the work of human hands.

16 They have mouths, but they do not speak;

   they have eyes, but they do not see;

17 they have ears, but they do not hear,

and there is no breath in their mouths.

18 Those who make them

   and all who trust them

   shall become like them.

 

19 O house of Israel, bless the Lord!

O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!

20 O house of Levi, bless the Lord!

   You that fear the Lord, bless the Lord!

21 Blessed be the Lord from Zion,

he who resides in Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

 

Glory be to the Father, ■

and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning, ■

is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

 

A READING

Mark 16: 9-18

Now after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went out and told those who had been with him, while they were mourning and weeping. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

 

After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

 

Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at the table; and he upbraided them for their lack of faith and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.’

ADDRESS

 

HYMN (SAID)

 

Glory to Thee, my God, this night,

For all the blessings of the light!

Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,

Beneath Thine own almighty wings.

 

Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son,

The ill that I this day have done,

That with the world, myself, and Thee,

I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

 

O may my soul on Thee repose,

And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close,

Sleep that may me more vigorous make

To serve my God when I awake.

 

When in the night I sleepless lie,

My soul with heavenly thoughts supply;

Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,

No powers of darkness me molest.

 

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

 

VERSICLES AND RESPONSES

Into your hands, O God, I commend my spirit,

for you have redeemed me O God of truth and love.

 

Keep me, O God, as the apple of an eye;

hide me under the shadow of your wings.

 

Preserve us, O God while waking,

and guard us while sleeping,

that awake we may watch with Christ,

and asleep may rest in your peace.

 

THE GOSPEL CANTICLE

NUNC DIMITTIS      The Song of Simeon  Luke 2: 29-32

Praise be to God, I have lived to see this day.

God’s promise is fulfilled, and my duty done.

 

At last you have given me peace,

for I have seen with my own eyes

the salvation you have prepared for all nations –

a light to the world in its darkness,

and the glory of your people Israel.

 

Glory be to God, sustaining, redeeming, sanctifying,

as in the beginning, so now, and for ever.

Amen.

 

Preserve us, O God while waking,

and guard us while sleeping,

that awake we may watch with Christ,

and asleep may rest in your peace.

 

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

 

THE 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. Amen.

OPEN PRAYER

Those who have requested prayer or who are on our minds are mentioned.

 

 

THE ENDING

DISMISSAL

I will lay down in peace and take my rest,

for it is in God alone that I dwell unafraid.

 

Let us bless the Earth-maker, the Pain-bearer, the Life-giver,

Let us praise and exalt God above all for ever.

 

May God’s name be praised beyond the farthest star,

glorified and exalted above all for ever.

 

Be present, Spirit of God,

within us, your dwelling place and home,

that this house may be one where

all darkness is penetrated by your light

all troubles calmed by your peace,

all evil redeemed by your love,

all pain transformed in your suffering,

and all dying glorified in your risen life. Amen.

 

BLESSING

O God,

strengthen your servants with your heavenly grace,

that we may continue yours for ever,

and daily dwell in your Holy Spirit more and more,

until we come to your everlasting home.

 

The divine Spirit dwell in us.

Thanks be to God.