Lenten Study Course, 2021:
During Lent 2021, members of the Joint Chapter of Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, and Saint Flannan’s Cathedral, Killaloe, are offering a Lenten Study Course based on the Anglican Communion’s Five Points of Mission.
These Lenten study evenings at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays in Lent are:
1, Tuesday 23 February: ‘Proclaim the Kingdom’s Good News,’ the Treasurer, Canon Jane Galbraith (Roscrea)
2, Tuesday 2 March: ‘Baptise and nurture new believers,’ the Chancellor, Canon Liz Beasley (Adare)
3, Tuesday 9 March: ‘Respond to human need by loving service,’ the Archdeacon of Killaloe, the Ven Terry Mitchell (Cloughjordan)
4, Tuesday 16 March: ‘Change society’s unjust strictures,’ the Precentor, Canon Patrick Comerford (Rathkeale and Kilnaughtin Group)
5, Tuesday 23 March: ‘Safeguard the integrity of creation,’ the Prebendary of St Munchin and Tulloh, Canon Jim Stephens (Tralee)
To join any/all of the talks, please email dean@limerick.anglican.org for a Zoom link.
The present Covid-19 pandemic restrictions make it difficult to know when Church services with congregations are going to resume. Should restrictions ease, these are the times of planned services:
Tuesday 2 February 2021, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple:
10 a.m., The Festal Eucharist, Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton.
Readings:
Malachi 3: 1-5; Psalm 24: 1-10; Luke 2: 22-40
Hymns:
691, Faithful vigil ended (CD 39)
203, When candles are lighted on Candlemas day (CD 13)
Sunday 7 February 2021, The Second Before Lent (Creation):
9.30 a.m., Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, the Parish Eucharist (Holy Communion 2)
11.30 a.m., Saint Brendan’s Church, Kilnaughtin (Tarbert), Morning Prayer
Readings:
Proverbs 8: 22-31; Psalm 104: 26-37; John 1: 1-14
Hymns:
59, New every morning is the love (CD 4)
52, Christ, whose glory fills the skies (CD 4)
Sunday 14 February 2021 (Sunday before Lent, Transfiguration Sunday):
9.30 a.m., Castletown Church, the Parish Eucharist (Holy Communion 2)
11.30 a.m., Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale, Morning Prayer.
Readings:
II Kings 2: 1-12; Psalm 30: 1-6; Mark 9: 2-9
Hymns:
325, Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here (CD 20)
643, Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Wednesday 17 February 2021 (Ash Wednesday):
11 a.m., Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Holy Communion with the Ash Wednesday prayers.
Readings:
Joel 2: 1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51: 1-18; Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21.
Hymns:
535: Judge eternal, throned in splendour
586: Just as I am, thine own to be
Sunday 21 February (Lent 1):
9.30 a.m., Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Morning Prayer
11.30 a.m., Saint Brendan’s Church, Kilnaughtin (Tarbert), the Parish Eucharist (Holy Communion 2)
Readings:
Genesis 9: 8-17; Psalm 25: 1-9; Mark 1: 9-15
Hymns:
207, Forty days and forty nights (CD 13)
324, God, whose almighty word (CD 19)
Sunday 28 February (Lent 2):
9.30, Castletown, Morning Prayer; 11.30, Rathkeale, Parish Eucharist (HC 2).
Readings:
Genesis 17: 1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22: 23-31; Mark 8: 31-38
Hymns:
93, I danced in the morning when the world was begun
599, ‘Take up thy cross’, the Saviour said (CD 34)
Feast Days and Saints’ Days in February:
1 February, Saint Brigid
2 February, the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
