The Quiver Lent 1 March 9th, 2025
What, for us, are the worst kinds of temptation? Probably food, drink or tobacco: violence, cruelty or selfishness. All are powerfully addictive, all are potentially destructive of ourselves and others. Food is the easiest, so the devil tries it first. It is quickly dismissed. The second and third temptations are the truly toxic ones: the power of control over others and insidious lure of certainty offer us a specious freedom from doubt and the ‘changes and chances of this fleeting world’. Jesus chooses a better path, and we must be ready to follow him.
SERVICES TODAY
We welcome Rev’d Robert Prance to Cranborne & Gussage All Saints this morning
9.30am Benefice Communion at Cranborne 64 67 398 299 357
In hymn 67 we change to a major tune for the final 2 verses
11.00am Morning Worship at Gussage All Saints
11.00am Elevenses at Wimborne St Giles
Give praise and thanks to God and pray for his help and healing:
For the Church: The Diocese of Salisbury and the Deanery of Wimborne
The Episcopal Church of Sudan (Diocese of Nzara & Deanery of Yabongo)
For the World: Nations and their leaders; justice, peace and development. Refugees and victims of war. the dispossessed, the hungry, the persecuted.
The Middle East
The housebound: Gerry & Pat Cope Geoff Phillips
Those in need : Hayley Loader Katherine Woodland Zachary Jackson Sylvia Gray Frank Russell Gill Lee Michael Goold Hilary & Guy
Cherry Thick Jax Sharp Jim Bolton Clifford House Tereasa Harrison Sheila & Jerry Laker Gary Snelling Becky Gates Martin Instone Diana & Ian Mashford Tim Bastable Donovan Docherty Fiona Armstrong Pearl Dickinson Jean & Alan Elliott Stuart Harding Rocco MacAndrew Declan Connolly
For those who have died Pamela Cowley Andrew Sawyer
THIS WEEK
Monday Deadline for April’s Circle Magazine
7.30pm Bell Ringing at Wimborne St Giles
Pray for the wounded, the captive, the grieving & the homeless
Tuesday Noon Circle Lunch Club at Cranborne Garden Centre
Pray for relief organisations
Wednesday 10.00am Holy Communion by Extension at Woodlands
7.00pm Induction of the Rev’d Angus Mayhew at Cranborne (see below)
Pray for the Rev’d Angus Mayhew and his wife Jules.
Thursday 7.30pm Choir Practice at Cranborne
Pray for our enemies and those who wish us harm
Friday 6.00pm Stations of the Cross at Woodlands (Taizé)
Pray that we may walk the Way of the Cross during Lent
Saturday 12 noon – 1.30pm Soup Lunch at Woodlands Village Hall
Pray for vocations to the priesthood
SERVICES FOR NEXT SUNDAY – LENT 2
9.30am Benefice Communion at Gussage St Michael
11.00am Elevenses at Woodlands
Genesis 15.1-12, 17-18 Philippians 3.17-4.1 Luke 13.31-end
There is a basket available at the back of church for the Charity of the Month. During February and March this will be for Embrace the Middle East a Christian charity who partner with Christians in the Middle East as they work to transform lives and restore the dignity of the most excluded and marginalised communities It is possible to donate online; bit.ly/DQchofm. Choose the amount and add Gift Aid. Donations by 31/3, Thank you.
Soup ‘n’ Cheese Lunches (in aid of Embrace the Middle East) Saturdays noon-1.30pm: March 15 – Woodlands; March 22 – Edmondsham; March 29 – Cranborne; April 12 – Gussage All Saints
Induction of the Rev’d Angus Mayhew as Rector of the Benefice – Wednesday, March 12, 7pm Cranborne Church followed by refreshments in the First School. Please note that there will be a cash collection taken at the service in aid of the Church in South Sudan. All welcome!
COLLECT
Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
FIRST READING Deuteronomy 26.1-11
Moses spoke to the people, saying: When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, "Today I declare to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the LORD swore to our ancestors to give us." When the priest takes the basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of the LORD your God, you shall make this response before the LORD your God: "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labour on us, we cried to the LORD, the God of our ancestors; the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O LORD, have given me." You shall set it down before the LORD your God and bow down before the LORD your God. Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the LORD your God has given to you and to your house.
SECOND READING Romans 10.8b-13
What does scripture say? "The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart"
(that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. The scripture says, "No one
who believes in him will be put to shame." For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. For, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
GOSPEL Luke 4.1-13
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread." Jesus answered him, "It is written, "One does not live by bread alone.'"
Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, "To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours." Jesus answered him, "It is written,
"Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.'"
Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written,
"He will command his angels concerning you,
to protect you,'
and
"On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.'"
Jesus answered him, "It is said, "Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.
POST COMMUNION
Lord God,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it you nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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