Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
- Occurring
- Every Wednesday at for 45 mins
- Venue
- St Oswald's, Durham
- Address Church Street Durham, DH1 3DQ, United Kingdom
A prayerful, reflective and quiet service from the Book of Common Prayer, held in the chancel.
Tea, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestry.
All are very welcome.
Wednesday, 28th October 2026: The Feast of St Simon and St Jude, Apostles
Midweek Said Holy Communion followed by Tea, Coffee and Chat in the Vestry
Guest Officiant:
The Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at Durham Cathedral
The Gospel Reading for Today's Holy Communion:
Jesus said to his disciples,
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
(John 15:17-end, King James Version)
The Collect of the Day:
O Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:
Heighington St Michael, Bolam St Andrew, and Darlington St Matthew with St Luke: Vicar - Vacant, Self Supporting Ministry Curate - The Reverend Gordon Tough, and Pastoral Ministers - Mr Andrew Maxwell, Mr Geoff Chilton, Ms Carol Richardson and Ms Alison Cunliffe
Heighington CE Primary School: Headteacher - Mrs C Stonier
Diocesan Safeguarding Management Group
Victims of clergy sexual abuse
Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intention for the Day:
Diocese of Canterbury (The Church of England): Archbishop of Canterbury - The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally DBE
Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:
October 2026: Darlington Deanery
The Prayer of Oblation:
O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that all we, who are partakers of this holy Communion, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end.
Amen.