This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 23 August 2026 and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for the Maintenance team and project volunteers.

This week our diocese prays for the Regional Archdeacons.

This week our ecclesiastical provinceprays for the Diocese of Kootenay and Bishop Lynne McNaughton.

The Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Rt. Rev. Richard Reed, Bishop; The Rt. Rev Adam Halkett, Bishop of Missinippi; and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Saskatchewan.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church of the Province of West Africa.

Collect:  Living God, you accept our stumbling faith, our misplaced answers, our false horizons, and through them you build a way of peace. Empower and enable us to bind the wounds of the world  and loose the bonds of oppression, so that all may confess the grace  that is your work alone; through Jesus Christ, your anointed one.  Amen. (Prayers for an Inclusive Church (2009) alt.)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 24 Aug The Diocese of Bari – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Tues 25 Aug The Diocese of Baringo – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• Wed 26 Aug The Diocese of Barisal – The Church of Bangladesh
• Thurs 27 Aug The Diocese of Barrackpore – The Church of North India (United)
• Fri 28 Aug The Diocese of Bath and Wells – The Church of England
• Sat 29 Aug The Diocese of Bathurst – The Anglican Church of Australia

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 23 August

• Exodus 1:8-2:10 and Psalm 124   OR   Isaiah 51:1-6 and Psalm 138
• Romans 12:1-8
• Matthew 16:13-20

Daily readings below are from the Complementary thread, related to the weekly Sunday Gospel lection and sermon. 

• Mon 24 Aug Psalm 18:1-3, 20-32; 1 Samuel 7:3-13; Romans 2:1-11
• Tues 25 Aug Psalm 18:1-3, 20-32; Deuteronomy 32:18-20, 28-39; Romans 11:33-36
• Wed 26 Aug Psalm 18:1-3, 20-32; Isaiah 28:14-22; Matthew 26:6-13
• Thurs 27 Aug Psalm 26:1-8; Jeremiah 14:13-18; Ephesians 5:1-6
• Fri 28 Aug Psalm 26:1-8; Jeremiah 15:1-9; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12
• Sat 29 Aug Psalm 26:1-8; Jeremiah 15:10-14; Matthew 8:14-17

Sources:

• Diocese of BC:  website | cycle of prayer
• Ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon: website 
• Anglican Church of Canada: website | cycle of prayer
• Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP): website 
• Worldwide Anglican Communion:  website | cycle of prayer
• For daily/weekly Bible readings and liturgical notes:
  • Revised Common Lectionary
  • Daily readings from the RCL
  • Online Lectionary (Anglican Church of Canada)
  • NRSV and many other searchable Bible versions at bible.oremus.org

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