This week in prayer
Readings and prayers for Sunday 2 April 2023 and the following week:
We pray for our rector, Allen Doerksen. In our diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for our Bishop, Anna Greenwood-Lee, and for the people of St Christopher & St Aidan, Cowichan Lake, and their incumbent, Eric Stephanson; in our ecclesiastical province, we pray for the people and clergy of the Territory of the People and Interim Bishop Jane Alexander.
In the Anglican Church of Canada cycle of prayer, we pray for The Most Rev. Anne Germond, Metropolitan, and the people and clergy of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.
In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for the Province of the Episcopal Church
of South Sudan.
Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:
- Apr 3 Monday of Holy Week: The Diocese of Rupert’s Land – The Anglican Church of Canada
- Apr 4 Tuesday of Holy Week: The Diocese of Rutana – The Anglican Church of Burundi
- Apr 5 Wednesday of Holy Week: The Diocese of Ruvuma – The Anglican Church of Tanzania
- Apr 6 Maundy Thursday: The Diocese of Ruwenzori – The Church of the Province of Uganda
- Apr 7 Good Friday: The Diocese of East Ruwenzori – The Church of the Province of Uganda
- Apr 8 Holy Saturday: The Diocese of South Rwenzori – The Church of the Province of Uganda
BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday April 2nd 2023 , Palm Sunday - click links for full text of readings for that day
- Mon Apr 3 Isaiah 42:1-9 • Psalm 36:5-11 • Hebrews 9:11-15 • John 12:1-11
- Tues Apr 4 Isaiah 49:1-7 • Psalm 71:1-14 • 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 • John 12:20-36
- Wed Apr 5 Isaiah 50:4-9a • Psalm 70 • Hebrews 12:1-3 • John 13:21-32
- Thurs Apr 6 Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 • Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 • 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 • John 13:1-17, 31b-35
- Fri Apr 7 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 • Psalm 22 • Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 • John 18:1-19:42
- Sat Apr 8 Job 14:1-14 or Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24 • Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16 • 1 Peter 4:1-8 • Matthew 27:57-66 or John 19:38-42
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 | cycle of prayer
- 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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