This week in prayer

Readings and prayers for Sunday 17 March 2024 and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our diocesan cycle of prayer this week, we pray for the people of the Parish of St Andrew, Sidney, and their clergy, Kelly Duncan and Juli Mallett. In our provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the people and clergy of the Territory of the People and Bishop Clara Plamondon.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Rt. Rev. Mary Irwin-Gibson, Bishop, and the people and clergy of the Diocese of Montreal. Together with our full communion partners in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, we pray for the elimination of racial discrimination.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church in Wales.

Collect: God of glory,  your revelation through Jesus Christ calls into your covenant of love. Enable us now to reflect your love, so that barriers erected by sin may be broken down, and all people may be drawn to you; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever.  Amen.

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon Mar 18 The Diocese of Costa Rica – Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America
• Tues Mar 19 The Diocese of Coventry – The Church of England
• Wed Mar 20 The Diocese of Cuba – The Episcopal Church
• Thurs Mar 21 The Diocese of Cueibet – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
• Fri Mar 22 The Diocese of Cuernavaca – La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico
• Sat Mar 23 The Diocese of Cuttack – The Church of North India (United)

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK - click links for full text of readings for that day

Lectionary for Sunday 17 March 2024:  Jeremiah 31:31-34  • Psalm 51:1-12 or Psalm 119:9-16  • Hebrews 5:5-10  • John 12:20-33

• Mon Mar 18  Psalm 119:9-16; Isaiah 43:8-13; 2 Corinthians 3:4-11
• Tues Mar 19 Psalm 119:9-16; Isaiah 44:1-8; Acts 2:14-24
• Wed Mar 20 Psalm 119:9-16; Haggai 2:1-9, 20-23; John 12:34-50
• Thurs Mar 21 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Deuteronomy 16:1-8; Philippians 2:1-11
• Fri Mar 22 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Jeremiah 33:1-9; Philippians 2:12-18
• Sat Mar 23 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Jeremiah 33:10-16; Mark 10:32-34, 46-52

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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