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Readings and prayers for Sunday 7 April 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 Christopher and St Aidan, Cowichan Lake and their incumbent, Selinde Krayenhoff. In our provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the people and clergy of the Diocese of New Westminster and Bishop John Stephens.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Provincial Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria.

Collect:  Risen Christ, for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred: open the doors of our hearts, so that we may seek the good of others and walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace, to the praise of God, the Source of all life.  Amen. (Common Worship:  Additional Collects (2004) alt.)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

  • Mon Apr 8 The Annunciation (transferred) The Diocese of Derby – The Church of England
  • Tues Apr 9 The Diocese of Derry and Raphoe – The Church of Ireland
  • Wed Apr 10 The Diocese of Dhaka – The Church of Bangladesh
  • Thurs Apr 11 The Diocese of San Diego – The Episcopal Church
  • Fri Apr 12 The Diocese of Divine Hope – Igreja Anglicana de Mocambique e Angola
  • Sat Apr 13 The Diocese of Dogura – The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea

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

Lectionary for Sunday 7 April:  Acts 4:32-35  •  Psalm 133  •  1 John 1:1-2:2  •  John 20:19-31

Daily readings:

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