Prayers and readings for Sunday 16 June 2024, Pentecost 4, 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 parish of St John Gualbert, Port McNeill.
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 Most Rev. Gregory Kerr-Wilson, Metropolitan, and the clergy and people of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land.
In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Provincial Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land, and for The National Indigenous Day of Prayer (21 June): for healing and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples.
Collect: Mighty God, to you belong the mysteries of the universe. You transform shepherds into kings, the smallest seeds into magnificent trees, and hardened hearts into loving ones. May your life-giving Spirit re-create us in your image and shape us into your purposes, through Jesus Christ. Amen. (Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002) alt)
Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:
BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK - click links for full text of readings for that day
Lectionary for Sunday 16 June: 1 Samuel 15:34 - 16:13 and Psalm 20 • Ezekiel 17:22-24 and Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15 • 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-17 • Mark 4:26-34
Daily readings
Daily readings below are from the Complementary thread, related to the weekly Sunday Gospel lection and sermon. Source
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