This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 22 February 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 Powerpoint Slide creators & operators.

This week our diocese prays for the St Andrew, Sidney  and their incumbent, Kelly Duncan.

In our ecclesiastical province's cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Caledonia and Bishop David Lehmann.

We continue to hold the community of Tumbler Ridge in our prayers.  We pray for all the people of the town and in particular the families of all those who have died. We pray for all affected for by the devastating news: parents, family members, fellow students, teachers, first responders, medical teams, neighbours, those with links to the town and the province as a whole. We pray that they will know of God’s love and peace in this time. That they will know that they do not walk alone in the dark valley. That they will know the love of neighbour supporting in any way possible. That all of us deeply touched by this tragedy may know God’s hope.  

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Most Rev. David Edwards, Archbishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Fredericton, and for an end to human trafficking and modern slavery.

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

Collect: Spirit of the desert, you drove Jesus to the edge of the world to seek your truth and find his calling: scour our hearts and awaken our hunger, so that freed from empty clinging we may serve only you and the Creator; through Jesus Christ, the Lord of the wilds. Amen. (Prayers for an Inclusive Church (2009) alt.)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 23 Feb The Diocese of Texas – The Episcopal Church
• Tues 24 Feb The Diocese of Northwest Texas – The Episcopal Church
• Wed 25 Feb The Diocese of West Texas – The Episcopal Church
• Thurs 26 Feb The Diocese of Thika – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• Fri 27 Feb The Diocese of Thoothukudi – Nazareth – The Church of South India (United)
• Sat 28 Feb The Diocese of Tirunelveli – The Church of South India (United)

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 22 February:  Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11

• Mon 23 Feb Psalm 32; 1 Kings 19:1-8; Hebrews 2:10-18;
• Tues 24 Feb Psalm 32; Genesis 4:1-16; Hebrews 4:14-5:10
• Wed 25 Feb Psalm 32; Exodus 34:1-9, 27-28; Matthew 18:10-14
• Thurs 26 Feb Psalm 121; Isaiah 51:1-3; 2 Timothy 1:3-7
• Fri 27 Feb Psalm 121; Micah 7:18-20; Romans 3:21-31
• Sat 28 Feb Psalm 121; Isaiah 51:4-8; Luke 7:1-10

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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