Prayers and readings for Sunday 29 March 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 altar servers.

This week our diocese prays for the parish of Holy Trinity, Sooke  and their clerical and lay leaders.

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 theological colleges and training programs within the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada: The Atlantic School of Theology, Montreal Diocesan Theological, College, and Queen’s College.

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

Collect: Almighty God, whose Son was crucified yet entered into glory, may we, walking in the way of the cross, find it is for us the way of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever (BAS 299)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

Holy Week

  • Mon 30 Mar The Diocese of Venezuela –  The Episcopal Church
  • Tues 31 Mar The Diocese of Vermont – The Episcopal Church
  • Wed 1 Apr The Diocese of Victoria Nyanza – The Anglican Church of Tanzania
  • Thurs 2 Apr The Diocese of Virgin Islands – The Episcopal Church
  • Fri 3 Apr The Diocese of Virginia – The Episcopal Church
  • Sat 4 Apr The Diocese of Southern Virginia – The Episcopal Church

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 29 March, Palm Sunday: At the Procession: Ps 118:1-2, 19-29; At the Eucharist: Is 50:4-9a; Ps 31:9-16; Phil 2:5-11; Mt 26:14—27:66 or Mt 27:11-54

Holy Week

  • Mon 30 Mar Is 42:1-9; Ps 36:5-11; Heb 9:11-15; Jn 12:1-11
  • Tues 31 Mar Is 49:1-7; Ps 71:1-14; 1 Cor 1:18-31; Jn 12:20-36
  • Wed 1 Apr Is 50:4-9a; Ps 70; Heb 12:1-3; Jn 13:21-32
  • Thurs 2 Apr Ex 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14; Ps 116:1, 10-17; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-17, 31b-35
  • Fri 3 Apr Is 52:13—53:12; Ps 22; Heb 10:16-25 or 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Jn 18:1—19:42
  • Sat 4 Apr Job 14:1-14 or Lam 3:1-9, 19-24; Ps 31:1-4, 15-16; 1 Pet 4:1-8; Mt 27:57-66 or Jn 19:38-42

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