This week in prayer

Alleluia! Christ is risen!

Prayers and readings for Sunday 5 April 2026 and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for our Synod delegates and alternates.

This week our diocese prays for those discerning Holy Orders in the Diocese.

In our ecclesiastical province's cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Kootenay and Bishop Lynne McNaughton.

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. Anne Germond, Metropolitan, and the people and clergy of the   Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico, and for the peace of Jerusalem.

Collect: Lord of life and power,
through the mighty resurrection of your Son,
you have overcome the old order of sin and death
and have made all things new in him.
May we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
reign with him in glory,
who with you and the Holy Spirit is alive,
one God, now and for ever.

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

Easter Week

• Mon 6 Apr The Diocese of Southwestern Virginia – The Episcopal Church
• Tues 7 Apr The Diocese of West Virginia – The Episcopal Church
• Wed 8 Apr The Diocese of Wad Medani – Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
• Thurs 9 Apr The Diocese of Waiapu – The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
• Fri 10 Apr The Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki – The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
• Sat 11 Apr Te Pihopatanga o Te Waipounamu – The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 5 April, Easter Sunday: 

• Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6
• Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
• Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43
• John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10

Easter Week

• Mon 6 Apr Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21; Colossians 3:5-11;
• Tues 7 Apr Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Exodus 15:1-18; Colossians 3:12-17;
• Wed 8 Apr Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Joshua 3:1-17; Matthew 28:1-10;
• Thurs 9 Apr Psalm 16; Song of Solomon 2:8-15; Colossians 4:2-5
• Fri 10 Apr Psalm 16; Song of Solomon 5:9-6:3; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
• Sat 11 Apr Psalm 16; Song of Solomon 8:6-7; John 20:11-20

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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