This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 24 May 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 bookkeeper.

This week our diocese prays for the parish of St Peter, Quamichan and their incumbent, Theo Robinson.

In our ecclesiastical province's cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Yukon and Bishop Vincent Fenga.

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 Bishop-Elect Kathryn Otley, and the people and clergy of the Diocese of Ottawa.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Episcopal Church in the Philippines

Collect: Living God, you create all that is. Send forth your Spirit to renew and restore us, so that we may proclaim your good news  in ways and words that all will embrace and believe.  Amen (RCL Prayers 2002, alt)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 25 May The Diocese of Zanzibar – The Anglican Church of Tanzania
• Tues 26 May The Diocese of Zaria – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Wed 27 May The Diocese of Central Zimbabwe – The Church of the Province of Central Africa
• Thurs 28 May The Diocese of Ziwa Rukwa – The Anglican Church of Tanzania
• Fri 29 May The Diocese of Zonkwa – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Sat 30 May The Diocese of Zululand – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 24 May 

• Acts 2:1-21 or Numbers 11:24-30
• Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
• 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 or Acts 2:1-21
• John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39

• Mon 25 May Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Joel 2:18-29; Romans 8:18-24
• Tues 26 May Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Ezekiel 39:7-8, 21-29; Romans 8:26-27
• Wed 27 May Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Numbers 11:24-30; John 7:37-39
• Thurs 28 May Psalm 8; Job 38:1-11; 2 Timothy 1:8-12a
• Fri 29 May Psalm 8; Job 38:12-21; 2 Timothy 1:12b-14
• Sat 30 May Psalm 8; Job 38:22-38; John 14:15-17

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

Photo by Mike Labrum on Unsplash