This week in prayer

Readings and prayers for Sunday 14 April 2024 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 people of the Anglican United Parish of St Columba, Port Hardy, and St John, Port Alice, and their incumbent, Christine Muise. In our provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the people and clergy of the Diocese of Yukon and Bishop Lesley Wheeler-Dame.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Most Rev. Anne Germond, Archbishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Algoma. We pray for climate justice and healthy relationships with the earth.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

Collect:  Wounded God, disabled and divine: give us faith to perceive you pierced and embodied, standing here among us feeding us forgiveness, beautifully broken; through Christ, the suffering servant. Amen.  (Prayers for an Inclusive Church (2009).)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon Apr 15 The Diocese of Doko – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Tues Apr 16 The Diocese of Dominican Republic – The Episcopal Church
• Wed Apr 17 The Diocese of Dornakal – The Church of South India (United)
• Thurs Apr 18 The Diocese of Down and Dromore – The Church of Ireland
• Fri Apr 19 The Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough – The Church of Ireland
• Sat Apr 20 The Diocese of Duk – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK - click links for full text of readings for that day

Lectionary for Sunday 14 April:  Acts 3:12-19  •  Psalm 4  •  1 John 3:1-7  •  Luke 24:36b-48

Daily readings:

• Mon Apr 15 Psalm 150; Jeremiah 30:1-11a; 1 John 3:10-16
• Tues Apr 16 Psalm 150; Hosea 5:15-6:6; 2 John 1:1-6
• Wed Apr 17 Psalm 150; Proverbs 9:1-6; Mark 16:9-18
• Thurs Apr 18 Psalm 23; Genesis 30:25-43; Acts 3:17-26
• Fri Apr 19 Psalm 23; Genesis 46:28-47:6; Acts 4:1-4
• Sat Apr 20 Psalm 23; Genesis 48:8-19; Mark 6:30-34

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 |  cycle of prayer
• 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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