This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 16 August 2026 and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for those who visit, enjoy, walk, and pray with our garden labyrinth.

This week our diocese prays for the people of  St Barnabas, Victoria, and their incumbent, Travis O'Brian.

We continue to hold the community of Tumbler Ridge in our prayers.  

This week our ecclesiastical province and the Anglican Church of Canada pray for the Diocese of Caledonia and Bishop David Lehmann.

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

Collect: 

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 17 Aug The Diocese of Badagry – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Tues 18 Aug The Diocese of Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands – The Church in the Province of the West Indies
• Wed 19 Aug The Diocese of Ballarat – The Anglican Church of Australia
• Thurs 20 Aug The Diocese of Bangor – The Church in Wales
• Fri 21 Aug The Diocese of Banks and Torres – The Anglican Church of Melanesia
• Sat 22 Aug The Diocese of Barbados – The Church in the Province of the West Indies

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 16 August

• Genesis 45:1-15 and Psalm 133
• Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 and Psalm 67
• Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
• Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28

Daily readings below are from the Complementary thread, related to the weekly Sunday Gospel lection and sermon. 

• Mon 17 Aug Psalm 87; 2 Kings 5:1-14; Acts 15:1-21
• Tues 18 Aug Psalm 87; Isaiah 43:8-13; Romans 11:13-29
• Wed 19 Aug Psalm 87; Isaiah 66:18-23; Matthew 8:1-13
• Thurs 20 Aug Psalm 138; Ezekiel 28:11-19; 1 Corinthians 6:1-11
• Fri 21 Aug Psalm 138; Ezekiel 31:15-18; 2 Corinthians 10:12-18
• Sat 22 Aug Psalm 138; Ezekiel 36:33-38; Matthew 16:5-1

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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