Prayers and readings for Sunday 19 January and the following week:
We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for the Wardens.
This week our diocese prays for Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, and the Dean, Jonathan Thomas.
In the ecclesiastical provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Yukon and Bishop Lesley Wheeler-Dame.
This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Rev. Dr. Eileen Scully, Director, and the staff of Faith, Worship, and Ministry; and for The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the ecumenical work and witness of our churches.
In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church in the Province of the West Indies.
Collect: Lord of the wedding feast, take our hearts of stone and flood them with new wine, so that we may savour the daily miracles that reveal your Son in our midst, Jesus the Christ. Amen.
(Shakespeare, Steven. Prayers for an Inclusive Church, Church Publishing Incorporated. Kindle Edition.)
Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
- Mon Jan 20 The Diocese of Lesotho – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
- Tues Jan 21 The Diocese of Lexington – The Episcopal Church
- Wed Jan 22 The Diocese of Liberia – The Church of the Province of West Africa
- Thurs Jan 23 The Diocese of Lichfield – The Church of England
- Fri Jan 24 The Diocese of Lincoln – The Church of England
- Sat Jan 25 The Diocese of Litoral Ecuador – The Episcopal Church
BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Lectionary for Sunday 19 January
Daily readings below are from the Complementary thread, related to the weekly Sunday Gospel lection and sermon. Source
- Mon Jan 20 Psalm 145; Isaiah 54:1-8; Romans 12:9-21
- Tues Jan 21 Psalm 145; Song of Solomon 4:1-8; 1 Corinthians 1:3-17
- Wed Jan 22 Psalm 145; Song of Solomon 4:9-5:1; Luke 5:33-39
- Thurs Jan 23 Psalm 19; Isaiah 61:1-7; Romans 7:1-6
- Fri Jan 24 Psalm 19; Nehemiah 2:1-10; Romans 12:1-8
- Sat Jan 25 Psalm 19; Nehemiah 5:1-13; Luke 2:39-52
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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