This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 6 April and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop; Allen, our rector; and Rebecca, our deacon. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for those who care for the church gardens and grounds.

This week our diocese prays for the parish of St Christopher & St Aidan, Cowichan Lake, and their incumbent, Selinde Krayenhoff.

In the ecclesiastical provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the Territory of the People and Bishop Clara Plamondon

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Most Rev. Anne Germond, Acting Primate and Metropolitan, and the people and clergy of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for Iglesia Anglicana de Chile

Collect: 
Creator God, you prepare a new way in the wilderness and water the desert. Help us to recognize your hand working miracles beyond our imagining. Open our hearts to be transformed by the new thing you are doing, so that our lives may proclaim  the extravagance of your love for all, and its presence in Jesus Christ.  Amen. 
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon Apr 7 The Diocese of Masindi-Kitara – The Church of the Province of Uganda
• Tues Apr 8 The Diocese of Massachusetts – The Episcopal Church
• Wed Apr 9 The Diocese of Western Massachusetts – The Episcopal Church
• Thurs Apr 10 The Diocese of Masvingo – The Church of the Province of Central Africa
• Fri Apr 11 The Diocese of Matabeleland – The Church of the Province of Central Africa
• Sat Apr 12 The Diocese of Matana – The Anglican Church of Burundi

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 6 April

• Isaiah 43:16-21
• Psalm 126
• Philippians 3:4b-14
• John 12:1-8

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

• Mon Apr 7 Psalm 20; Exodus 40:1-15; Hebrews 10:19-25
• Tues Apr 8 Psalm 20; Judges 9:7-15; 1 John 2:18-28
• Wed Apr 9 Psalm 20; Habakkuk 3:2-15; Luke 18:31-34
• Thurs Apr 10 Psalm 31:9-16; Isaiah 53:10-12; Hebrews 2:1-9
• Fri Apr 11 Psalm 31:9-16; Isaiah 54:9-10; Hebrews 2:10-18
• Sat Apr 12 Psalm 31:9-16; Leviticus 23:1-8; Luke 22:1-13

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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