Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 (Lesser Festival)
Note: the following are simply a compilation of ideas from various sources – don’t feel you need to use all of them each day! (List of sources at the bottom of the post).
Daily Readings (Morning Prayer)
- Psalms 123, 124, 125, 126
- 2 Samuel 18.1–18
- Acts 10.34–end
In our Benefice:
- Southmoor Road
- Southmoor Place
- Keble Road
In our Deanery: The University Church
In our Diocese: Tilehurst St George and St Mary Magdalen
Christian Aid: Pray for hope to grow and fuel our action for change (find out more).
Cycle of Intercession: Monday (from Common Worship: Daily Prayer)
- The media and the arts
- Farming and fishing
- Commerce and industry
- Those whose work is unfulfilling, stressful or fraught with danger
- All who are unemployed
Collect for St Aidan:
Everlasting God,
you sent the gentle bishop Aidan
to proclaim the gospel in this land:
grant us to live as he taught
in simplicity, humility and love for the poor;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
List of sources:
- Benefice Prayer Diary
- Oxford Diocese Prayer Diary
- Christian Aid Prayer Diary
- Lectionary, Collects and Cycle of Intercession from Common Worship