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)
- Psalm 71
- 1 Kings 21
- Acts 21.37—22.21
In our Benefice:
- Southmoor Road
- Southmoor Place
- Keble Road
In our Deanery: The University Church
In our Diocese: Shiplake with Dunsden and Harpsden: Jane Wright – Priest-in-Charge, Pam Gordon, Heather Turner, David Pritchard, Pippa Thorneycroft. For staff and pupils at Shiplake CE Primary School, Shiplake College and all schools attended by children who live within our benefice. Residents of care homes in the benefice and nearby, and all from our churches who visit or take services there.
Christian Aid: Pray for those impacted by your fundraising (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
Collects for the week of Trinity 17:
Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
or
Gracious God,
you call us to fullness of life:
deliver us from unbelief
and banish our anxieties
with the liberating love of 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