James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 (Lesser Festival)
James Hannington was born in 1847 of a Congregationalist family but he became an Anglican before going up to Oxford. He was ordained and, after serving a curacy for five years, went with the Church Missionary Society to Uganda. He was consecrated bishop for that part of Africa in 1884 and a year later began a safari inland from Mombasa, together with other European and indigenous Christians. The ruler of the Buganda, Mwanga, who despised Christians because they refused to condone his moral turpitude, seized the whole party, tortured them for several days and then had them butchered to death on this day in 1885.
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 14, 15, 16
- Judith 7.19–end or Leviticus 9
- 2 Timothy 1.15 – 2.13
In our Benefice (Week 2) For all who live, work or study in:
- North Parade
- Regent’s Park College
In our Deanery (Week 2): We pray for the parish, life and mission of:
- St Andrew’s, Linton Road
In our Diocese: Great Western Park Church, Didcot: Sam Dinsmore – Associate Priest. As we search for a new home, please pray for God to open the door to somewhere new. For the new houses being built on Valley Park, that we would be able to connect with the new residents and grow a sense of community in the new estates. Pray that as we enter a new season with a new minister we would be aware of the opportunities to bless our community and for deep relationships to be built.
Christian Aid: Give thanks for Christian Aid’s partners around the world who lead the work in their own communities (learn more).
Cycle of Intercession: Wednesday (from Common Worship: Daily Prayer)
- Local government, community leaders
- All who provide local services
- Those who work with young or elderly people
- Schools, colleges and universities
- Emergency and rescue organizations
Collect for James Hannington:
Most merciful God,
who strengthened your Church by the steadfast courage
of your martyr James Hannington:
grant that we also,
thankfully remembering his victory of faith,
may overcome what is evil
and glorify your holy name;
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.
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List of sources:
- Benefice Prayer Diary
- Oxford Diocese Prayer Diary
- Christian Aid Prayer Diary
- Calendar, Lectionary, Collects and Cycle of Intercession from Common Worship
- Biographies from Exciting Holiness
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