Q1 Pdf - Diocese of Bristol

Notes:
Each weekday includes:
AC – the Anglican Cycle of Prayer.
DB: Usually a Benefice/Parish- with names of current clergy and lay
ministers, and (where these have been sent, particular items for prayer or
thanksgiving.)
Also, where dates are known – meetings of Diocesan committees etc.
From time to time particular and widely observed UN or other
International 'Days' are noted.
On Sundays and some other days
WCC – the international and ecumenical cycle of prayer for countries and
Christian communities.
AC – as above
PC – the Porvoo Cycle of prayer for churches joined by the Porvoo
process.
DB – A Diocesan officer, event, or something which concerns all parishes.
(There is sometimes a deliberate overlap with the weekly remembrance,
to ensure that – for example – all the various Deaneries are remembered
in Sunday worship.)
JANUARY 2013
A Prayer for a New Year
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
whose years never fail
and whose mercies are new each returning day:
let the radiance of your Spirit renew our lives,
warming our hearts and giving light to our minds;
that we may pass the coming year
in joyful obedience and firm faith;
through him who is the beginning and the end,
your Son Christ our Lord.
The Promise of his Glory 1
Tuesday 1 January Naming and Circumcision of Jesus
For the peace of the world.
AC: Kumi - (Uganda) Bp Thomas Irigei
PC: Oslo, Norway: Bp Ole Christian Kvarme; Durham, England: Bp Justin Welby, Bp
Mark Bryant; Moray, Ross & Caithness, Scotland: Bp Mark Strange.
1 Prayers for use at the Alternative Services / comp. David Silk. London: Mowbray, 1980.
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