Textweek resources
Scripture readings
• collect/opening prayer reflection for January 23 and week following (NZPB & Common Worship)
RC “Received Text”:
Almighty ever-living God,
direct our actions according to your good pleasure,
that in the name of your beloved Son
we may abound in good works.
Through our Lord…
(Source: The Hadrianum, a papal sacramentary given by Pope Hadrian I to Charlemagne in 785/6. There it is a prayer for “another Sunday” in January.)
BCP (TEC):
Give us grace, O Lord,
to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ
and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation,
that we and the whole world
may perceive the glory of his marvelous works;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(Source: Massey H. Shepherd).
Christians cannot agree which week to pray for Christian unity (!) so this week (18-25 January) is when Northern Hemisphere Christians pray for unity.
Textweek resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
As well as ordinary comments, you can add ideas, resources, hymns,… for celebrating this Sunday, and for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity…
In the Southern Hemisphere, and certainly in Aotearoa-New Zealand, this is our go-slow time… So – sometimes your comments may take longer than usual to get through moderation…
Please Fr. Could you notify me on daily reflections on the readings of the day and up to including the sermons on Sunday?
Be blessed and may we keep on nourishing the flock of the Lord, as well as to make Liturgy alive and burning into the lives of the faithful.
Wishing you all the best.
Fr. Boniface Barasa
From Nairobi Kenya. East Africa.
Thank you, Fr Boniface, for your encouragement. Some good places to check regularly are the online chapel here, and the RSS feed from this site. Away from this site, textweek is a site that each week has wonderful resources and an excellent place to start for the sort of things you are asking about.