We are inviting all Anglicans to pray intentionally for the next meeting of General Synod, June 23-29 in London, ON.
We will focus specifically on praying for the whole House of Bishops, according to the cycle in the pdf posted below. Please include these leaders in your daily prayers! We will also add specific petitions throughout the year, and will anchor our prayers in this one from the Book of Common Prayer:
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who by thy Holy Spirit didst preside in the Council of the blessed Apostles, and hast promised, through thy Son Jesus Christ, to be with thy Church to the end of the world: We beseech thee to be present with the General Synod to be assembled in thy Name June 23-29, 2025. Save its members from all error, ignorance, pride, and prejudice; and of thy great mercy vouchsafe so to direct, govern, and sanctify them in their deliberations by thy Holy Spirit, that through thy blessing the Gospel of Christ may be faithfully preached and obeyed, the order and discipline of thy Church maintained, and the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour enlarged and extended. Grant this, we beseech thee, through the merits and mediation of the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(P. 42, For General, Provincial, or Diocesan Synods)
With the additional use of:
MOST gracious God, we humbly beseech thee for thy holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth; in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it Is in error, direct it; where any thing is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen and confirm it; where it is in want, furnish it; where it is divided and rent asunder, make it whole again; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Page 39, For the Church Universal)
Click the link to access the prayer calendar:
https://communionpartners.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Calendar-of-Bishops-2024-2025-2.pdf