This week in prayer

Readings and prayers for Sunday October 23 (Pentecost 20) and the following week:  

In our diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for Anna, our bishop; Sulin Milne & James Lyster and the people of S. Peter, Comox & S. Saviour, Denman Island; the clergy and people of the Diocese of Yukon and Bishop Lesley Wheeler-Dame. 

This week in the Anglican Church of Canada cycle of prayer, we remember The Rt. Rev. John Stephens, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of New Westminster. 

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for la Province de L’Eglise Anglicane
Du Congo.

Diocesan prayers for the week:

• Mon Oct 24 congregation of Holy Trinity, Sooke
• Tues Oct 25 Selinde Krayenhoff & Jim Holland - Diocese of BC
• Wed Oct 26 Deborah Rivet - S. Philip, Cedar
• Thurs Oct 27 Christine Conkin - S. George the Martyr, Cadboro Bay
• Fri Oct 28 Brendon Neilson - diocesan vision animator
• Sat Oct 29 Colleen Lissamer - S. Matthias

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon Oct 24 The Diocese of Nevada – The Episcopal Church (VIII (8) Province)
• Tues Oct 25 The Diocese of New Busa – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Kwara Province)
• Wed Oct 26 The Diocese of New Guinea Islands – The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
• Thurs Oct 27 The Diocese of New Hampshire – The Episcopal Church (I (1) Province)
• Fri Oct 28 The Diocese of New Jersey – The Episcopal Church (II (2) Province)
• Sat Oct 29 The Diocese of New Westminster – The Anglican Church of Canada (BC and Yukon Province)

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Proper 25(30) (Sunday October 23, 2022) - click links for full text of readings for that day

• Mon Oct 24: Psalm 84:8-12; 1 Samuel 2:1-10; 1 Peter 4:12-19
• Tues Oct 25: Psalm 84:8-12; Daniel 5:1-12; 1 Peter 5:1-11
• Wed Oct 26: Psalm 84:8-12; Daniel 5:13-31; Matthew 21:28-32
• Thurs Oct 27: Psalm 32:1-7; Proverbs 15:8-11, 24-33; 2 Corinthians 1:1-11
• Fri Oct 28: Psalm 32:1-7; Job 22:21-23:17; 2 Peter 1:1-11
• Sat Oct 29: Psalm 32:1-7; Isaiah 1:1-9; John 8:39-47

Sources:

• Diocese of BC:  website | cycle of prayer
• Ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon: website | cycle of prayer (included in diocesan prayers as final item in each Sunday's entry)
• Anglican Church of Canada: website | cycle of prayer
• Worldwide Anglican Communion:  website | cycle of prayer
• For daily/weekly Bible readings and liturgical notes:
  • Revised Common Lectionary
  • Daily readings from the RCL
  • why 2 sets of daily readings?
  • Online Lectionary (Anglican Church of Canada)
  • NRSV and many other searchable Bible versions at bible.oremus.org

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