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Prayers and readings for Sunday 22 December and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for the Taizé prayer leaders, musicians, and singers.

This week our diocese prays for Chaplains & Chaplaincies.

In the ecclesiastical provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the Territory of the People and Bishop Clara Plamondon.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Rt. Rev. Christopher Harper, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop, and the staff of Indigenous Ministries; the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples; Dawn Maracle, Indigenous Justice Animator.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church of the Province of Uganda.

Collect:  God made known in the friendship of women, the word of greeting and unseen life enwombed: give us the courage of the teenage mother who brings into the world a song of joyful revolt and a God who needs her love; through Jesus Christ, the one who is to come. Amen. (Shakespeare, Steven. Prayers for an Inclusive Church (p. 85). Church Publishing Inc.).

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

  • Mon Dec 23 The Diocese of Kubwa – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
  • Tues Dec 24 The Diocese of Kuching – Church of the Province of South East Asia
  • Wed Dec 25 The Diocese of Kumasi – The Church of the Province of West Africa
  • Thurs Dec 26 The Diocese of Kumi – The Church of the Province of Uganda
  • Fri Dec 27 The Diocese of Kurunegala – The Church of Ceylon (Extra Provincial)
  • Sat Dec 28 The Diocese of Kushtia – The Church of Bangladesh

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 22 December

Daily readings below are from the Complementary thread, related to the weekly Sunday Gospel lection and sermon. Source

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