This week in prayer

Readings and prayers for Sunday October 2 (Pentecost 17) and the following week:  

In our diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for Anna, our bishop; the people of S. Paul, Nanaimo, and their clergy, Clara Plamondon & Lynn Cawthra; Bishop David Lehmann and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Caledonia.  

This week in the Anglican Church of Canada cycle of prayer, we remember The Rt. Rev. Anna Greenwood-Lee, Bishop, and clergy and people of the Diocese of British Columbia.  We remember Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA  people and their families, and pray for an end to gender based violence. 

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

Diocesan prayers for the week:

• Mon Oct 3 Alan & Diana Naylor - S. Mary, Nanoose Bay
• Tues Oct 4 Ellen & Rob Willingham - Parish of Pender & Saturna Islands
• Wed Oct 5 Elizabeth Northcott & Susan Cook Pecho - S. Mark, Qualicum Beach
• Thurs Oct 6 Safe Church liaisons
• Fri Oct 7 Wally Eamer & Sharleen Thompson - S. Mary of the Incarnation, Metchosin
• Sat Oct  8 diocesan youth & family ministries

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon Oct 3 The Diocese of Muyinga – The Anglican Church of Burundi
• Tues Oct 4 The Diocese of Myitkyina – The Church of the Province of Myanmar
• Wed Oct 5 The Diocese of Nagpur – The (united) Church of North India
• Thurs Oct 6 The Diocese of Nairobi – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• Fri Oct 7 The Diocese of Nakuru – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• Sat Oct 8 The Diocese of Nambale – The Anglican Church of Kenya

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Proper 22(27) (Sunday October 2, 2022) - click links for full text of all readings for that day

• Monday, October 3: Psalm 3; Habakkuk 1:5-17; James 1:2-11
• Tuesday, October 4: Psalm 3; Habakkuk 2:5-11; 1 John 5:1-5, 13-21
• Wednesday, October 5: Psalm 3; Habakkuk 2:12-20; Mark 11:12-14, 20-24
• Thursday, October 6: Psalm 111; Leviticus 14:33-53; 2 Timothy 1:13-18
• Friday, October 7: Psalm 111; Numbers 4:34-5:4; 2 Timothy 2:1-7
• Saturday, October 8: Psalm 111; Numbers 12:1-15; Luke 5:12-16

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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