This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 21 September, Pentecost 15, and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for the youth of our parish.

This week our diocese prays for the parish of St Peter & St Paul, Esquimalt, and their incumbent Gail Rodger.

In the ecclesiastical provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Yukon and Bishop Lesley Wheeler-Dame . 

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Provincial Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for the Province of the Episcopal Church of
South Sudan.

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

Season of Creation

• Mon 22 Sept The Diocese of Oru – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Tues 23 Sept The Diocese of Osaka – The Nippon Sei Ko Kai
• Wed 24 Sept The Diocese of Osun – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Thurs 25 Sept The Diocese of Osun North – The Church of Nigeria
• Fri 26 Sept The Diocese of Osun North East – The Church of Nigeria
• Sat 27 Sept The Diocese of Ottawa – The Anglican Church of Canada

Collect:  Hallowed Creator, your glory fills all creation; we sense your presence in the rhythms of nature and the beauty of life:
Awaken in us a reverence for all that you have made,
that we may care for the earth as your sacred gift,
live wisely among its creatures,
and proclaim your love through our stewardship and joy.
Through Jesus Christ, the Word through whom all things were made,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen.

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 21 September (Pentecost 15):  

• Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Psalm 79:1-9   OR   
• Amos 8:4-7 and Psalm 113
• 1 Timothy 2:1-7
• Luke 16:1-13

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

• Mon 22 Sept Psalm 12; Proverbs 14:12-31; Acts 4:1-12
• Tues 23 Sept Psalm 12; Proverbs 17:1-5; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
• Wed 24 Sept Psalm 12; Proverbs 21:10-16; Luke 20:45-21:4
• Thurs 25 Sept Psalm 146; Proverbs 22:2-16; 2 Corinthians 8:8-15
• Fri 26 Sept Psalm 146; Proverbs 28:3-10; Ephesians 2:1-10
• Sat 27 Sept Psalm 146; Proverbs 28:11-28; Luke 9:43b-48

Sources:

• Diocese of BC:  website | cycle of prayer
• Ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon: website 
• Anglican Church of Canada: website | cycle of prayer
• Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP): website 
• Worldwide Anglican Communion:  website | cycle of prayer
• For daily/weekly Bible readings and liturgical notes:
  • Revised Common Lectionary
  • Daily readings from the RCL
  • Online Lectionary (Anglican Church of Canada)
  • NRSV and many other searchable Bible versions at bible.oremus.org

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