This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 2 November, Pentecost 21, and the following week: 

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

This week our diocese prays for the Diocesan Council and Parish Councils.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Rt. Rev. Leslie Wheeler-Dame as she begins her retirement, and for the clergy and people of the Diocese of Yukon.

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

Collect:  Almighty God, whose people are knit together in one holy Church, the mystical Body of your Son, grant us grace to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love you; through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. (BAS 428)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 3 Nov The Diocese of Portsmouth – The Church of England
• Tues 4 Nov The Diocese of Pretoria – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
• Wed 5 Nov The Diocese of Puerto Rico – The Episcopal Church
• Thurs 6 Nov The Diocese of Pune – The Church of North India (United)
• Fri 7 Nov The Diocese of Pungue River – Igreja Anglicana de Mocambique e Angola
• Sat 8 Nov The Diocese of Pyay – The Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma)

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 2 November (Pentecost 21):  

• Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 and Psalm 119:137-144
• Isaiah 1:10-18 and Psalm 32:1-7
• 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12
• Luke 19:1-10

The first reading at St Philip this Sunday is Psalm 149, for All Saints.

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

• Mon 3 Nov Psalm 50; Nehemiah 13:1-3, 23-31; 1 Corinthians 5:9-13
• Tues 4 Nov Psalm 50; Zechariah 7:1-14 ; Jude 1:5-21
• Wed 5 Nov Psalm 50; Amos 5:12-24; Luke 19:11-27
• Thurs 6 Nov Psalm 17:1-9; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Acts 22:22-23:11
• Fri 7 Nov Psalm 17:1-9; Genesis 38:1-26; Acts 24:10-23
• Sat 8 Nov Psalm 17:1-9; Exodus 3:13-20; Luke 20:1-8

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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