This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 16 November, Pentecost 23, and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, the 8am and 9.30 congregations pray for each other.

This week our diocese prays for the UVic Multifaith Centre and Shawnigan Lake School, and for their Anglican chaplains, Rebecca Yeo and Ruth Dantzer.

In our ecclesiastical province's cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Kootenay and Bishop Lynne McNaughton.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for the members of the Council of General Synod  .

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Episcopal / Anglican Province of
Alexandria.

Collect:  Christ in all our journeys, you have set your face towards enacting God’s will. You invite us to journey with you, to come to your perspective through the gift of a renewed heart and vision. Help us to weep for our complicity in evil even as we rejoice in your determination to save, for you lead us lightly, through the weakness of prayer and the love of our fellows, for you reign with The One who sent you and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and for ever. Amen. (AD)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 17 Nov The Diocese of Recife – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
• Tues 18 Nov The Diocese of Rejaf – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
• Wed 19 Nov The Diocese of Remo – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• Thurs 20 Nov The Diocese of Renk – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
• Fri 21 Nov The Diocese of Rhode Island – The Episcopal Church
• Sat 22 Nov The Diocese of Rift Valley – The Anglican Church of Tanzania

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 16 November (Pentecost 23):  

• Isaiah 65:17-25 and Isaiah 12   OR   Malachi 4:1-2a and Psalm 98
• 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
• Luke 21:5-19

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

• Mon 17 Nov Psalm 141; Ezekiel 11:14-25; Ephesians 4:25-5:2;
• Tues 18 Nov Psalm 141; Ezekiel 39:21-40:4; 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1
• Wed 19 Nov Psalm 141; Ezekiel 43:1-12; Matthew 23:37-24:14
• Thurs 20 Nov Psalm 46; 2 Chronicles 18:12-22; Hebrews 9:23-28
• Fri 21 Nov Psalm 46; Zechariah 11:1-17; 1 Peter 1:3-9
• Sat 22 Nov Psalm 46; Jeremiah 22:18-30; Luke 18:15-17

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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