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Prayers and readings for Sunday 23 November, Last Sunday after Pentecost / Reign of Christ, and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for the envelope secretaries & offerings counters.

This week our diocese prays for the people of St Saviour, Denman Island.

In our ecclesiastical province's cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of New Westminster and Archbishop John Stephens

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Secretary General and staff of the Anglican Communion Office

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Anglican Church in Aotearoa,
New Zealand and Polynesia.

Collect:  Almighty and everlasting God,
whose will it is to restore all things
in your well-beloved Son, our Lord and King,
grant that the peoples of the earth,
now divided and enslaved by sin,
may be freed and brought together
under his gentle and loving rule;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. (BAS 394)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

  • Mon 24 Nov The Diocese of Riverina – The Anglican Church of Australia
  • Tues 25 Nov The Diocese of Rochester (England) – The Church of England
  • Wed 26 Nov The Diocese of Rochester (USA) – The Episcopal Church
  • Thurs 27 Nov The Diocese of Rockhampton – The Anglican Church of Australia
  • Fri 28 Nov The Diocese of Rokon – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
  • Sat 29 Nov The Diocese of Rorya – The Anglican Church of Tanzania

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 23 November (Last of Pentecost / Reign of Christ):  

Daily readings below until Wednesday are from the Complementary thread, related to the weekly Sunday Gospel lection and sermon. From Thursday, there is only one thread of readings.

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