This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 25 October 2026 and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for the teachers, children and families fof Gonzales Preschool.

This week our diocese prays for the Diocesan and Synod office staff

This week our ecclesiastical province prays for Diocese of Caledonia and Bishop David Lehmann.

The Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Rt. Rev. John Stephens, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of New Westminster;  and for an end to gender-based violence and human trafficking.

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

Collect: Your love, O God, is boundless. We who were strangers have been made your children; we who were defenceless have been brought into your household. Keep us mindful of your mercy, so that we may love you with our whole heart and love our neighbour as ourselves. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.  Amen. ( Opening Prayers (1997) alt.)

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 26 Oct The Diocese of El Camino Real – The Episcopal Church
• Tues 27 Oct The Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn – The Anglican Church of Australia
• Wed 28 Oct The Diocese of Canterbury – The Church of England
• Thurs 29 Oct The Diocese of Cape Coast – The Church of the Province of West Africa
• Fri 30 Oct The Diocese of Cape Town – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
• Sat 31 Oct The Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba – The Church in the Province of the West Indies

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 25 October

• Deuteronomy 34:1-12 and Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17   OR   Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 and Psalm 1
• 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
• Matthew 22:34-46

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

• Mon 26 Oct Psalm 119:41-48; Deuteronomy 6:1-9, 20-25; James 2:8-13
• Tues 27 Oct Psalm 119:41-48; Deuteronomy 10:10-22; James 2:14-26
• Wed 28 Oct Psalm 119:41-48; Proverbs 16:1-20; Matthew 19:16-22
• Thurs 29 Oct Psalm 43; 1 Samuel 2:27-36; Romans 2:17-29
• Fri 30 Oct Psalm 43; Ezekiel 13:1-16; 2 Peter 2:1-3
• Sat 31 Oct Psalm 43; Malachi 1:6-2:9; Matthew 23:13-28

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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