This week in prayer
Readings and prayers for Sunday December 4, the Second Sunday in Advent, and the following week:
In our diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for: Anna, our bishop; our interim priest, Peter Parker; the parish of S. Barnabas, Victoria, and their incumbent, Travis O’Brian; Bishop John Stephens and the clergy and people of the Diocese of New Westminster.
This week in the Anglican Church of Canada cycle of prayer, we pray for The Primate, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, and the staff of the Primate’s Office of the Anglican Church of Canada.
In the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples cycle of prayer, we pray for Indigenous Peoples in the Diocese of Niagara.
In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East.
Diocesan prayers for the week:
- Mon Dec 5 Sheila Cook – deacon to the Mid-North Island Region
- Tues Dec 6 Isabel Weeks - vice chancellor
- Wed Dec 7 Karen & James Hollis - Christ Church, Gabriola Island
- Thurs Dec 8 Gyllian Davies - Parish of Salt Spring Island
- Fri Dec 9 Trish Vollmann-Stock and Ken Stock – St John the Baptist, Duncan
- Sat Dec 10 Matthew & Roxy Humphrey – Emmaus Community/Abbey Church & Wild Church, Victoria
Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:
- Monday 5 December 2022 The Diocese of el-Obeid – Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
- Tuesday 6 December 2022 The Diocese of Offa – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Kwara Province)
- Wednesday 7 December 2022 The Diocese of Ogbaru – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion (Niger Province)
- Thursday 8 December 2022 The Diocese of Ogbia – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Niger Delta Province)
- Friday 9 December 2022 The Diocese of Ogbomoso – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Ibadan Province)
- Saturday 10 December 2022 The Diocese of Ogoni – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Niger Delta Province)
BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday December 4, 2022 - click links for full text of readings for that day
- Monday, December 5, 2022: Psalm 21; Isaiah 24:1-16a; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
- Tuesday, December 6, 2022: Psalm 21; Isaiah 41:14-20; Romans 15:14-21
- Wednesday, December 7, 2022: Psalm 21; Genesis 15:1-18; Matthew 12:33-37
- Thursday, December 8, 2022: Psalm 146:5-10; Ruth 1:6-18; 2 Peter 3:1-10
- Friday, December 9, 2022: Psalm 146:5-10; Ruth 4:13-17; 2 Peter 3:11-18
- Saturday, December 10, 2022: Psalm 146:5-10; 1 Samuel 2:1-8; Luke 3:1-18
Sources:
- Diocese of BC: website | cycle of prayer
- Ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon: website | cycle of prayer (included in diocesan prayers as final item in each Sunday's entry)
- Anglican Church of Canada: website | cycle of prayer
- Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP): website | cycle of prayer
- 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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