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Readings and prayers for Sunday 4 June and the following week:  

We pray for our rector, Allen Doerksen.  In our diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for our Bishop, Anna Greenwood-Lee, and for the people of St John the Divine, Victoria, and their clergy, Alastair Singh-McCollum and John Thatamanil;  in our ecclesiastical province, we pray for the clergy and people of the Diocese of Yukon and Bishop Lesley Wheeler-Dame.

In the Anglican Church of Canada cycle of prayer, we pray for The theological colleges and training programs within the Ecclesiastical Province of  Ontario: Canterbury College, Huron University College, Renison College, the Anglican  Studies Program at Saint Paul University, Thorneloe University, Trinity College, Wycliffe  College.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Episcopal / Anglican Province
of Alexandria (Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Mauritania, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia). [more about]

Collect: Holy One who sculpted Sun and Moon, 
Holy Spirit, who brooded over the waters of creation;
How Word, who lives in us;
may we share in your grace, love and communion,
so that we may live in your likeness;
for you live in unity and diversity,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

  • Mon June 5 The Diocese of Tennessee – The Episcopal Church (IV (4) Province)
  • Tues June 6 The Diocese of East Tennessee – The Episcopal Church (IV (4) Province)
  • Wed June 7 The Diocese of West Tennessee – The Episcopal Church (IV (4) Province)
  • Thurs June 8 Corpus Christi; The Diocese of Terekeka – The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (Central Equatoria Province)
  • Fri June 9 The Diocese of Northern Territory – The Anglican Church of Australia (Queensland Province)
  • Sat June 10 The Diocese of Texas – The Episcopal Church (VII (7) Province)

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK - click links for full text of readings for that day

Sunday June 4th 2023 , Trinity Sunday Genesis 1:1-2:4a and Psalm 8  •  2 Corinthians 13:11-13  •  Matthew 28:16-20 

"After Pentecost during Ordinary Time, there are two sets of Hebrew Bible readings. One set progresses semi-continuously through the Patriarchal/Exodus narratives (Year A), the Monarchial narratives (Year B), and the Prophets (Year C). The other set is related thematically, or is complementary, to the gospel lections for those dates. The Hebrew Bible lections during the rest of the year are thematically related to the gospel lections, which are in turn connected to the seasons of the Church Year. Additional readings are provided for special feast days." Daily readings below are from the Complementary thread, related to the weekly Sunday Gospel lection and sermon. Source

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