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Readings and prayers for Sunday 24 December 2023 and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our diocesan cycle of prayer this week, we pray for Christ Church Cathedral School. In our provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the  clergy and people of the Diocese of New Westminster and Bishop John Stephens. 

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for the Primate, Linda Nicholls, The Rt. Rev. Christopher Harper, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop, and the staff of Indigenous Ministries; the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples; Dawn Maracle, Indigenous Justice Animator.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Episcopal Church in the Philippines.

Collect:  God of scandalous love, 
Mary consented to bear the shame
and carry your Word within herself:
may her courage give hope to women and men
who yearn to sing new songs of justice
and find the world a dwelling place for God;
through Jesus Christ, the one who is to come. Amen

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

  • Mon Dec 25 The Diocese of Birmingham – The Church of England
  • Tues Dec 26 The Diocese of Blackburn – The Church of England
  • Wed Dec 27 The Diocese of Bo – The Church of the Province of West Africa
  • Thurs Dec 28 The Diocese of Boga – Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo
  • Fri Dec 29 The Diocese of Bolivia – The Anglican Church of South America
  • Sat Dec 30 The Diocese of Bondo – The Anglican Church of Kenya

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

Lectionary for Sunday 24 December 2023:  

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