Prayers and readings for Sunday 3 August, Pentecost 8, and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for Synod delegates and alternates.

This week our diocese prays for postulants of the diocese.

In the ecclesiastical provincial cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Kootenay and Bishop Lynne McNaughton.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Rt. Rev. Lydia Mamakwa, The Rt. Rev. Isaiah Larry Beardy, and the Rt. Rev. Morris Fiddler, Bishops, and the clergy and people of the Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh.

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

Collect:  

Lord of abundance, you demand our life entire and whole: lead us out from prisons of greed to a place of riches uncontained and always new: through Jesus Christ, our wealth. Amen

 


Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

  • Mon 4 Aug The Diocese of Niger West – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
  • Tues 5 Aug The Diocese of Nike – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
  • Wed 6 Aug The Diocese of Nimule – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
  • Thurs 7 Aug The Diocese of Nnewi – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
  • Fri 8 Aug The Diocese of Northern Izon – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
  • Sat 9 Aug The Diocese of the Northern Territory – The Anglican Church of Australia

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 3 August (Pentecost 8)

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

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