Prayers and readings for Sunday 5 October, Pentecost 17, and the following week: 

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

This week our diocese prays for the parish of St Peter, Comox, and their interim priest, Alan Naylor.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Rt. Rev. Anna Greenwood-Lee, Bishop, and clergy and people of the Diocese of British Columbia.

Remember missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA
people and their families, and pray for an end to gender-based violence.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for the The Anglican Church of Tanzania.

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

  • Mon 6 Oct The Diocese of Panama – Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America
  • Tues 7 Oct The Diocese of Pankshin – The Church of Nigeria
  • Wed 8 Oct The Diocese of Panrieng – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
  • Thurs 9 Oct The Diocese of Panyana – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
  • Fri 10 Oct The Diocese of Paraguay – The Anglican Church of South America
  • Sat 11 Oct The Diocese of Paraná – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil

Collect:  Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant your people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, we may, for love of you, delight in your whole creation with perfect joy;  through Jesus Christ our Lord,  who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,  one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Book of Occasional Services)

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 5 October (Pentecost 17):  

  • Lamentations 1:1-6 and Lamentations 3:19-26; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10. This week the first reading at St Philip is Isaiah 32:14-18, the theme passage for this year's Season of Creation.

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

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