This week in prayer

Prayers and readings for Sunday 9 November, Pentecost 22, and the following week: 

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

This week our diocese lifts our own parish of St Philip Oak Bay in prayer.

In our ecclesiastical province's cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Caledonia and Bishop David Lehmann.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for The Principal, faculty, students, and staff of the Vancouver School of Theology.

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church in the Province of the
West Indies.

Collect:  

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

• Mon 10 Nov The Diocese of Qu’Appelle – The Anglican Church of Canada
• Tues 11 Nov The Diocese of Quebec – The Anglican Church of Canada
• Wed 12 Nov The Diocese of North Queensland – The Anglican Church of Australia
• Thurs 13 Nov The Diocese of Raiwind – The Church of Pakistan (United)
• Fri 14 Nov The Diocese of Rajasthan – The Church of North India (United)
• Sat 15 Nov The Diocese of Rayalaseema – The Church of South India (United)

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 9 November (Pentecost 22):  

• Haggai 2:1-2:9 and Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 or Psalm 98   OR   Job 19:23-27a and Psalm 17:1-9
• 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17
• Luke 20:27-38

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

• Mon 10 Nov Psalm 123; Job 20:1-11; 2 Peter 1:16-21
• Tues 11 Nov Psalm 123; Job 21:1, 17-34; 2 John 1:1-13
• Wed 12 Nov Psalm 123; Job 25:1-26:14; John 5:19-29
• Thurs 13 Nov Psalm 98; 1 Samuel 28:3-19; Romans 1:18-25
• Fri 14 Nov Psalm 98; 2 Samuel 21:1-14; 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12
• Sat 15 Nov Psalm 98; Ezekiel 10:1-19; Luke 17:20-37

Sources:

• Diocese of BC:  website | cycle of prayer
• Ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon: website 
• Anglican Church of Canada: website | cycle of prayer
• Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP): website 
• 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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