Prayers and readings for Sunday 16 November, Pentecost 23, and the following week: 

We pray for Anna, our bishop, and Allen, our rector. In our parish cycle of prayer, the 8am and 9.30 congregations pray for each other.

This week our diocese prays for the UVic Multifaith Centre and Shawnigan Lake School, and for their Anglican chaplains, Rebecca Yeo and Ruth Dantzer.

In our ecclesiastical province's cycle of prayer, we pray for the Diocese of Kootenay and Bishop Lynne McNaughton.

This week the Anglican Church of Canada prays for the members of the Council of General Synod  .

In the Anglican Communion cycle of prayer, we pray for The Episcopal / Anglican Province of
Alexandria.

Collect:  

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

  • Mon 17 Nov The Diocese of Recife – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
  • Tues 18 Nov The Diocese of Rejaf – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
  • Wed 19 Nov The Diocese of Remo – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
  • Thurs 20 Nov The Diocese of Renk – Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
  • Fri 21 Nov The Diocese of Rhode Island – The Episcopal Church
  • Sat 22 Nov The Diocese of Rift Valley – The Anglican Church of Tanzania

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Lectionary for Sunday 16 November (Pentecost 23):  

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

Sources:

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