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 Readings and prayers for Sunday August 7 (Pentecost 9) and the following week:  

In our daily diocesan cycle of prayer we pray for Anna, our bishop; for the people of S. Mary, Nanoose Bay, and their incumbent Alan Naylor.

In the cycle of prayer of our ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon, we pray this week for the people and clergy of the Diocese of New Westminster and Bishop John Stephens.

In the Anglican Church of Canada cycle of prayer this week, we pray for The Rt. Rev. Helen Kennedy, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle.

In the worldwide Anglican Communion daily cycle of prayer, we pray for The Church in the Province of the West Indies, and for the participants and proceedings of the 15th Lambeth Conference concluding this week in Canterbury and London.

Diocesan prayers for the week:

  • Aug 8 parish administrators and staff
  • Aug 9 Matthew & Roxy Humphrey - The Village Team Ministry, Victoria
  • Aug 10 Logan & Marcia McMenamie - S. Peter, Quamichan
  • Aug 11 Barbara Underhill - diocesan treasurer
  • Aug 12 parish youth & family ministries
  • Aug 13 Barry Foster - diocesan executive officer

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer for the week:

  • Mon 8 Aug: Diocese of Mbeere – The Anglican Church of Kenya
  • Tues 9 Aug Diocese of Mbhashe – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
  • Wed 10 Aug Diocese of Mbujimayi – Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo
  • Thurs 11 Aug Diocese of Meath & Kildare – The Church of Ireland (Dublin Province)
  • Fri 12 Aug Diocese of Medak – The (united) Church of South India
  • Sat 13 Aug Diocese of Wad Medani – Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Proper 14 (19) (Sunday August 7, 2022)

  • First reading and Psalm: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20, Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23
  • Second reading: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
  • Gospel: Luke 12:32-40
  • Monday: Psalm 89:1-18; 2 Chronicles 33:1-17; Hebrews 11:1-7
  • Tuesday: Psalm 89:1-18; 2 Chronicles 34:22-33; Hebrews 11:17-28
  • Wednesday: Psalm 89:1-18; Jeremiah 33:14-26; Luke 12:41-48
  • Thursday: Psalm 82; Joshua 7:1, 10-26; Hebrews 10:26-31
  • Friday: Psalm 82; 1 Samuel 5:1-12; Hebrews 10:32-39
  • Saturday: Psalm 82; 1 Samuel 6:1-16; Matthew 24:15-27 

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