Prayers, readings, and resources for the week of November 1

On This Page

• The Collect for Sunday
• Prayer Intentions
• The Sunday Readings
• Readings for the Week

Theme of the Day

All Saints celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. As November heralds the dying of the landscape in many northern regions, the readings and liturgy call us to remember all who have died in Christ and whose baptism is complete. At the Lord’s table we gather with the faithful of every time and place, trusting that the promises of God will be fulfilled and that all tears will be wiped away in the new Jerusalem.

The Collect for Sunday

God of all people, from every tribe and language; you called true witnesses who sang your praise, lived your grace and worked for peace. May we share their faith and live by their example, so that we might be a blessing to the hunger of your world; through Jesus Christ, whose body we are, and who lives and reigns with the Father and Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Prayer Intentions

The prayers of the church are offered especially:

• for the needs of the world, especially at this time of the second wave of global pandemic;
• for those who are sick and for all medical personnel and caregivers;
• for research workers and scientists who are working to protect us, provide adequate testing, and to develop a vaccine;
• for those who are particularly vulnerable to this virus;
• for those who are isolated;
• for those who are anxious;
• for the healing of racial inequality, prejudice, bigotry, systemic racism, and injustice;
• for the whole church: for Susan, our Diocesan Bishop; for David and Brian, our priests; for Rob, our intern; for all bish­ops, priests and dea­cons; and for all the bap­tized: that God may accomplish God's work in and through us for the sake of the world;
• for Elizabeth our Queen and all set in authority under her; for Justin, the Prime Minister of Canada and all members of parliament; Doug, the Premier of Ontario and all members of the legislature; Fred, the mayor of Hamilton and those who serve city council; for the First Nations of this land, for elders, chiefs, and band councils; for all in civil authority and for all citizens that we might work together for the common good;
• for all for whom we have been asked to pray: especially Mary, that God will bring them healing and wholeness;
• for those who are dying and all those who have departed from this life and are at rest.

In our cycles of prayer:

• In the Worldwide Anglican Com­mun­ion: Pray for the Church of the Province of West Africa; The Most Revd Dr Jonathan Bau-Bau Bonaparte Hart - Primate & Metropolitan, Church of the Province of West Africa; Metropolitan of the internal province of West Africa and Archbishop of Liberia.
• In the Diocese of Niagara: St. Luke, Palermo, The Reverend Garfield Wu, Rector, and the people of that parish.
• For other faith communities in our neighbourhood, especially, Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Church, The Rev’d Aba Gebreeyesus Ayalew, head priest, and people of that parish.
• For one another, in our parish cycle of prayer, for John, Carol, Scott, Laura & William Nicholson; Christie Noonan; Ed Meidema & Bethany Osborne; Dave & Rebekah Parkinson; Dhamika, Prasthanika, Anargi & Liam Perera.

Prayer requests to be included on the following Sunday can can be submitted here by the Thursday morning before.

The Readings for Sunday