Please Pray With Us For
The World
We pray for peace in our world that seems to be surrounded by protests; for those in Chile and Ecuador who protest against income inequality; for those who protest about corruption in Iraq, Egypt, and Lebanon; for those who protest for political freedom in Hong Kong, China, Barcelona, and Spain; for those who protest against activities that lead to climate change from New Zealand to Europe. We remember the many thousands of people who are trafficked daily, especially the families of the thirty-nine who so tragically died inside a container on the way to London recently. We also recall the hundreds who drown while being trafficked by sea.
The Anglican Communion
Church of Bermuda (Bishop Nicholas Dill).
The Australian Anglican Church
Diocese of Adelaide (Abp Geoff Smith, Asst Bps Denise Ferguson, Timothy Harris, Christopher McLeod; Clergy & People)
The Diocese of Melbourne
Mission to Seafarers (Malcolm Reed, Chair; Onfré Punay, Chaplain); All Souls' Sandringham (Revd Philip Higgins); Christ Church, Geelong, Revd Russell Trickey; The Parish of St Paul's, Gisbourne with the Church of Resurrection, Macedon Ranges and St John's, Riddell's Creek, Revd Dennis Webster.
Our Cathedral
Our Dean, the Very Revd Dr Andreas Loewe (on Long Service Leave), our Acting Dean the Ven. Canon Heather Patacca; the Cathedral Chapter and Sub-committees; Our Canon Missioner, the Revd Canon Robert Vun, our Bible study Groups; the students and teachers of our English Conversation Classes; Theological Students, Lydia Thangadurai and Cleopas Zhang.
A Prayer for Rain
Our heavenly Father, we acknowledge our ingratitude when we have taken your goodness for granted, when the heaven has poured forth rain and the earth has produced its fruit. Yet now we cry to you for help, as the drought in the Murray-Darling basin deepens. Have mercy on our land; have mercy on the people of the land. May your bountiful hand send forth rain upon our parched earth. Fulfil your promises that while the earth remains, seedtime and harvest shall not cease, so that those in remote and rural areas may find relief from their distress and glorify your name for the provision of their needs. We ask this in the name of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Those in sickness or need
Joan Woodhouse, Beryl Coombe, Robyn & David Forbes, Judy and Frank Clift, Andrew, Lucilia & Carlota Soares, David Blake, Janet Marsden, Pam Sullivan, Martin Devine, John, Evonne Paddison, Seila, Jean Carolane, Mark Rostoks.
Recently Died
Jane Tombs, Betty Britten, Colin Jackman.
Betty Britten’s funeral will be at St Agnes Blackrock on Wed 6th Nov at 2.30pm.
Refugees in Detention
Muneshwaran Veerasamy, Selvaraj Kumarasamy, Ali Tahir Ali, Jeyakumar Tharumkulasingam, Jabbar Hassanin
Year's Minds
2 Leonard Leslie Wenzel (Canon) 1956
Leslie James (Jim) Darby (Congregation) 2010
4 Albert Edward Keep (Lay Canon, Treasurer) 1940
Richard Grice (Benefactor) 1882
Charlotte Flanagan Zartman (Music Benefactor) 2012
5 Esther King (Congregation) 1980
6 Littleton Ernest Groom, Knt, (Lay Canon) 1936
7 Elizabeth Margaret Anne Beet (Benefactor) 1990
8 Reginald Jonathan Edward Hayman (Archdeacon) 1927
9 Arendina Maria Von Putten Horton (congregation) 1986
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