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Christ the King bidding prayers, 16 November 2014

bidding prayers

Bidding prayers (Christ the King) for the 33rd Sunday of the year 2014.

P. Recalling our Father’s promises to listen when we ask we offer our petitions with confidence in His love and generosity

R. Our response is “Lord, let my prayer come before you”

R. Listening to the horrors of daily life for Christians in the Middle East we pray for all who suffer for their faith on a daily basis

PAUSE

R.    We pray

Lord let my prayer come before You

R. Let us pray for peace in the world, in our country and in our families where peace must begin

PAUSE

R. We pray

Lord let my prayer come before You

R.As the financial leaders of the world assemble in Brisbane for another G20 summit we pray they may hear and respond to the voices of the poor, the hungry and neglected across the world and remember the need of all developed nations to care for the dispossessed

PAUSE

R. We pray

Lord let my prayer come before You

R.Let us pray for all who have died and gone to glory in the Lord remembering particularly Ann Botwood of our community who died this week. May she now know the comfort of the Lord. We remember also Ann’s Family and friends in their time of sorrow

PAUSE

R. We pray

Lord let my prayer come before you

R.Let us pray now for our own community thinking especially about the sick, the lonely, the unemployed, the worried and the bereaved  and ask the Lord to comfort them in His own way

PAUSE

R. We pray

Lord, let my prayer come before you

R. In the quiet of our hearts let us listen to the voice of our beloved Father

LONGER PAUSE

R. Mary our mother is always anxious for us. Let us ask her to pray with us now saying HAIL MARY etc.

P. Heavenly Father hear and grant our petitions through Jesus you beloved Son

AMEN

A seat for the Bishop

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Today we celebrate an unusual feast – the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. The Lateran Basilica, better known as St John Lateran, is the cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, better known as the Pope. So the feast is really one of the Pope, of the unity and catholicity of the Church gathered around our bishops who, in turn, gather around the Pope. But what is a cathedral?

It surprises visitors to Rome to discover that the great St Peter’s in the Vatican is not a cathedral. That is because many people have the mistaken idea that a cathedral is simply a big church. In fact, it takes its name from cathedra, a Latin word for a seat from the Greek kathedra. At his installation each bishop is seated on a special chair that becomes a symbol of his leadership and service to the Church. The chair is often decorated or on a rather grander scale than your usual sort of chair! So the cathedra gives its name to the building where it is located. So, on the whole, there is just one cathedral church in each bishop’s diocese or area. So, as Bishop of Rome, the Pope’s cathedral is St John Lateran.

Our archbishop has his cathedra in St David’s cathedral in Charles Street. That’s just behind Marks and Sparks for those who have never visited! Make a visit and you will see a grand oak chair located just to the right of the main altar. The use of this is reserved to the Archbishop, and so priests celebrating Mass use another, smaller one. You will see him on it at the Chrism Mass and other occasions when he presides there.

St John Lateran dates way back to the fourth century, but St David’s only to the 1880’s, and it became a cathedral in the early twentieth century. Naturally, the history of the Church in South Wales goes back much further than that – to the mists of the Celtic age, and for nigh on a thousand years the cathedral of the Bishop in our area was at Llandaff, where it still stands. It’s being looked after by our Anglican friends… but that’s another story.

Fr Matthew

Christ the King bidding prayers, 2 November 2014

bidding prayers

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL – Feast of All the Saints – Year A,  2 November 2014

CELEBRANT: O Lord, prompted by faith, we come to you with our petitions, trusting in your unfailing love.

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READER: The response is: Hear our prayer.

READER: Let us pray for Pope Francis and the whole church as we endeavour to bring about better understanding of the disagreements within the church and work to resolve the conflicts which are ongoing throughout the world.           

                           …….. (PAUSE)……….. Lord in your grace..…. Hear our prayer.

READER: Let us pray for all those who are orphaned, homeless or hungry and also those who, in desperation, take a hazardous journey in the hope of finding a better life elsewhere

                                 ………(PAUSE)….Lord in your grace …..Hear our prayer.

READER: Heavenly Father we ask you to bless and refresh our parish family and in particular, to please bless Harry John Alexander and  Sienna Dany Hancock and Amelie Marielle Elizabeth Hancock whom we welcome into the sacrament of baptism this week-end.   We also ask for a blessing on their parents and god-parents as they assist them on their journey of faith.

                                  …… (PAUSE)…… Lord in your grace..…. Hear our prayer.

READER:  Let us pray for the soul of  Jim Marshall, father of Mary Campbell, who died last week.  Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord and let perpetual rest shine upon him.

                                       ……(PAUSE)…..Lord in your grace….Hear our prayer.

READER:  On this feast of All Souls, let us bring to mind all those who have departed in faith.   Let us pray for those we have known and loved, and remember all those we never knew, nor those who have died alone without love or support.   May they all be brought to the glory of Christ Jesus’ resurrection.

                             …….. (PAUSE)….. Lord in your grace…..Hear our prayer.

READER:  Let us pause for a few moments and open our hearts to our Father in Heaven ……. (Longer PAUSE)

READER:  Let us now join with Mary, Mother of our risen Lord as we say ….

                                                                                  Hail Mary, full of grace, etc.

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CELEBRANT:   Dear Father in Heaven, we approach the coming days in the sure faith that you will guide and protect us.   Through the merits of Jesus Christ, Our Lord.       Amen.