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Christ the King Bidding prayers for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year B)

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Priest:  As we consider the sadnesses of our world, we turn to God our Father for help.
 
Reader:  The response to our prayers is “Hear our prayer”
We pray for the synodal process soon to begin throughout the Church. May we be generous in walking together through sharing and listening to the Holy Spirit, active in all of us so that the Church is purified and increasingly shows the truth and beauty of Your presence in the world.
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Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.
 
May the climate change initiatives help us to tend and preserve the creation You gave us, and may we see in the CAFOD appeal a practical way of doing this.
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Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.
 
We pray for the people of La Palma, devastated by the volcano eruption, and for all those experiencing natural or manmade disasters; may other countries be generous in helping to relieve their suffering.
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Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.
 
We pray for Priscilla Quinn, whose funeral takes place this week; receive her into the joy and light of Your kingdom. We pray also for her family and friends that they may be comforted in their loss.
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Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.
 
May those suffering mental health issues find the help and support they need and have the courage and perseverance to persevere with their treatment plan.
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Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.

 In the silence of our hearts we pray for all the other needs we are aware of.
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We ask Mary to join our prayers to her own, us as we say:
Hail Mary ….


Priest: Heavenly Father we come to you in sorrow for the mess we sometimes make of your world, and in hope that you will help us to make it a better place.
Amen.

Defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill

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Dear friends and parishioners,
Bishop Sherrington, our lead Bishop for Life Issues, has written an open letter inviting Catholics to pray for the defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill. Here are some extracts:

In the next weeks, we face an unprecedented attack on the sanctity of life with Baroness Meacher’s ‘Assisted Dying Bill 2021’ due its 2nd Reading in the House of Lords with full debate on Friday 22 October. The term ‘Assisted Dying’ is euphemistic, the truth is that this bill seeks to introduce Assisted Suicide. If legalised, this Bill would allow a terminally ill adult with less than 6 months to live to be assisted in committing suicide. Catholic teaching opposes assisting suicide, since life is a gift to be cared for and preserved until its natural death. The Church is clear that we cannot directly choose to take the life of another, even if they request it.

First, I ask you to pray that the Bill will be defeated.

Second, I ask you to write to the Peers from your personal experience and share stories which will argue the reasons for opposing the Bill as well as narrate the importance of precious time during the final stages of life. The testimony of healthcare and legal professionals will also be important. This needs to be done before the Second Reading on 22 October.

Third, l ask you to engage and share stories and reasons against the Bill on social media. Briefing papers will be available on the bishops’ conference website to assist you as this work develops.

Fr Matthew

What can you share?

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Dear friends and parishioners

Through our Baptism we are all responsible for the life and ministry of the Church. This autumn let’s be thinking about what God has given us that we can share with one another. The number of people who have offered to help with the Food Bank and more recently the Food Market shows that we can all share our time and our talents in many different ways. So, what do you have to share and how can you share it?

Fr Matthew

Christ the King Bidding prayers for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2021

bidding prayers, Christ the King

Priest: We stand in faith before the Father and bring our petitions with trust in God’s goodness and love.

Reader: We pray for the Church and our parish community, may we joyfully take up Jesus’ cross of selflessness and be powerful instruments of evangelization.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Reader: We pray for our world leaders, that they work together to bring healing to countries devastated by war.  

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Reader: Let us pray for our children and teachers as they embark on the new academic year. May our schools be places where a love of learning prevails.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Reader: Let us pray for Sebastian and Lila Feneck and Sebastian and Bella Paglionico who were baptised into our 3 churches family this weekend. We also pray for their parents and godparents; may their lives and the lives of all of us here, be examples of faith to inspire them.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Reader: We pray for those who are sick and for all who are enduring any kind of suffering.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Reader: We pray for those who have died in the peace of Christ, that God will raise them to new life.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

We turn to Mary and ask her to join her prayers with ours as we say Hail Mary…

Let us pray for a few moments in the silence of our hearts…

Priest: Heavenly Father, we are merely servants, yet we have confidence in making our need known to you, for the greatness of your mercy and love have been shown to us through Christ our Lord. Amen.