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

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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

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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

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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

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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