Priest: We turn to the Lord, our help and our refuge, and ask him for all we need.

Reader: We pray for the success of the Catholic Synod; that our community will participate so as to enable progress and understanding in our Church.

Lord hear us, Lord graciously hear us.

Reader: We pray for the people of Tonga, as they continue to struggle following the volcanic eruption and Tsunami: may they be given the strength and assistance they need to begin to recover and rebuild their lives.

Lord hear us, Lord graciously hear us.

Reader: We pray for the gift of love: that we may love one another as Jesus has loved us and radiate warmth and friendliness to those around us.

Lord hear us, Lord graciously hear us. 

 Reader: We pray for the sick, the elderly and housebound, and those in any sort of distress, may they know the healing power of God’s love.

Lord, hear us, Lord graciously hear us.

Reader: We pray for those who have died, that through their faith in Christ, they may be welcomed into God’s kingdom. We remember especially Christine Geen whose funeral will take place this week.

 Lord hear us, Lord graciously hear us.

Together we ask for the intercession of Our Blessed Lady as we say Hail Mary.…..

Now we pray for a while in silence for our personal needs.

Priest: Heavenly Father, confident in your saving help, we offer you all our prayers through Jesus, your Son, who lives and reigns with you, forever and ever.

Amen.

Priest    Confident of the mercy and generosity of our Heavenly Father, we put before Him the needs of the Church throughout the world, and of the world itself. 

Reader The response to “Heavenly Father” is ….Hear our Prayer

1. Let us pray for the Pope and church leaders in the world:  that by leading us with their teaching and the example of their lives they will help the faithful to grow in love and faithfulness…

Heavenly Father…

2. As the Church goes through a period of discussion and ultimate decisions

next year in the Synod, we pray that those decisions will help the Church to grow in influence to make the world a better place…

Heavenly Father…..

3. We pray for world leaders: that they will work for peace, the avoidance of conflict of any kind and the containment of the Covid virus throughout the world…

Heavenly Father….

4. Let us not forget those who are ill, infirm or disabled in any way, and pray for their improved health and compassionate care…….

Heavenly Father……

5. As we come to the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we pray that all Christians will continue to work and pray for the time when all will be one….

Heavenly Father…..

We ask our Blessed Mother, Mary, to support us in our prayers as we say…    Hail Mary….. 

Priest   We make all our prayers through our Saviour, Jesus Christ, our Lord.   ……..Amen