Priest: Confident in our Father’s love for us, we bring to Him the concerns in our hearts.
Reader: The response to our prayers is “Hear our prayer”
- May we open our hearts and minds to listen to Pope Francis and all those who have a prophetic mission in the Church.
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Merciful Father: Hear our prayer.
- We welcome Maisie Grace Zendaya Nkhata into the Church this weekend. May she grow strong in the love of Christ through the support of her parents and godparents, and of our parish community.
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Merciful Father: Hear our prayer.
- We give thanks for all those whose lives and work proclaim Your love: help us all to serve the communities in whose life we share.
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Merciful Father: Hear our prayer.
- We pray for all those who follow Christ in the Priesthood and the Consecrated Life. May they be faithful to their calling of witnessing to You through prayer and service, and may those who hear this call respond generously.
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Merciful Father: Hear our prayer.
- Today is also the feast of St John Bosco. We pray for all those who, like him, work with young people, and especially at this time, for those supporting them through the pressures and consequences of lockdown.
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Merciful Father: Hear our prayer.
- We pray that manufacturers find the means to rapidly increase the supplies of vaccines against Covid-19, so that all countries and communities may receive an equal share quickly.
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Merciful Father: Hear our prayer.
In the silence of our hearts we pray for all our other needs.
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We ask Mary, our mother, to offer our prayers with her own, us as we say
Hail Mary ….
Priest: Heavenly Father, we ask you to look down on our needy world with compassion, and help nations and individuals to be guided only by your values. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen