Prayers of the Faithful

Presider:   We are confident to make our needs know to a God who cares for us. Lector: For the Church: that we may live in the confident assurance of God’s abiding concern and providential care for us, we pray: For…

Presider:   We present our needs to a life-giving God who always hears us. Lector: For the church: may we clearly proclaim God’s loving invitation to all people, we pray: For a deepening of prayer: that we may courageously wait in…

Presider:   We who have received God’s mercy humbly ask for the needs of the church and the world. Lector: For the Church: that we may spread the hope, joy, and vitality of the Good News with great generosity so that…

Presider:   Let us pray for all who carry heavy burdens. Lector: For the Church: that God will help us take up the yoke of Christ and follow him in speaking the truth lovingly, offering forgiveness to those who wrong us…

Presider:   Let us pray that all invited by Christ to follow him may hear and respond to his call. Lector: For the Church: that we who have died with Christ in baptism, may live for God in our families, our workplaces…

Presider:   As a people bound in a deep covenant relationship with God, we express our gratitude by praying for one another, for our neighbors and for the whole world. Lector: For the Church, many members but yet one body: that…

Presider:   In confidence we pray for our needs to the Triune God who chooses to share divine life with us. Lector: For unity in the Church: that we may recognize our call to be children of God, be united in…

Presider: On the Feast of Pentecost, let us pray that the fires of the Spirit’s love will rest upon us. Reader:  For a Spirit of unity: that the divisions between Christians may cease and the walls that divide believers may…

Presider: As we reflect on our responsibility to assume the work of the disciples, we pray for ourselves, for our neighbors and for the whole world. Reader: For the church as it struggles to communicate the Gospel to each generation…

Presider: Our Lord Jesus promised us that God would send us the Holy Spirit to guide us and to speak for us as we pray for the needs of the world. Reader: We pray for the Holy Spirit to renew…