Prayers of the Faithful – May 4 & 5, 2024
Prayers of the Faithful – May 4 & 5, 2024
Presider:
Listening to Jesus’ voice and with hearts filled with confidence, we now make our needs known to our loving God.
Reader:
- For the church: that it may be a sign of love above all else, we pray:
- For the world’s leaders: that they may find ways to eliminate barriers to peace and justice, we pray:
- For the courage to lay down our lives for one another: that we may allow God to cleanse us of pride and strengthen us to love fully, we pray:
- For all those whom we find it difficult to love: that God will touch our hearts to recognize them as sisters and brothers who, like us, are loved by God, we pray:
- For the children of our community who are celebrating First Eucharist this week, may they come to be part of the vine that bears good fruit, and may we as a community continue to nourish their faith, we pray:
- For the sick and suffering in our community, including: Keith Froelich and Gerald Frank. For all who suffer, we pray to the Lord:
- For who have died, especially David Whitman. May they find comfort in God’s love, we pray to the Lord:
Presider:
God of love, you sent Jesus to demonstrate to us the simplest, but most difficult, of all commandments. Strengthen in us the power to love one another. Make us aware of the barriers we create to separate us from each other. Help us to remember that above all, you love us. We ask this through Christ our Lord. AMEN.