As those called to take up the cross and follow Christ, let us offer our prayers for all of God’s people that they may come to know the fullness of God’s promises. For the church, and especially for Michael, our Presiding Bishop, Melissa our Provisional Bishop, and our priests, Berto and Hugh, that in our Lenten […]
Holy and Eternal One, we give thanks for your church and our leaders Michael, Melissa, Berto and Hugh. May our faith and their words bless our community with compassion and grace that we may serve one another with deference and respect. Great is our God and mighty in powers; there is no limit to God’s […]
Beloved Mystery, great Sacred Cloud of Unknowing—As we climb the holy mountain, whether we are at its foot, or somewhere higher, we sing your praises. We thank you, we bless you, we glorify you. You are everywhere, in all this creation, and at the same time you hide in a cloud, majestic and elusive. We […]
Lord, we give thanks for renewed strength as we wait on you. You promise that we will mount up with wings like eagles, and that we will not be weary or faint.Let us pray to the Lord. As Paul became all things to all people, so that he might help them enter your Kingdom, enable […]
Precious Lord, grant us your peace. We pray for the end of war and suffering. We pray for peace for the peoples of Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine. We pray for the end of war, forever, worldwide. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. Precious Lord, we give thanks to you for our loving parish, […]
Eternal God, we give thanks for your church Emmanuel and our leaders, Michael, Melissa, Berto and Hugh. We ask that they continue to trust in God always as You alone are our rock and salvation. For God alone my soul in silence waits; truly, my hope is in You, God. Eternal God, we give thanks […]
Beloved mystery: We begin our prayer in gratitude for our Emmanuel church and our leaders, Berto and Hugh, our Provisional Bishop, Melissa, and our Presiding Bishop, Michael. We ask special blessings for them in their ongoing efforts to fulfill the teachings of Our Savior, Jesus Christ, and in the guidance andinspiration they bring to so […]
Dear God of all, we pray with gratitude for your constant love Let us each know in our heart, that you love us. You have created us. Thank you for your son, Jesus Christ, teaching us how to be in this world in love and service. How priceless is your love O God. In your light we see […]
Precious Lord, your light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not overcome it. Be with the peoples of the world in these dark times, especially those suffering war, displacement, violence, and oppression. Lord, we petition your love and grace in the new year. Precious Lord, grant that your light, kindled in our hearts, […]
Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace, we give thanks for your church and especially Michael, our Presiding Bishop, Melissa, our Provisional Bishop, Berto and Hugh, our priests. We pray that they inspire us to in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the […]