O God, we celebrate with you the day of the Lord’s resurrection all members of your church.  We pray that Justin, Michael, Greg, Berto and Hugh may be faithful leaders, and inspire us to be your servants in this temporal world. Your mercy endures for ever. O God, we pray that this nation; may those […]

Lector:  As we journey this week with Christ and celebrate the paschal mystery of his death and resurrection, we earnestly pray to God for those following the way of the cross and for all peoples. For the holy catholic church throughout the world, sharing the death and resurrection of Christ.   Lord, have mercy.  For Greg […]

Dear Lord, We come to you in prayer among the swift and frightening changes in the world. In this special time of Lent, we open our hearts to your spirit of transformation. Bless Emmanuel Church, those who serve, and the community we serve, our Rector Berto, our Bishop Gregory, your churches of love and service […]

Dearest Lord, through Christ, you have given us a ministry of reconciliation.  Help us to be fearless messengers of Christ’s love and service in the world. The faithful make their prayers to you in time of trouble. Dearest Lord, your church and its members are ambassadors for Christ.  Guide us in love, compassion, forgiveness, and […]

O God of Abraham and Sarah, of Isaac and Rebecca, of Jacob, Leah and Rachel, we pray for the church and the world.  May your church in all its forms inspire each of us so that when we sit down to eat and drink, we rise up not to play but rather to praise you […]

Lector: Dearest Lord, we pray for our broken world, that each of us will turn toward your light, and, with our faces unveiled, see the glory of your face in each other and the wonders that you have created. In Christ we pray. Dearest Lord, we pray for our church in the world.  Let us […]

We pray that all members of your Universal Church remember that love does not insist on its own way. For you are our hope, O God We pray that all leaders of this nation and candidates for office remember that love is not boastful or arrogant or rude. For you are our hope, O God […]

Lector: Loving God, we come to you with our petitions for worries, troubled minds, and broken hearts. We come also o?ering our gifts of trust, hope, and thanks. Come and listen, Lord. Calm us, Lord, assuring us that you are by our side in di?cult times as well as times of peace and happiness.  Show […]

Dear God, with gratitude for your constant love, we pray.  For your heavenly saints and those who have gone before us, leaving their teachings of how to be in this world in love and service. How priceless is your love O God. With gratitude we pray. For your church, and ministers, who collect and teach […]

Lector:  Dearest Lord, in this New Year, please send the dove of peace into our broken world that so desperately needs it. Anoint us with your holy spirit, that we may know and do your loving will in the world.      In Christ we pray. Dearest Lord, in this year 2016, let your church be a […]