Lector: Beloved Creator: Today we observe with grateful hearts the arrival of Christ into Jerusalem. We celebrate with palm leaves, symbols of healing and joy, in anticipation of the journey of this coming week. Our deepest prayer is that we will fully take Christ’s teachings into our Hearts, leaving sin and selfishness behind. People: We give thanks for your boundless […]
Lector: Dear Lord, You are the alpha and omega of all. In this time of our deep concern for the world we pray. Teach us each to be a messenger of Jesus, to bring his love through us into the world. You are our God. Our time is in your hands. We pray for our thoughts and actions […]
Precious Lord, master of reconciliation, reconcile us one to another. Deliver us from the hatred that divides and kills. Be especially with the bereaved of New Zealand. Lord, make us a new creation in Christ. Precious Lord, you have entrusted us, your church, with the ministry of reconciliation. Show us the way of love: teach […]
Lector: Dear Creator—Lent has hardly begun and you have given us a holiday, an occasion to celebrate the feast day of Patrick, whose footsteps took him all over Ireland very early in the history of your Church. Like us, Patrick did not know the historical Jesus, yet he was inflamed by love and loyalty to represent your […]
Lector: Dear Lord, We come to you in prayer among the swift and frightening changes in the world. Our peace for the world comes with the teachings and example of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this special time of Lent, we open our hearts in prayer to your spirit of transformation. Let us each feel […]
Dearest Lord, we ask for your presence in our broken world. Energize us to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, heal the hurt, restore the peace. Call us in light to your love. We come to you, Lord, transformed by your spirit. Dearest Lord, be with your church as it examines its conscience. Let the […]
Lector: Holy Immortal One, we pray for your church and all its members. We give thanks for our Presiding Bishop Michael, our Bishop Greg, our priests Berto and Hugh who ably lead and inspire us. We believe that You love everyone without exception; may our actions show that we love You with our whole heart, […]
Lector: Dear Creator, Some of us are grateful for the snow as we enjoyed the secure warmth of our homes. The snow holiday gave us extra time for prayer, and more hours to read and visit together, time that we often don’t take. At the same time, we became more aware of the difficulties caused […]
Dear God, we pray with gratitude for your constant love. We pray for the whole world, in these times of turmoil and violence: for an end to tyranny and terrorism, for the people of Syria, the fleeing refugees from many nations, the homeless families, the hungry and suffering children. These struggles are difficult for us to […]
Lector: Precious Lord, have mercy on our broken world and grant us peace. Help us to engage one another with kindness and patience. Dear Lord, teach us to love. Precious Lord, we ask for your healing spirit as we seek love’s truth in response to wrongdoing in your church. Dear Lord, teach us to love. […]