Fifth Sunday in Lent

Rescue from fear those who are deprived of their human needs and human rights. Give them their share of the dignity you confer on all your children. Renew the spirit of hope in every human society and nation. Invigorate us that we may strain forward to the future you promise.  Amen.  Intercessions for the Christian…

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Fourth Sunday in Lent

God of mercy and compassion, bring us back to you when we stray and give us again the joy of proclaiming among the nations your saving deeds. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.  Intercessions for the Christian People

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Third Sunday in Lent

Visit [us in our homes and communities], O Lord, we pray, and drive far from [us] the snares of the enemy; may your holy angels dwell with us and guard us in peace, and may your blessing be always upon us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  Church of England

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Second Sunday in Lent

Teach us, good Lord, to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labour and not to seek for any reward, save that of knowing that we do your will. Amen.  Ignatius of…

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First Sunday in Lent – Waiting in Darkness

Lord, grant us faith to wait together in darkness and uncertainty — for it is there we will find you. May we come to know you this Lent in ways we have not yet discovered or imagined. Amen.  Church of England – Watch and Pray

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Fourth Week after Epiphany

O Lord Jesus Christ, the Great Physician, bring healing to all who suffer in body, mind, or spirit. We pray for those whom we know and love and for those known only to you. Inspire us to care for your gifts of healthy bodies and minds. Hear us, O Lord, through Jesus Christ. Amen. Adapted…

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Third Week after Epiphany

O God, we commend to your care all for whom we pray in the confidence that your love for them is greater than anything we can ask or imagine. Hear, O Lord, through Jesus Christ. Amen. Adapted from Intercessions for the Christian People

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In the 12 Days of Christmas

When the carols have been stilled, When the star-topped tree is taken down, When family and friends are gone home, When we are back to our schedules The work of Christmas begins: To welcome the refugee To heal a broken planet To feed the hungry To build bridges of trust, not walls of fear To…

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Third Sunday of Advent

We pray that we may reverently offer in service to the world the ministry of light which we hold in fragile human hands, thus sharing in the saving work of Christ, the Light. Send the Spirit of Jesus upon us, O God, that we may be your songs of peace and joy in this world.…

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Second Sunday of Advent

May the power of God’s holy presence clear a path through the rubble of broken lives and hearts to make our world and [all its peoples a new creation in peace]. May our gracious God be always for us a shepherd to console and comfort us, to nourish all our deep hungers, and to make…

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