Easter Three: Bidding Prayers / Intercessions

INTERCESSIONS FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

Priest:

God is Love!  Jesus Christ showed us the personal nature of God’s love for us.  Let us bring all our needs and the needs of the world to our loving Father.

Reader:

We pray for the Church and for the unity of all Christians, may we see the joy of our risen Saviour in one another

(pause) Lord in your mercy

We pray that God may lead us to an understanding of love - so that we truly hate sin but never hate the sinner

(pause) Lord in your mercy

We pray for wisdom and dedication to the common good in all our elected officials

(pause) Lord in your mercy

We pray for peace between nations.   (pause)Lord in your mercy

We pray for all in our parish who are unwell and for those who have died recently, may they abide in love

(pause) Lord in your mercy

We ask Our Lady to join her prayers to ours as we say - Hail Mary

In silence we bring our own requests to God.

Priest:

 

God of love, guided by the Spirit, in faith, in hope and in love,  we ask you to answer all our prayers, which we make through your beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.