Fourth Sunday of Lent (C) : The Universal Prayer / Bidding Prayers / Intercessions / Prayer of the Faithful

Priest:
Lord God, our light and our salvation, help us to speak to others of our joy and consolation in your presence. Secure in such love we pray.

Reader:

For the Church, the people, together with our deacons, priests and bishops:
that we may all continue to pass on our faith with joy to all those around us.
Lord, hear us.

For all mothers and mothers to be:
that they are able to raise their children in the security of a loving family.
Lord, hear us.

For the healing of relationships in our families;
that the Father may grant us the grace we need to forgive and to ask forgiveness.
Lord, hear us.

For those who live alone, the single, the separated and divorced, and the widowed.
May the presence of Christ in their lives accompany and guide them in the right path.
Lord, hear us.

For peace in the world and especially for refugees and the dispossessed, that they can regain their homelands and live in harmony with their neighbours.
Lord, hear us.

For all those who have died, included those mothers whose memory we cherish but who are with us not longer: that they may be held eternally in the FAther’s loving embrace.
Lord, hear us.

Let us turn to Mary our mother to intercede for us as we say, Hail Mary..

Now let us pray in a moment of silence.

Priest:

Merciful Father,
continue to grant us all our needs
through the grace of your son Jesus Christ,
Amen.