Prayers of Intercession
Fifth Sunday of Easter(Year B)
St Francis Xavier's Church, Lavender Bay
Author: Sr Lynne Green
General Intercessions
Aware that some who had been Christ’s friends hesitated to accept St Paul as a disciple – someone who had learnt something from how Jesus lived – let us pray for the strength to make his love reassuringly alive and active for people where we live and work in the coming week . . . (pause)
Lord, hear us,
All: Lord, hear our prayer
Today – as we pray for our mothers, and others who have cared for us, and continue to do so – let us pray for those in our own country and elsewhere in the world who struggle to raise their children, because of social isolation, poverty or lack of educational opportunity . . . (pause)
Lord, hear us,
All: Lord, hear our prayer
Today, on the anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as President of South Africa, we remember his words: that each of us is ‘a child of God’, and pray that community leaders everywhere will ‘let [their] light shine’, and so, ‘give . . . other people permission to do the same’ . . . (pause)
Lord, hear us,
All: Lord, hear our prayer
In a week when we also honour the work of doctors and nurses, and celebrate the United Nations’ Day of Families, we pray that we can develop workable strategies to keep members of our immediate and extended families safe and healthy within the environment – close to home, and in the wider world . . . (pause)
Lord, hear us,
All: Lord, hear our prayer
