St Michael and All Angels

Eternal God, you have ordained and constituted in a wonderful order the ministries of angels and mortals. Grant that as your holy angels stand before you in heaven, so at your command they may help and defend us here on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,…

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Eighteenth Week after Pentecost

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled…

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Sixteenth Week after Pentecost

Make us worthy, Lord, to serve others throughout the world who live and die in poverty or hunger, give them, through our hands, this day their daily bread, and by our understanding love, give peace and joy.   — Mother Teresa

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A Prayer for the People of the United States of America

Let us pray fervently for all our “cousins” in the United States of America. Let us call upon Jesus and implore him to hold their nation in his arms. Let us beseech him for the healing of division, that each person may recognize and acknowledge the worth of the other, and that together all will…

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Seventh Week after Pentecost

Compassionate God, we come to you aware that the prophet within each of us shrinks from your call. Give us the courage to speak and to live the word of your Son, in whose name we pray. Amen. Source: Intercessions for the Christian People

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Sixth Week after Pentecost

Gracious God, often we resist your gentle and compassionate hand in our lives. Open our hearts to your life-giving touch and may we trust the growth of your dominion in the world. We ask this through Jesus Christ who is our life and our hope. Amen. Source: Intercessions for the Christian People

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Fifth Week after Pentecost – National Indigenous Week of Prayer

Great Creator God, who desires that all creation lives in harmony and peace, remembering the Children we dare to dream of a Path of Reconciliation where apology from the heart leads to healing of the heart and the chance of restoring the circle, where justice walks with all, where respect leads to true partnership, where…

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Fourth Week after Pentecost – Father’s Day

Heavenly Father, you entrusted your Son Jesus, the child of Mary, to the care of Joseph, an earthly father. Bless all fathers as they care for their families. Give them strength and wisdom, tenderness and patience; support them in the work they have to do, protecting those who look to them, as we look to…

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Feast of Pentecost

Almighty and everliving God, who fulfilled the promises of Easter by sending us your Holy Spirit and opening to every race and nation the way of life eternal, keep us in the unity of your Spirit, that every tongue may tell of your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you…

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