Prayer of the Faithful
21/08/2017
PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2017
In today’s Gospel Jesus asks the Apostles “Who do you say that I am? As we consider that question in our own lives, we pray for wisdom and grace from the Holy Spirit, that we too can share in the faith of Peter and recognise Jesus as the Christ, our Saviour.
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
We pray for Pope Francis, the successor of St Peter as the rock in our Church and pray that the Lord give him the strength and courage to continue his work for church reform
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
We pray for all pilgrims, particularly those going to Knock this Sunday, that they may make their way safely and know the Lord’s presence on their journey.
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
As our Church prepares for the World Meeting of Families, we pray that the Lord bless all families with His love, that He guards them from all danger and harms and that He prepares them to be witnesses to the world of His love and forgiveness
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer.
Lord, this week, as our young children return to or start school, we pray that, through wise guidance from parents and teachers, they find You and are guided towards an appreciation of Your goodness and love.
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
We bow our heads and remember in silence our own personal intentions and the intentions of those who have asked for our prayers
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
I use the Prayer of the Faithful on this site very often. I find them to be very topical & relevant to people’s lives. The prayers echo, to a great extent, the Scripture Readings of the day. Sincere thanks to all concerned for this wonderful service
ACI thank you for your kind comment Tom. We think it important that, in the only part of the Mass where the laity have an input, the Prayer of the Faithful should be immediate and reflect the concerns of the community at that particular moment in time as well as relating to the overall theme of the day as dictated by the readings and gospel.
Editors
I am a lay servant of liturgy in our Ten O’clock Family Mass here at Uganda Martyrs Catholic Shrine, Namugongo/Uganda where I find your postings of “The Prayer of theFaithful” most relevant and indeed Universal.Your posts inform our own needs and underscore our Catholicism pretty well indeed. I thank you from the heart and ask you always continue to pray for us, for conversion and repentance in the world, and all those in need.
I am one of those people who enjoy the content of the prayers, and as one of the leaders in our Small Catholic Community in Lilongwe, Malawi, we adopt them for use when our community is leading in liturgy. We will be leading in liturgy on 15 January 2017 and I will be relying on your next post, I wonder when that will be? Stay blessed and may the Holy Spirit continue to guide you.
Peter,
Thank you for your mail and we appreciate your comments. With regard to your query, as we try to reflect the “now” in our prayers, we tend to upload each Sunday’s prayers by the Friday noon prior to the Sunday.
Consequently, we expect to upload the prayers for Sunday 15th Jan by noon on Friday 13th Jan.
I am planning our whole school mass for the Feast of St Brigid and I am wondering if you write prayers of the Faithful for this day?
Kelly from New Zealand
Kelly,
St Brigid is, after St Patrick, our most revered Irish saint and we will certainly be honouring her with special prayers on her Feast Day, February 1st. We will also be thinking of your school and hopefully the children will be making St Brigid crosses on the day and hanging them on the walls at home during the rest of the year.
Love these prayers of faithful all down to earth. But I work in a church and lately they are not ready on a friday before one so I do miss not having them …
Ann,
Sorry, just recently saw your comment and am only now replying. We appreciate your deadline and have set our own now to be up on site each week by 12.00 noon Fridays. We want to wait until Fridays to be as relevant as possible for the weekend Masses.