Prayer of the Faithful
15/08/2018
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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2018
In today’s gospel Jesus tells us clearly – “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him”. We pray that as we go about our daily business, dealing with family, friend and neighbour, the poor and the homeless, we are aware of his presence within us and live as Jesus would wish us to live
We pray to the Lord R. Lord, hear our prayer
As we look forward to the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland, we pray that his message to the Irish people will be one of love, of hope and of healing for all the children of God and particularly for those who have been so badly let down by our Church.
We pray to the Lord R. Lord, hear our pray
We pray for those attending the World Meeting of Families this coming weekend, that they may travel safely and that the occasion be one of spiritual renewal for them.
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
We pray for those who died in this week’s tragic bridge collapse in Genoa. We also pray for their families and friends that they may be comforted and find consolation in Christ’s promise of union with the Father and life everlasting
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
We remember our young people who received their Leaving Exam results earlier this week. We pray for both them and their families that they be happy with the outcome and that they move forward in life with confidence and with hope.
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
We 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
PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2018
In today’s gospel Jesus reminds us that his way, the road to salvation, is not an easy one and demands sacrifices from us. We pray for the grace to be faithful to his message knowing that he is the Holy One of God and the only gateway to our Almighty Father.
We pray to the Lord R. Lord, hear our prayer
We pray for the followers of Christ throughout the world, that they be strengthened in their faith and invigorated with the love of Christ for family, friends, neighbours and, in particular, for those who feel alone and deserted in this world.
We pray to the Lord R. Lord, hear our pray
We pray for all who have attended the World Meeting of Families this week, that their expeiences have been positive and that they have received a fresh insight into the importance of love for all God’s children in our daily lives.
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
We pray for all families who have suffered bereavements in the past year that they be consoled by the support and love of friends and neighbours and reassured that their loved ones are united in eternal love with their Heavenly Father
We pray to the Lord R. Lord hear our prayer
As our children and young people prepare to return to or start school, we pray Lord, 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 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.
Thank you…..
I just found this site just love the prayers of the faithful, would be good if we remember the sick as well as the departed, especially the departed Missionaries…God bless keep up the great work
I am delighted.
I am very delighted with this site because it provides an important part of the liturgy during Holy Mass. May God inspire the writer more so that Christians benefit from that gift of writing.
March 17 our 45th ann. Please share prayer of the faithful esp. we are at the Church where we got married at the Phil. We live in USA.
Thanks & God bless.
Many blessings, Lulu, on you, your spouse and your whole family. July 15th, 2019 will be our fiftieth anniversary. We live in Coleraine, Northern Ireland – but have a son, a daughter-in-law and three granddaughters, all American, in Boston. Stay warm, stay prayerful, stay safe! Sean O’Conaill
I don’t have any comment. But I humbly ask this favor:
Kindly send me the daily prayer of the faithful.
Thank you & Godbless!
Our Editor for Prayers of the Faithful responds as follows:
Sr Gloria, thank you for your response and your request for daily prayers of the faithful. Regretfully, we can only provide these for Sundays and Holy Days in the Church calendar. We have sought an alternative source for you but have been unable to find any site or publication offering POF on a daily basis. If any reader can enlighten us on this, we would be delighted to pass on the information.
Hi in our church we ask our teenagers to do the prayers of the faithful. We have had a great response and they have been doing it now for the past 10 years or more. Its a great way to keep teenagers involved in the church. Thank you association of Catholics Ireland for your prayers each week
Love to use these prayers of faithful. But never ready on Friday morning early so I cannot use them or help out the priest and have them done the weekend for him .Pity.
Regards anne
First time I’m getting to this. Ours is a small community called St Gabriel’s Mission Station, a part of St Edmund’s Pastoral Zone Mulang, in the archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon. I found these prayers very suitable and easily adaptable to our context.
Thanks a lot and may the Holy Spirit continue to inspire the writers to do more.
Happy Easter!
Many thanks, Wilson. And Happy Easter to you all in St Gabriel’s Mission Station.
Let the Mercy of God locate me,my siblings, the Church all over the world, l pray oh Lord
Hello. I cannot find your old Prayer of the Faithful archive. Can you let me access it?
We do daily intercessory prayers and I would like to share them with those who might be interested. Thank you and God bless.
There is as yet no archive for our Prayers of the Faithful, but your query prompts us to look into that possibility. I will get back soon to let you know if we can soon begin archiving prayers from now on.
Thanks for suggesting this!
Sean
Many thanks, Neelar, for your query. Sean,our ‘expert’ on the website is away on vacation at the moment. I’m sure he will follow up when he returns.
In the meantime wishing you and your community God’s Blessing.
Iam Aldo From Koboko Parish Arua Dioces Uganda.The Prayers Are So Nice And Easy To Read So Please Is It Possible To Send It To My Email Every Sunday
I fear that we cannot yet do that, Aldo. Our resources are as yet too limited. We hope it isn’t too great an inconvenience to come to this prayer page.
Ar maidin mhaith Sean o Naomh Josephs i Toronto, go mbeadh an dillis agat don Domhnach Pentecost seo chugaill sa ghaeilge.
Tá áthas orainn a chlois ó léitheoir i Toronto. Go raibh maith agat as do dhea-mhianta agus táimid buíoch go dtóg tú an t-am chun teagmháil a dhéanamh linn. Go mbealaigh Dia agus an Spiorad Naomh tu féin agus do clainn uile ar an Domhnach Pentecost seo.
We are pleased to hear from a reader in Toronto. Thank you for your good wishes and we appreciate you taking the time to contact us. May God and the Holy Spirit bless you and all your family on this Pentecost Sunday.
We listen to our readers, particularly those who prepare Prayers of the Faithful in their local parish churches, and over the past few weeks, in response to requests, we have brought forward the uploading of the prayers for the following Sunday to Thursdays.
We hope to be in a position to do this each week from now on.
Thank you so much for the prayers, I find it very helpful when I have to prepare for my community here in Nadi,Fiji. Your prayers are truly meaningful and inspiring.
I thank God for identifying this Prayer of the faithful page. It will be helpful for me to always prepare my bidding prayers to read at Church.
I’m so grateful for this prayers of the faithful page,it reflects more on the gospel,and helps me prepare for mass in time,and helps me understand the gospel,thanks for helping in with your page
I have started to send the Prayers of the Faithful to our priest and he has used them – a significant improvement!
Alleluia!
Thank you so much for your prayers I live in Sydney , regularly attend mass but also like to refer and pray before retiring each night. God bless from Kathy
Thank you lectors. May God give you the strength and zeal to carry on. Sylvanus from Cameroon