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BIDDING PRAYERS: 13th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
26 June 2022
Priest: Gathered as a faith community to celebrate God’s unfailing love and mercy, we now turn to him in prayer:
Reader: For the Church; may the leaders of the Church be sustained in their commitment to serve God’s people and building up the kingdom of God.
Lord in your mercy; hear our prayer
Reader: For peace in our world, especially in Ukraine at the present time; that God will turn the hearts of leaders of nations to seek ways of dialogue and diplomacy to solve disputes and conflicts.
Lord in your mercy; hear our prayer
Reader: For the success of the World Meeting of Families in Rome this week; may the Church be open to exploring new and relevant ways to support family life in the modern world.
Lord in your mercy; hear our prayer
Reader: For those making their First Holy Communion at this time and those who will be confirmed next week; may the Lord enter their lives and grant them his life transforming grace.
Lord in your mercy; hear our prayer
Reader: For all who are sick or in pain or facing any kind of difficulty; may God lift them up and grant them strength, hope and healing.
Lord in your mercy; hear our prayer
Reader: Let us remember especially today (Brendan Smyth: Vigil Mass); (Margaret Livesey: 9.30 am Mass); (Intentions of Alf Taylor: 11am Mass); (The Parish: 6.30pm) for whom this Mass is offered.
And also, all the faithful departed, especially those who have died recently including Gerard Melling, Joseph William Brockbank, William Atta Gyimah, Thomas Counsell, Paul Towey, Brenda Allen, and Anthony Towey; may they rest in peace and rise in glory.
Lord in your mercy; hear our prayer
Reader: Let us pray for our own private intentions; (pause).
We ask Mary, our Mother, to join her prayers to ours: Hail Mary …
Priest: Almighty Father, we trust in your love. Hear the prayers we offer today, both those proclaimed here, and those we carry in our hearts at this Mass. We offer them all upon your altar through Christ Our Lord, Amen.