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BIDDING PRAYERS: Word Doc: 221002 27c
27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Priest: We bring our prayers before Our Heavenly Father in the knowledge that He is merciful and provides for the poor and oppressed.
Reader: For Pope Francis and all leaders in our Church; may they always strive to live their own lives as a demonstration of the gospel and the service of the poor.
Lord hear us …………….………………………Lord graciously hear us
Reader: For the leaders of our country; may they be granted the virtues of wise judgement, tolerant dialogue and responsible decision making, seeking always, not their own agenda, but rather the common good.
Lord hear us …………….………………………Lord graciously hear us
Reader: For persecuted Christians throughout the world; may the Lord grant them perseverance in standing strong for their faith. May their example give us the courage to proclaim our faith in the midst of the oppression which we face in our land in the forms of secularisation and spiritual apathy.
Lord hear us …………….………………………Lord graciously hear us
Reader: For those who are struggling financially; may they find help and support from a compassionate community which reaches out to those on the margins and positively seeks to help those who are most in need.
Lord hear us …………….………………………Lord graciously hear us
Reader: For the sick, the anxious and the lonely; may our parish community be a place of welcome, hospitality and true communion which brings healing and hope to people’s lives.
Lord hear us …………………………………….Lord graciously hear us
Reader: Let us remember especially today (Walsan Family, Vigil Mass); (Philip Morris, 10.00 am Mass); (Frank & Linda Bevan and The Parish, 6.30pm Mass) for whom this Mass is offered.
Also, for all those who have died recently, especially Monsignor Tom Mulheran, John Parkinson, Maureen Frater and Francis Billington; may they rest in peace and rise in glory.
Lord hear us …………….………………………Lord graciously hear us
Reader: Let us pray for our own private intentions; (pause). We ask Mary, our Mother, to join with us in our prayers: Hail Mary …
Priest: God of righteousness, you are just to the poor and oppressed: we ask that you listen to our prayers, which we make through Christ our Lord. Amen.