Pauca Verba is Latin for A Few Words.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Intercessions ~ Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time




Today is the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anna, the grandparents of the Virgin Mary./ We pray for our relatives and friends/ asking for them all that is good/ where health,/ security,/ balance and peace are lacking or threatened./ We pray to the Lord.

Pope Francis will be coming to the United States in September./ For our nation to be attentive and listening./ We pray to the Lord.

In the summer time we pray for travelers and vacationers/ asking the blessings of safety,/ renewal and health./ We pray to the Lord.

Wednesday is the Feast of Saint Martha/ who with Lazarus and Mary were the friends of Jesus./ For the strengthening of friendships and for those who are alone,/ without support or love in their lives./ We pray to the Lord.


One year after Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic/ many thousands of children have been left orphaned./ Many are despised and rejected./ We pray for them/ and all the world's children to be accepted,/ valued and loved./ We pray to the Lord.

For the sick,/ the hungry,/ the displaced and the war weary./ For prisoners,/ mourners and the elderly-poor./ For those who are neglected,/ abused or exploited./ We pray to the Lord.

Finally we pray for our own relatives and friends who have died./ For those forgotten in death./ And for any who have lived badly/ to know the kind mercy of Jesus which converts and transforms./ We pray to the Lord.