This week,/ Pope Francis visited the people of Amatrice, Italy,/ whose town was completely destroyed by an earthquake in August./ We pray for people everywhere who suffer terrible losses in natural disasters and wars./ We pray to the Lord.
As the nation celebrates Columbus Day on Monday,/ we pray in this election time/ for our country to make the fresh discoveries of reciprocal decency,/ genuine courtesy and charity./ We pray to the Lord.
Asking for the forgiveness of our own sins,/ we join the Jewish world in their Wednesday observance of Yom Kippur,/ their day of atonement and purification./ We pray to the Lord.
Forge a new heart-solidarity in us with those who are little,/ weak and easily forgotten./ Give us new eyes to detect and enjoy God's presence/ each day this week./ We pray to the Lord.
The leper who is healed in the Gospel today/ was considered a heretic by official Judaism./ That we would put away all the negative judgments of other people/ realizing more deeply our own frailty and need before God./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for the sick, the wounded and injured/ and for those who receive no medical attention./ We intercede for those whose disease is interior/ afflicted by bigotry,/ hatred or indifference./ We pray to the Lord.
Praying for those who have died,/ we ask especially for family and friends/ to live happily in the place of God's mercy and light./ And that we would be given all we need for our own salvation./ We pray to the Lord.
Asking for the forgiveness of our own sins,/ we join the Jewish world in their Wednesday observance of Yom Kippur,/ their day of atonement and purification./ We pray to the Lord.
Forge a new heart-solidarity in us with those who are little,/ weak and easily forgotten./ Give us new eyes to detect and enjoy God's presence/ each day this week./ We pray to the Lord.
The leper who is healed in the Gospel today/ was considered a heretic by official Judaism./ That we would put away all the negative judgments of other people/ realizing more deeply our own frailty and need before God./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for the sick, the wounded and injured/ and for those who receive no medical attention./ We intercede for those whose disease is interior/ afflicted by bigotry,/ hatred or indifference./ We pray to the Lord.
Praying for those who have died,/ we ask especially for family and friends/ to live happily in the place of God's mercy and light./ And that we would be given all we need for our own salvation./ We pray to the Lord.
