Grant that our prayer would deepen and grow this week:/ may we desire for God to take full possession of ourselves./ We pray to the Lord.
For our families,/ friends and neighbors./ May they be accepting of what comes to them in life./ May they discover God's nearness in their struggles/ and not lose sight of the blessings which remain./ We pray to the Lord.
We ask for the demilitarization of our world/ and the cessation of wars and deadly conflicts,/ but flowing from the turning of our own hearts to the things of peace-making,/ inclusion and sharing./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for Pope Francis/ as he continually asks for a just world that lifts up the poor,/ welcomes the stranger,/ and protects the littlest and the weakest./ That at our standing before God,/ no hate would be found in us./ We pray to the Lord.
For the President of the United States,/ and for those in leadership around the world:/ may they come before God in child-like confidence,/ eager to learn God's ways of justice,/ authenticity,/ charity and service./ We pray to the Lord.
At Mass today,/ in the liturgical green time,/ in the eating and drinking of Christ's Body and Blood,/ may we be lifted out of our own smallness/ and into the inconceivably deep, self-gift of Jesus./ We pray to the Lord.
For our families,/ friends and neighbors./ May they be accepting of what comes to them in life./ May they discover God's nearness in their struggles/ and not lose sight of the blessings which remain./ We pray to the Lord.
We ask for the demilitarization of our world/ and the cessation of wars and deadly conflicts,/ but flowing from the turning of our own hearts to the things of peace-making,/ inclusion and sharing./ We pray to the Lord.
We pray for Pope Francis/ as he continually asks for a just world that lifts up the poor,/ welcomes the stranger,/ and protects the littlest and the weakest./ That at our standing before God,/ no hate would be found in us./ We pray to the Lord.
For the President of the United States,/ and for those in leadership around the world:/ may they come before God in child-like confidence,/ eager to learn God's ways of justice,/ authenticity,/ charity and service./ We pray to the Lord.
At Mass today,/ in the liturgical green time,/ in the eating and drinking of Christ's Body and Blood,/ may we be lifted out of our own smallness/ and into the inconceivably deep, self-gift of Jesus./ We pray to the Lord.
