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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Intercessions ~ Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

First baby born in the Jewish New Year ~ Jerusalem


The Jewish New Year is being celebrated these days,/ followed by liturgical feasts of repentance,/ reflection and new action./ We join these brothers and sisters in faith,/ asking for gifts of peace,/ safety and health./ We pray to the Lord.

In early October in Assisi,/ as Pope Francis will deliver his letter on social friendship,/ the world is experiencing great storms of war,/ poverty,/ migration,/ climate change,/ racial tension,/economic and political crises./ We pray for the healing of North-South,/ rich-poor divides,/ and the many ways in which people are differentiated,/ denigrated and excluded./ We pray to the Lord.

A huge fire has destroyed a camp of nearly 13,000 Syrian and Afghan migrants on the Isle of Lesbos in Greece./ The people are without toilets,/ medicine,/ food or water./ Four thousand are children./ Four hundred are unaccompanied children./ We pray for them/ and any who are working to relieve their suffering./ We pray to the Lord.

Terrible fires continue to burn in California,/ Oregon and Washington State./ We pray for those who have lost everything./ For those who are missing or who have died,/ mindful that firefighters are among the dead./ For those who are fighting this environmental disaster/ and for the healing of our wasted planet./ We pray to the Lord.

More than 204,000 people have died of Coronavirus in our country alone./ We pray for them and their relatives and friends./ Again we pray for doctors,/ nurses and all who work in hospitals and labs./ We pray for those who take no precautions to protect themselves or others,/ who call this pandemic a hoax./ We pray to the Lord.

May Election Day and Night be peaceful,/ without violence,/ threat,/ suspicion or fear./ We pray to elect people across to nation,/ who are decent,/ honest,/ and committed to service,/ rather than power and money./ We pray to the Lord.

We pray for the health and restoration of family and friends,/ mindful of those who are stressed,/worried,/ depressed or sad../ We pray to the Lord.