The Celebrant will introduce and also conclude the prayer.

The reader should pause for several moments between the intercession and its response.

Leave about 20 seconds for the quiet prayer. There is no response after this – move straight to the Hail Mary.

CELEBRANT: Brothers and sisters, as St Paul writes to the Philippians, if there is anything you need, pray for it, asking God for it with prayer and thanksgiving. Let us have confidence then to ask God for our needs.

READER: (The response is): Hear our prayer.

READER:  Let us pray for the church. May its tolerance be evident to everyone, particularly in this Year of Mercy. May it shout out the Good News with Joy.

…….. (PAUSE)……….. In Your mercy, Lord ……. Hear our prayer.

READER:  We pray for the leaders of the world that they may show wisdom and justice in considering the actions needed to alleviate climate change, considering the needs of poor as well as wealthy nations and the needs of future generations as well as our own.

…. (PAUSE)…… In Your mercy, Lord  …. Hear our prayer.

READER: We pray for those who continue to be affected by floods and also those who suffer the longer consequences of drought, in Namibia, China and elsewhere. We pray that in a world of plenty there will be the people and means to help them.

…… (PAUSE)…… In Your mercy, Lord ……. Hear our prayer.

READER: Let us pray for the lonely, who perhaps will not share the Joy of Christmas. May the Lord offer them comfort and encourage us to reach out to them and show them friendship and love….(PAUSE)…… In Your mercy, Lord …. Hear our prayer.

READER: Let us quietly ask for any personal needs or the needs of others (Long Pause)…. Let us ask the intercession of Mary, mother of the Lord: Hail Mary, etc.

After a short pause the Celebrant will conclude the prayer.

CELEBRANT:  Father, You are our salvation and we trust in You. Listen then to our petitions and grant them through Your Son, Jesus Christ, in union with the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever. Amen.

Feast of All Saints  – Prayer of the Faithful

Priest  As we pray for our needs let us also remember on this feast of All Saints the great cloud of witnesses who have walked in the ways of God.

The response is ………..Lord graciously hear us

We pray for the Church as the Synod on the Family ends.  May the Holy Spirit guide us to become a more listening and consultative  church.

PAUSE

Lord hear us ………

We pray for the gentle, for those who mourn, for the merciful and for the overburdened.  May they find rest in Christ.

PAUSE

Lord hear us………

We pray for Thomas Jack Goddard who will be baptised this weekend.  As he begins his journey of faith may he be supported by his family and the church community.

PAUSE

Lord hear us ………

Let us pray for the virtue of hope, which can be a beacon of light to guide us through times of difficulty and confusion.

PAUSE

Lord hear us………..

We pray quietly for our own needs

LONGER PAUSE

We ask Mary to be our counsellor and comforter as we say Hail Mary……….

Priest  Heavenly Father we make our prayers to you trusting in your Son and the Holy Spirit for ever

Amen

Priest: God, our Father, confident in your loving care, we bring to you all our needs.

Reader: The response to our prayers is: Hear our prayer

May we come to recognise the times when we are blind to Your promptings, and may we seek Your healing.

Pause

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer

As the Synod on the Family reaches its conclusions this weekend, we pray that they will bring hope and welcome to those who feel excluded by the Church.

Pause

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer

We pray that, as we go forward with our consultation on Mass times and other pastoral care, we keep in mind the bigger picture of the needs of the whole Archdiocese, and find a way forward that does not deprive others, and which includes compassion for all our priests as their numbers decline, and they still seek to respond to all our varying needs.

Pause

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer

As the political party conference season continues, and we see the first signs of campaigning for the Assembly elections, may all the parties incorporate Christian values into their policies, and into their style of campaigning.

Pause

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer

We ask you to receive into your kingdom all those killed in the coach accident in France, and to comfort their grieving families.

Pause

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer

We pray for all those children and teachers killed in random shootings, and for their families: may our schools continue to be places where no young people feel excluded, and where vulnerability is met by understanding and help. May the initiatives to identify and help teenage depression, and other mental illness, be successful, so that no teenager feels they have to face that situation alone.

Pause

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer

In the silence of our hearts we pray for all our other needs.

Longer Pause

We ask Mary, our loving mother, to join our prayers to her own as we say: Hail Mary…….

Priest:  Heavenly Father, we ask You to hear our prayers and to look with mercy on our troubled world, bringing us healing, and reconciliation with You and with each other.  We ask this through Your Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord.

Amen

The Celebrant will introduce and also conclude the prayer.

The reader should pause for several moments between the intercession and its response.

Leave about 20 seconds for the quiet prayer. There is no response after this – move straight to the Hail Mary.

CELEBRANT: Jesus suffered and was tempted and so He understands our weaknesses and needs. Let us then be confident that we shall find grace when we are in need of His help.

READER: (The response is): Hear our prayer.

READER:  Let us pray for our missionary priests and religious who spread the Good News throughout the world and for the many who have died in this endeavour.

…….. (PAUSE)……….. Loving Father ……. Hear our prayer.

READER: We pray for those who govern us that they will become great by serving all the people.

…… (PAUSE)…… Loving Father ……. Hear our prayer.

READER:  We pray for church in the Ukraine that it may be a bringer of peace and reconciliation in the war-torn country.

…. (PAUSE)…… Loving Father  …. Hear our prayer.

READER: Let us pray for Father Tomy Augustine as he starts his new mission to the people of Merthyr Tydfil and for his order, the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate who have 700 priests outside Kerala preaching the gospel in India and abroad.

(PAUSE)…… Loving Father …. Hear our prayer.

READER: For those who feed the starving, house the homeless and comfort the bereaved, may they be strengthened and encouraged by God’s grace and love.

(PAUSE)…… Loving Father .…. Hear our prayer.

READER: Let us quietly ask for any personal needs  (Long Pause)…. Let us ask the intercession of Mary, mother of the Loving Father: Our Father etc.

After a short pause the Celebrant will conclude the prayer.

CELEBRANT:  Father in heaven, You gave us your Son, Jesus Christ, as a ransom for many, so we know Your Love for us and pray that You will hear our humble petitions which we ask through Your Son, in union with the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, Amen.

Note to Reader: Please PAUSE as directed between the Intention and the Response. Please read the response all the way through with the congregation especially where it is longer than usual

Priesr: Safe in our knowledge of the Father’s love for us we offer our petitions in confidence

Our response is : “Lord , Fill us with your love !”

Let us pray for the Church through the world remembering especially the work of the Synod on Marriage and Family Life currently underway in Rome. May we all be given the gift of listening to its findings and looking at our own lives in this area

PAUSE

We pray

Lord, Fill us with your love

We are horrified as we see more pictures of the plight of the refugees across Europe and we beseech the Lord to inspire us to greater efforts to assist these suffering people and to help those who look for peace in the Middle East

PAUSE

We pray

Lord, Fill us with your love

We remember the sick, the lonely , the worried, the bereaved of our community and ask the Lord to bring them the comfort they ask for . Let us seek the Lord’s blessing on the work of the Healing Café which opens in St Brigid’s this week

PAUSE

We pray

Lord, Fill us with your love

Let us remember our young people who have now departed for university and college ( many for the first time) and we ask that they may enjoy and benefit in every way from the experience . We pray that their studies will be successful and fruitful

PAUSE

We pray

Lord fill us with your love

Let us give thanks for the community of St Paul’s which has celebrated its 40th anniversary this week. We rejoice with them and pray that the community may prosper and continue to be a beacon of God’s love for us all

PAUSE

We pray

Lord, Fill us with your love

For a few quiet moments let us listen in our hearts to the voice of Our Father

LONGER PAUSE

Mary our mother is always concerned for us. Let us then join our prayers with hers saying HAIL MARY etc

Priest: Lord God hear and grant our petitions through Jesus your beloved Son who lives with you in the glory of the Spirit forever                                    AMEN

Priest – Brothers and Sisters let us join together in prayer to our Heavenly Father asking Him to look favourably on our needs and the needs of the Church and the world.

Reader – The response to our prayers is – Hear our prayer

Let us thank our God that our Holy Father has returned safely to Rome and pray that he will continue to call for greater efforts to work for world peace and an end to poverty……pause…….Loving Father…..

We pray for Joseph Samuel Oyston who is to be baptised this weekend and for his family that they may grow in faith through the grace of this holy sacrament ……pause….  Loving Father…

The readings this week lead us to pray for all married couples that they may always be faithful to their marriage vows………pause……Loving Father….

Let us pray for all who are ill, infirm, disabled in any way or house-bound that they may know God’s healing comfort and receive compassionate care………pause…. Loving Father….

Let us pray for the repose of the souls of all who have died recently and for the comfort of their relatives and friends. We remember especially Patricia Cording and Bernie Mills who have died this week……..pause……Loving Father….

As all the political parties meet at this time, we pray that whoever is in power now and in future will rule our country with integrity and justice………Loving Father….

In a few moments of silence let us place our own needs before our Loving Father…………

Let us ask Mary, mother of us all, to intercede for us as we say…..Hail Mary

Priest – We make all our prayers to our Loving Father through Jesus Christ His Son and our Saviour…………

Amen