Intercessions
16th July 2023
Let us pray.
Everlasting God, we join together in praying to you for the needs of the church, the world, our communities and ourselves, trusting in your love which reaches out from before the foundation of the world.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Loving God, we bring before you the worldwide church, all so different and diverse, yet all seen, known, and loved equally by you. We pray especially for our brothers and sisters facing persecution. We pray for Gods protection against rising extremism over his church and that believers will know God’s comfort and find ways to grow in their faith. We pray for our communities of Christ the King both here and in Tavira. We pray for Gods wisdom and protection of our leaders both lay and ordained and look forward to the arrival of our new Priest. In the worldwide Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the province of Canada,
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Holy God, The Sower of the Gospel into our hearts, help us to recognise your generosity and open-mindedness, give us the grace to repent and join your rejoicing. Reveal to us the message of your words as written in the Parables of Matthews Gospel. Guard the Church against self-righteousness and all rules and limits which you would not own but keep always before us the rule of love. We ask that as the church universal seeks to move forward, it will do so with love, mercy and justice at its heart.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Creator God, we pray for your world. Forgive us when we are ungrateful when spiritual blindness prevents us from appreciating the wonder of your creation and the endless cycle of nature. Forgive us for taking without giving, reaping without sowing. We pray for the farmers of the world, many of whom still use those methods described by Jesus and we especially pray that they may be treated with fairness for their labours. We pray also for those who are suffering so badly from climate change. And here I the Algarve we pray for life refreshing rain.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Father God, we thank you for the love we share with our families and our friends. We recognise that they may have faults and they love us in spite of ours. Help us to be flexible and adaptable in all our relationships and also capable of accepting constructive criticism. Loving God, we bring before you the children and families who over the next few weeks will be finishing school for the summer break. We know that the summer can be a joyous time of togetherness and memory making, however we are also aware that it can feel like it goes on forever, where there are difficulties such as relationships, juggling care, finding extra meals and isolation, so a time of peace turns into a time of anxiety and stress. We ask for you to be with all over this time, grant rest, peace and harmony and help us as your church to reach out and shine your light into this community.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Loving God and Lord of life, we pray for those friends and families on our prayer list. We pray for the gift of courage to face up to and cope with illness. We pray for it for ourselves, and for those who we now name before you quietly within our hearts.
We thank you for those who through their courage have come through illness and for those facing the reality that there is little light at the end of their earthly tunnel.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Gracious God, give us ears to hear and minds to understand the message of immortality for the children of your kingdom so that we may look forward with patience and confidence to that time when we will join you in the peace of eternity. We especially pray for any we know who have recently died and are on that journey to you.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Faithful God, we thank you for the opportunity of being together in prayer. As we look forward to the week to come, we pray for an awareness of your love and support in all we do.
Merciful Father,
accept these prayers
for the sake of your Son,
our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.