Intercessions
8th December 2024
Almighty God, as the new day dawns on this 2nd Sunday of Advent, we give thanks for the glimmers of the light which remind us of the coming of your Son Jesus Christ.
We believe that your light has the power to overcome all our darkness and pray that throughout this Season of Advent we may share in the mystery of your coming into the world.
Loving God, we dedicate to you all of the activities organised by our church during Advent and pray for all who will attend. Let it be that through prayer, praise and music they may make their own preparations for a Holy Christmas.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
We pray, loving God, for peace in our hearts. We bring before You now prayers for ourselves, and for individuals known to us who are anxious, ill, alone, afraid or hurting.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
We pray, Prince of Peace, for peace in our communities. In the midst of political strife, social upheaval, economic stress and neighbourhood arguments. Father God, although we are sometimes separated by language and culture from the people we live amongst, our hope for our community is to see your will done here on earth as it is in heaven. We pray for our neighbours, not only with words, but day by day, that through our actions we might demonstrate our Christian faith in a very real sense.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
We pray, Spirit of love, for peace in our world. In the midst of war, angry words, broken homes we pray for all who live in fear.
Today our hopes for our troubled world are for an end to the wars still raging throughout the world, an end to terrorism, a resolution to the migrant crisis and a positive outcome to Climate Change negotiations. Come to your world as King of the Nations and before you rulers will stand in silence.
We pray for peace within the governments and institutions of our world – may all decision-makers know the art of compassionate conversation.
We pray for calmness and wisdom in our world leaders – may they know the delight of diversity when opinions differ.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray particularly for the Province of the Episcopal Church in Sudan and their Archbishop, Most Revd Ezekiel Kondo
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Merciful God, we remember those who have died and pray for those who are bereaved. May the light of Christ which eternally shines bring hope to their dark places.
O come, O Come, Emmanuel and fill the hearts of your faithful people and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Merciful Father,
accept these prayers
for the sake of your Son,
our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.