That God’s People in every land and culture will be faithful to the call of Christ to be a healing community that welcomes the broken and the excluded, revealing the merciful face of the Father; that the Church will truly listen to the Word God is speaking through both St John Henry Newman, commemorated today and St Charles de Foucauld
GOD OF THE EXCLUDED…
[response] GATHER YOUR SCATTERED PEOPLE
For those excluded from a just sharing of the Earth’s resources, for those who are victims of fear and discrimination, for those suffering from HIV/AIDS, for those fleeing war and poverty in order to build new lives in a new land – may we build a world that cares and welcomes – we pray especially for audacious guidance of the Holy Spirit for the Pan-Amazon Synod in Rome at this time
GOD OF THE EXCLUDED…
[response] GATHER YOUR SCATTERED PEOPLE
For those who leave their own families, nations and cultures to cross boundaries and frontiers to bring healing and hope to those with little access to health care; for all medical staff in war zones; for all who risk their very lives to be Good News to the Poor and Prophets of Justice:
GOD OF THE EXCLUDED…
[response] GATHER YOUR SCATTERED PEOPLE
For the healing ministry of our parish community, that we will develop as a community that listens, that holds, that heals and that includes all without reservation: that we will always seek to be ‘God’s Field Hospital’ for all peoples and faiths
GOD OF THE EXCLUDED…
[response] GATHER YOUR SCATTERED PEOPLE
As we reflect today on the life and witness of St Charles de Foucauld who dedicated himself to be Love’s presence among our Muslim brothers and sisters, we pray for peace and reconciliation between all faiths, especially in the Middle East and Africa, as well as our own city
GOD OF THE EXCLUDED…
[response] GATHER YOUR SCATTERED PEOPLE
For all who suffer from leprosy and for all who care for them; for the sick and housebound that they might know that they share in the mission of the Church; we pray in particular for …. ;
for those who have died recently: especially those killed in the school shootings in Indonesia, the explosion in Donegal and the victims of the war and terrorism across the world
and for all whose anniversaries are at this time: …
GOD OF THE EXCLUDED…
[response] GATHER YOUR SCATTERED PEOPLE
Mary, Servant of healing for the poor and the excluded, help us renew the Church in healing love…
HAIL MARY…
We pray for other needs in a moment of silence…