The Spirit clothes the Church with Divine Love … we pray that the Church, led by Pope Francis, Bishop Declan and the College of Bishops, may unite all peoples, races, classes and cultures in one great human family, building a universal civilisation of love
[reader] JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
[response] Fill us Afresh with Your Love
The Spirit reconciles all peoples of the earth … we pray that men and women of violence everywhere will cease resisting the Spirit that urges peace upon them; that both citizens and world leaders everywhere will give themselves to the task of building peace – we pray especially for the Ukraine, Sudan, the peoples of the Middle East, Mali and Cameroon
[reader] JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
[response] Fill us Afresh with Your Love
The Spirit renews the face of the earth … we pray in this ‘Laudato si’ Week that we will learn to live in harmony and respect for the wonder of creation, working with God’s creative Spirit to heal our damaged earth and bringing true justice that shares the earth’s abundance with all equally
[reader] JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
[response] Fill us Afresh with Your Love
The Spirit showers gifts of ministry and mission upon the People of God… we pray that this Pentecost each one of us will experience a fresh outpouring of the Spirit’s Charismatic Gifts and so give ourselves generously to the work of the Kingdom – we pray that the Church’s Global Synod will free us to listen to the Spirit and build together a ‘New Way of being Church’
[reader] JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
[response] Fill us Afresh with Your Love
The Spirit leads us to the heart of our God … we pray for a deepening of the stillness of prayer in our lives, and for the welling up of praise and thankfulness: may we each know how infinitely we are loved by our God who dwells at the centre of our being
[reader] JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
[response] Fill us Afresh with Your Love
The Spirit sends us out in mission … we pray for all our Parish community that we will be open to God’s ever-new vision for us, together with diverse Christian brothers and sisters, and work to Proclaim Good News and serve the Kingdom in the Inner City; that the whole Church will act with more courage to live out God’s Option for the Poor and protect the vulnerable
[reader] JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
[response] Fill us Afresh with Your Love
The Spirit heals our every wound, enlightens every darkness: we pray for all suffering the wounds of war and poverty and for the sick and hurting of our parish family, for all suffering from the Covid 19 virus and all who care for them; we pray also for …
the Spirit raises the dead: for all who have died recently, … and all victims of gun and knife crime, and those killed in war, especially in Sudan and Ukraine, both Russian and Ukrainian,
and for all whose anniversaries occur at this time: … and all victims of the Rwandan Genocide
[reader] JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
[response] Fill us Afresh with Your Love
Mary of Pentecost, help us all to open ever wider our hearts to the Spirit as you did …
HAIL MARY…
Let us yield to the Spirit praying within us in a moment of silence…