For 175 years, the Eucharist has been the centre of our parish’s life, community and mission: may this celebration of the Breaking of the Bread heal our brokenness, deepen our love for Christ Jesus, bind us together in life-giving community and empower our mission to be Good News to the Poor
[Reader] LORD HEAL OUR WORLD…
[Response] RENEW YOUR PEOPLE IN LOVE…
St Nicholas broke the Bread of the Eucharist at the Table of the Lord; and broke bread with poor of his society: may we and the whole Church rededicate ourselves to translating our love for the Christ we meet in the Eucharist into as deep a love for the Christ we meet in the Poor
[Reader] LORD HEAL OUR WORLD…
[Response] RENEW YOUR PEOPLE IN LOVE…
St Nicholas preached the Gospel and broke the Bread of the Word for the people of Tolentino, drawing many to Christ: having received the Gospel from generations past may we find new ways of passing on the Gift of the Living Word of God to our young people so that they will shape the church moving into the future
[Reader] LORD HEAL OUR WORLD…
[Response] RENEW YOUR PEOPLE IN LOVE…
Throughout these past 175 years our parish has received migrants who have come to our shores and our city: may the whole Church be truly ‘Catholic’ where ‘all are welcome’ – a home to peoples of every race, language and culture, a world-wide community gathering as one all peoples, struggling for justice and equality for the most marginalised and ridding the world of all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery
[Reader] LORD HEAL OUR WORLD…
[Response] RENEW YOUR PEOPLE IN LOVE…
Giving thanks for our past years of mission and looking forward with hope to the years to come, we pray that our Global Synod will bring us a renewed vision for the 21st Century Church of mission and healing, growing in communion with all creation; in this ‘Season of Creation’ may we listen to the cries of the Earth and the cries of the poor, build healing communities of diverse identities and faiths, caring together for the poor and the excluded near and far
[Reader] LORD HEAL OUR WORLD…
[Response] RENEW YOUR PEOPLE IN LOVE…
That all our children and young people will grow up to care for the poorest, respecting people of all races, cultures and sexual orientation and valuing our multi-ethnic society; that opposing all racial violence and every form of prejudice, our schools and colleges will rejoice in the diversity of our one Human Race
[Reader] LORD HEAL OUR WORLD…
[Response] RENEW YOUR PEOPLE IN LOVE…
St Nicholas was called and gifted by God to bring healing to the sick and the poor: for all wounded in mind and heart by abuse, injustice and poverty; we pray also for ….
St Nicholas prayed deeply for the dead: we pray for those who have died recently … because of war, and conflict, the refugee journey and climate change;
we pray also for all the faithful departed of our parish in its 175 years history and for … whose anniversaries are at this time
[Reader] LORD HEAL OUR WORLD…
[Response] RENEW YOUR PEOPLE IN LOVE…
Mary, Mother of all the abandoned ones, help us to recognise Jesus in every person….
HAIL MARY…
We pray in silence for God’s empowerment of our parish family in service and mission…