Mary is Mother of all Christians … we pray that the year just begun will see the whole Church journey towards visible unity in faith, service and mission, and so be a more effective sign and instrument of God’s Peace, Justice and Love to the world
[Reader] LORD WE CRY TO YOU…
[Response] BLESS OUR WORLD WITH PEACE
Mary is a sign of hope and humanity to the world … we pray on the threshold of our New Year that we will recognise every person as the dwelling of God; may peace and reconciliation defeat war and conflict especially in Israel/Palestine, Ukraine and wherever there is no peace: may justice and freedom everywhere progress, and all humanity be converted to their sisters and brothers
[Reader] LORD WE CRY TO YOU…
[Response] BLESS OUR WORLD WITH PEACE
Mary bore the Word of God to the world … we pray that in this coming Year of Synod, the People of God will walk together, listen together and renew and reform the Church together, and so find a new way of being the Church of God’s Love
[Reader] LORD WE CRY TO YOU…
[Response] BLESS OUR WORLD WITH PEACE
Mary, mother of the Creator, is the Mother of all Creation … may her wisdom and generous love guide us to take decisive life-style and political decisions to limit Climate Warming before it is too late for the future of our planet and our children
[Reader] LORD WE CRY TO YOU…
[Response] BLESS OUR WORLD WITH PEACE
Mary opened her heart to the Divine dwelling within her and urges us to welcome as she did God’s amazing love … we pray for one another in our parish family, that we may embrace the challenge of the God’s overshadowing Spirit to renew our inner life and rebuild our community in this challenging year that lies ahead
[Reader] LORD WE CRY TO YOU…
[Response] BLESS OUR WORLD WITH PEACE
Mary treasured the wonders of God in her heart … as this New Year begins, may all of us learn the art and joy of prayer more deeply and walk the life-giving paths of Silence and Contemplation
[Reader] LORD WE CRY TO YOU…
[Response] BLESS OUR WORLD WITH PEACE
Mary gathers all her sorrowing children – we pray for those regions of the world afflicted by war, famine and flood – for the grieving mothers of Gaza and Israel, Yemen and Sudan, Cameroon and Mali: may the world become weary of death, grow in compassion and justice, and seek to build one world shared equally and peacefully with all peoples
[Reader] LORD WE CRY TO YOU…
[Response] BLESS OUR WORLD WITH PEACE
Mary is a sign of wholeness and servant of healing: we pray for sick and those wounded in mind and body by the horror of war and for the courageous medical staff in Gaza’s hospitals:
Mary cared for both Joseph and Jesus at their dying – may carers, nurses, doctors and researchers treat all with dignity and with reverence for Life;
for all who have died recently especially… and victims of war and conflict, and all whose anniversaries are at this time: Pope Benedict XVI
[Reader] LORD WE CRY TO YOU…
[Response] BLESS OUR WORLD WITH PEACE
Mary, Mother of God, help us bring the Peace of Christ into the Year that lies before us
HAIL MARY…
On the threshold of another year, we pray in silence for our world and our families…