Category: Bidding Prayers

Peter is the Universal Pastor:  we pray for Pope Francis that listening with a compassionate love to all Christians in our search to live the Gospel in the modern world,  he will succeed in bringing renewal and reform to God’s Church – we pray especially that his Encyclical Letter ‘Laudato Si’ will call forth decisive action to care for our Earth and bring about ‘Global Healing’

                                            [reader]                      LORD,  WE PRAY…
                                            [response]                RENEW YOUR CHURCH IN LOVE

Paul was all things to all people in order to bring the Gospel to the nations:  we pray that our parish, the Churches of the Inner City and Christians everywhere may answer the challenge of a authentically New Evangelisation as we grow as a People in Communion for Mission

                                            [reader]                      LORD,  WE PRAY…
                                            [response]                RENEW YOUR CHURCH IN LOVE

Peter and Paul carried the Gospel of peace:  we pray for the freedom and peace of our world,  especially in the Cameroon, Mali, Myanmar and in Palestine-Israel, and wherever there is turmoil and conflicts – we pray in particular for the people of the Yemen and the Gulf Region – may we  all have the courage to build a world without war

                                            [reader]                      LORD,  WE PRAY…
                                            [response]                RENEW YOUR CHURCH IN LOVE

Peter served the unity of the Churches,  and Paul had the fire of a prophet:  we pray for the unity of all God’s people and that the Church will welcome the prophets who disturb us with the radical God of Jesus: we pray in particular for all those who go the margins and seek Justice for the poor, the excluded and for our refugee sisters and brothers

                                            [reader]                      LORD,  WE PRAY…
                                            [response]                RENEW YOUR CHURCH IN LOVE

Peter and Paul were set aside by God’s call for their work:  we pray that all our parish communities might embrace the challenges for Mission as Covid restrictions ease… that all might serve with a generous heart and preach the Word with courage and compassion and wash the feet of a broken  world with love and compassion

                                            [reader]                      LORD,  WE PRAY…
                                            [response]                RENEW YOUR CHURCH IN LOVE

Peter and Paul built up the Body of Christ in love: we pray that these Apostles will help us build a hospitable and healing Church that has the courage to touch the wounds of our world: we pray for the sick and hurting of body, mind and spirit, especially all suffering in body mind and spirit because of this pandemic;
For all who have died recently, especially because of the Coronavirus and in the many conflicts afflicting our world

                                            [reader]                      LORD,  WE PRAY…
                                            [response]                RENEW YOUR CHURCH IN LOVE

Mary, Mother of the Church,  pray with us for Bishop Declan and our whole Diocese of Clifton on this Feast of our Patron Saints…

HAIL MARY…

We pray in a moment of silence for the unity of all God’s Church…

Jesus heals a despised woman and a powerless child … we pray that the Church will always side with the poor and powerless ones, those despised and rejected by the world, and in the name of Christ stand with them until their dignity is recognised

                                                    [READER]                    LORD WE PRAY…
                                                    [Response]                  Heal Your People…

That the two year Global Synod will listen to the voices of women and all those on the edges of the Church and lead to genuine equality for all women in Church; for the protection of all children so that they may grow whole and safe; for women and children so vulnerable in arenas of conflict and war, poverty and injustice

                                                    [READER]                    LORD WE PRAY…
                                                    [Response]                  Heal Your People…

‘Death was not of God’s doing’ says the Book of Wisdom – we pray for the peace of a war-torn world, for an end to all nuclear weapons and the arms trade; for the persecuted Christian communities, especially in the Middle East – may we repent of being death-bearers instead of life-givers

                                                    [READER]                    LORD WE PRAY…
                                                    [Response]                  Heal Your People…

That God will ever guide us to work effectively together to continue to build a healing and life-giving community in the Inner City, seeking unity in mission with our Christian partner churches 

                                                    [READER]                    LORD WE PRAY…
                                                    [Response]                  Heal Your People…

St Paul calls us today to share with the poor with a generous heart: we pray for the work of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, our Borderlands Charity and the Wild Goose Café, serving the most excluded and for all who bring their poverty and need to our community
                                                    [READER]                    LORD WE PRAY…
                                                    [Response]                  Heal Your People…

Jesus spent himself to bring healing to the wounded and broken, so we pray for the sick and housebound, especially  …. ;  

for those who have died recently especially …. , and those killed in the collapsed flats in Miami and all who have died because of war, poverty and Covid,
for all whose anniversaries are at this time, in particular  

                                                    [READER]                    LORD WE PRAY…
                                                    [Response]                  Heal Your People…

Mary, Servant of Healing and Sign of Wholeness, pray with us for all God’s People
                                                                                             HAIL MARY…

Jesus says to the disciples ‘Let us cross over to the other side’ … we pray that the Church will always have the courage to take the Gospel to the uncomfortable places and challenging issues of today’s world, and be a truly missionary community: we pray that Pope’s Francis’s Encyclical Letter on the Environment will call forth decisive action from world leaders and all of us to ‘care for our Common Home’ – the Earth

                               [READER]                  LORD WE PRAY…
                               [Response]                May the Love of Christ overwhelm us…

Jesus rebuked the wind and calmed the sea … we pray for our world with so many storms of violence, war and instability, that leaders everywhere will serve peace with true justice … we pray especially for the people of Mali, Birkino Faso, Myanmar and the Cameroon and wherever the will of the people is not heeded 

                               [READER]                  LORD WE PRAY…
                               [Response]                May the Love of Christ overwhelm us…

St Paul writes ‘The Love of Christ overwhelms us’ … that our children soon to meet Jesus in their First Eucharist and our child catechumens preparing for Baptism may know the overwhelming love Jesus has for them and for each one of us – and grow in faith

                               [READER]                  LORD WE PRAY…
                               [Response]                May the Love of Christ overwhelm us…

‘The reason he dies for all was so that we should live no longer for ourselves’ says St Paul today … we pray for those couples getting married this summer; we pray too for all men and women to be ordained to ministry in the Christian Church of many traditions at this time – may they all share the generosity of Christ the Servant and the courage of Christ the Prophet 

                               [READER]                  LORD WE PRAY…
                               [Response]                May the Love of Christ overwhelm us…

St Paul writes, ‘The old creation has gone and the new one is here!’ We pray that as we re-build our parish community after Covid, we will grow together in new ways to build a more  just and equal society that reaches out to the poor and broken serving God’s New Creation 

                               [READER]                  LORD WE PRAY…
                               [Response]                May the Love of Christ overwhelm us…

Jesus says, ‘Be calm! Why are you so frightened?’ We pray healing and freedom for the sick of our community, especially …. ;
for those who have died recently especially ….  and who have died of Covid around the world
for all whose anniversaries are at this time, in particular ….

                               [READER]                  LORD WE PRAY…
                               [Response]                May the Love of Christ overwhelm us…

Mary and Joseph, pray with us for all fathers on this Father’s Day that they be life-giving, affirming and caring for their children…

                                                                       HAIL MARY…

Let us pray in the silence for other needs…

Jesus says ‘The Kingdom of God is like a great tree with branches that give shelter to all’ … we pray for the Church in every place that formed by the Eucharist we will be everywhere a community of welcome, accepting and valuing every person, creating a home for all the nations to live together in peace

                                        [READER]                   LORD WE PRAY…
                                        [Response]                 May Your Kingdom come!

Jesus says, ‘The Kingdom of God is like the seed that grows in the hidden places and yields a harvest’ … we pray the seeds of peace will grow in the hearts of the men and women of violence and one day yield a harvest of unbreakable peace and justice, especially in Yemen, the Cameroon, Mali and Myanmar

                                        [READER]                   LORD WE PRAY…
                                        [Response]                 May Your Kingdom come!

Jesus says ‘The Kingdom of God is like a tiny seed that becomes the great shrub’ … we pray that seeds of faith and love sown in the hearts of our children being baptised in the coming weeks, or preparing to meet Jesus in the Eucharist; and our young people who were confirmed in the Holy Spirit at Pentecost will grow and bear fruit as mature adult disciples of faith and witness

                                        [READER]                   LORD WE PRAY…
                                        [Response]                 May Your Kingdom come!

‘We are intent on pleasing the Lord’ says St Paul … we pray for the Root and Branch Synod and Pope Francis call to all of us to engage in the Global Church Synod in the coming two years – may each help us to listen to one another and to discern what the Spirit is saying to the Church in our time, drawing us towards profound renewal and reform

                                        [READER]                   LORD WE PRAY…
                                        [Response]                 May Your Kingdom come!

‘The tree of faith stretches our its branches to welcome the birds of the air’ … may the Spirit make us a Church of unconditional welcome and love, a healing community where no-one is a stranger but all beloved sisters and brothers who have come home

                                        [READER]                   LORD WE PRAY…
                                        [Response]                 May Your Kingdom come!

We pray healing and freedom for the sick of mind and body in our community, especially … 
for those who have died recently especially … and all who died of Covid
for all whose anniversaries are at this time, in particular …

                                        [READER]                   LORD WE PRAY…
                                        [Response]                 May Your Kingdom come!

Mary, Mother of the Church, pray with us for our children preparing to meet Jesus in the Eucharist …

                                                                               HAIL MARY…

Let us pray in the silence for other needs…

God is perfect Relationship – Love that creates, that both gives and receives, that shares and binds in perfect harmony ….  may the Church everywhere give witness to this creative love and unity, that all people might know their true identity and destiny.

                [reader:]                   GOD OF LOVE
                [response]              HEAR OUR PRAYER

God is perfect harmony at the heart of creation …. We pray for greater respect and reverence for creation, that we will learn how to harvest the world’s resources without polluting and destroying God’s beautiful creation; we pray too for miracles of peace in our war-torn world, especially among the peoples of the Middle East, Myanmar and Central Africa

                [reader:]                   GOD OF LOVE
                [response]              HEAR OUR PRAYER

God is the community of equality that empowers the poor …. we pray for all people who are denied the basic necessities of life and for all refugees and those seeking safe asylum, in particular those who have fled because of their LGBT+ identity: may we safeguard their dignity, made in God’s Image and Likeness; for all political and Church leaders that they will work with honesty, integrity and commitment for justice and equality of opportunity for all.

                [reader:]                   GOD OF LOVE
                [response]              HEAR OUR PRAYER

God is diversity in loving unity … we pray for all who have been wounded by the Church’s rejection of their identity and sexuality: may a new acceptance bring healing to the wounded as each person is empowered to offer the gift they are and the gifts they have to enrich the life and mission of God’s People

                [reader:]                   GOD OF LOVE
                [response]              HEAR OUR PRAYER

God is Unity …. we pray for deeper bonds of friendship and unity between the Churches, in the service of the mission of the Gospel; may we also build together a greater ‘Fellowship of Believers’ as people of different world faiths seeking to build a democratic society of harmony

                [reader:]                   GOD OF LOVE
                [response]              HEAR OUR PRAYER

God is a love that heals and protects … for the people of the Congo and Uganda, afflicted by the Ebola epidemic, for all medical staff working in those areas, especially those threatened by civil conflict in the Congo

                [reader:]                   GOD OF LOVE
                [response]              HEAR OUR PRAYER

God listens to our prayer, and knows our every need …. we pray all who are sick and housebound, for all who carry the wounds of rejection of who they are; we pray especially for …
For all who died recently, especially …  and those killed in war, conflict and terror, especially in the Sudan, and the refugees who have perished in the waters of the Mediterranean: that they might see God face to face
and for all  whose anniversaries occurs at this time:…

                [reader:]                   GOD OF LOVE
                [response]              HEAR OUR PRAYER

Mary, beloved of the Father, dwelling place of the Word made Flesh, overshadowed by the Spirit, pray with us for harmony among all peoples…
                                                   HAIL MARY… 

Let us pray in silence of contemplation for a moment.

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 – we ask that all hearts of stone expressing discrimination of any kind may be challenged to repentance

        [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 ordinary people and world leaders everywhere will give themselves to the task of building peace – we pray especially for the the peoples of the Middle East, Palestine/Israel, and Central Africa

         [reader]                   JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…

The Spirit renews the face of the earth … we pray that we will learn to live in harmony, and  respect 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…

The Spirit showers gifts of ministry and mission upon the People of God… we pray that this Pentecost our elected Catechumens and each one of us will all know a fresh outpouring of

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…

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…

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

           [reader]                  JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…

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 the Corona Virus and war and poverty

and for all whose anniversaries occur at this time: … and the victims of the Rwandan Genocide

                         [reader]   JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…

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…

[1] THE SPIRIT BRINGS LOVE:

The Scripture says ‘Love is always patient and kind’

O God our Father, may we always be filled with the Spirit of Love. Help us love one another as Jesus loved us. May it be our joy to share your love with all the world, healing every wound and reconciling every division. May this Spirit of Love and Wisdom of Your Kingdom guide our Pope, Francis, and our Bishop, Declan

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
        [response]              Fill us Afresh with Your Love

[2] THE SPIRIT BRINGS JOY:

        The Scripture says ‘…that your joy be complete’

O God our Life-Giver, may the Spirit of Joy be with us always, that joy promised by Jesus to all who follow his Way, that our witness to the Good News may be ever joyful; we pray particularly for all saddened by bereavement, grief or turmoil at this time of Coronavirus  – may their sadness be turned to joy by your healing love

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
        [response]              Fill us Afresh with Your Love

[3] THE SPIRIT BRINGS PEACE: The Scripture says ‘My Peace I give you…’

O God the wellspring of our Peace, may the Peace of Christ which surpasses all understanding always be in our hearts, and everywhere in all the world. We pray especially for peace in lands where there is conflict and war – in particular we pray for the Holy Land, Syria, Afghanistan and the Cameroon 

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
        [response]              Fill us Afresh with Your Love

[4] THE SPIRIT BRINGS PATIENCE:

    The Scripture says ‘We wait for what we do not see in patience’

O God ever patient in waiting upon us, grant us to know when to be patient and long-suffering, and when to share your impatience and love’s anger in the struggles against injustice; may your Spirit teach us right patience as we wait upon your touch, and grant us a patient heart for those we find it hard to love

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
        [response]              Fill us Afresh with Your Love

[5] THE SPIRIT BRINGS KINDNESS:

      The Scripture says ‘Be kind and tender-hearted to one another’

O God who lavishes us with tender kindness, grant us that Spirit of Kindness that will be ever understanding and forgiving after the example of Jesus who befriended all and forgave without limit, even to his disciples who betrayed, denied and deserted as well as those who nailed him upon the Cross

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
        [response]              Fill us Afresh with Your Love

[6] THE SPIRIT BRINGS GOODNESS:

    The Scripture says ‘Goodness and kindness shall follow me always’

O God of all Goodness, we praise you for your everlasting goodness towards all humanity and our creation. Grant us by your Spirit a hunger for all that is good, gratitude for the goodness in every person and every faith and a heart that listens to the cry of the poor and the cry of the Earth … may your Spirit empower us with action to heal our planet, our ‘common home’ assuring true justice the world’s poor

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
        [response]              Fill us Afresh with Your Love

[7] THE SPIRIT BRINGS TRUST:

        The Scripture says ‘Trust in God and trust in me…’

O God who never leaves us, may your Spirit work in our hearts to bring us to the place of such trust that we will lovingly abandon ourselves into your hands, and offer the gift of trust to one another – may we never disappoint another’s trust in us

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
        [response]              Fill us Afresh with Your Love

[8] THE SPIRIT BRINGS GENTLENESS:

The Scripture says ‘Happy the Gentle, they shall inherit the earth!’

O God of all gentleness, the world is too full of those who act violently and hurt others, even unknowingly. May your Spirit lead us along the paths of gentleness so that you might heal the aggression in our hearts, and by your Spirit’s power we might heal the aggression that wounds our world

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
        [response]              Fill us Afresh with Your Love

[9] THE SPIRIT BRINGS SELF-CONTROL:

 The Scripture says  ‘The Spirit is not timidity, but power, love and self-control’

O God who orders all things for our good and growth, may your Spirit grow in us the self-control that frees spontaneity and freshness in our lives and communities, while enabling us to discern all that will hurt another or ourselves – may we embrace love’s discipline in order to liberate love in each other

        [reader]                    JESUS BREATHE YOUR SPIRIT…
        [response]              Fill us Afresh with Your Love

For the unity of the Church, the Vine of God bearing the fruit of love in the world:  for Pope Francis, Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, for the Patriarchs of Constantinople and Moscow, Free Church and Pentecostal leaders

                              LORD WE PRAY…
                              Glorify Your Name…

That the world might bear the fruit of peace where there is war, harmony where there is hostility, justice where there is oppression and freedom where people are powerless: we pray for all the peoples of the Middle East, in particular the Yemen, and those suffering in Myanmar, Mali and Hong Kong that their right to peace, security and freedom will be respected by all

                              LORD WE PRAY…
                              Glorify Your Name…

That our catechumens, preparing for the Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist will always stay close to Jesus, as Branches on the Vine, and draw life, truth and love from the Spirit of Christ, and experience the excitement of living in the Holy Spirit  and using their gifts to shape the Vine of Christ, the Church

                              LORD WE PRAY…
                              Glorify Your Name…

We pray for the Spirit of Wisdom to guide us as we vote in Local Government Elections: may God raise up good leadership and may the voices of the poor and marginalised be heard and their needs addressed 

                              LORD WE PRAY…
                              Glorify Your Name…

For more humane and just immigration policies in our land that will listen with compassion to the cries of those fleeing war, oppression and poverty; for a Home Office reformed and fit for purpose; for an end to the denial of the right to  work for those those seeking safe sanctuary among us 

                              LORD WE PRAY…
                              Glorify Your Name…

For the healing of the wounded branches of the Vine: we pray for all bearing the wounds of abuse, for the people of India suffering from Covid, for greater equality of health-care and vaccination provision around the world, and in particular for …
for all who have died recently, especially …. and those who have died of Covid or because of war, terror and poverty;
for all whose anniversaries are at this time

                              LORD WE PRAY…
                              Glorify Your Name…

Mary, Mother of the Church who bore the fruit that is Christ, pray with us for the unity and mission of our Church…

                             HAIL MARY…

We pray in a moment of silence…

The Church’s deepest call is to love without limit: may all humanity know the love the Father lavishes upon us – may the love Christians bear one another unite the Church and heal our world … we pray especially for our Chief Shepherd, Pope Francis and our own Bishop Declan: may they listen to God’s People so as to guide us wisely and courageously

                               [reader:]              LORD YOU CALL US…
                               [response:]        YOUR WILL BE DONE…

The World’s call is to be human and in this pivotal decade to heal creation itself,  to protect the life and well-being of every person and the planet we share:  that all races and nations will struggle for peace rather than struggle in war: for the peoples of Middle East, the Congo, Mali and Cameroon and the world’s many theatres of conflict; for a more humane heart in the UK and Europe to those migrants who risk their lives to escape terror and poverty; for decisive action to combat global warming for future generations

                               [reader:]              LORD YOU CALL US…
                               [response:]        YOUR WILL BE DONE…

Our Parish Community’s call is to embrace Jesus’ challenge to be the Shepherd for the people of the Inner City: may we be God’s ‘field hospital’, gathering the poor and broken into healing, hope and life, and challenging every form of racism and discrimination: following the Shepherd may we reach out to all and inviting them to the Table of the Lord

                               [reader:]              LORD YOU CALL US…
                               [response:]        YOUR WILL BE DONE…

Some are called to ordained ministry or the religious life:  for the students of our Diocese studying for the priesthood in seminaries and for those preparing for the permanent diaconate;  for our young women and men that they might welcome God’s call to serve with their whole lives in ordained Ministry and Religious Life; for the Church that we might be open to new forms of ministry that the Spirit calls and shapes in our age and for our world

                               [reader:]              LORD YOU CALL US…
                               [response:]        YOUR WILL BE DONE…

All of us are equally called through Baptism and Confirmation to holiness and to ministry:  for catechumens preparing for Baptism and Confirmation in the coming weeks; may we all answer the call to be shepherds one to another, serving the Kingdom and the Gospel, with love for one another and our world; that those called to the single life or to Christian marriage may give themselves faithfully to their particular vocation

                               [reader:]              LORD YOU CALL US…
                               [response:]        YOUR WILL BE DONE…

We are all called to life and wholeness:  for all suffering from Covid, especially in India at this time and for all health-care workers caring for them; the housebound of our parish, and for …;
for all who have died recently, especially … Fr Hans Kung and all who have perished on the refugee journey to freedom;
for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Stephen Lawrence, and …

                               [reader:]              LORD YOU CALL US…
                               [response:]        YOUR WILL BE DONE…

Let us ask Mary, who uttered her ‘Yes’ to God’s Call,  to pray that each will embrace our vocation more profoundly …                                                   

                                                                  HAIL MARY…

Let us pray in a moment of silence to listen to the voice of the Shepherd and follow him…

Thomas remained in doubt until he returned to the community of faith:  for the unity of all God’s Church,  that together we will offer to an unbelieving world a convincing sign of faith, proclaiming the Risen Lord of the Church

                 [reader]                        JESUS IS RISEN…
                 [response:]                 HE IS TRULY RISEN!

Thomas saw and he believed:  for a world that cannot believe because they cannot see;  for a world that cannot believe because they cannot hope;  for a world that cannot believe because they cannot trust – that Christians everywhere and in our Parish will draw many to a renewed faith in the Risen Christ

                 [reader]                        JESUS IS RISEN…
                 [response:]                 HE IS TRULY RISEN!

Jesus vanquishes death: as we pray eternal life for Prince Philip, we ask the Comforter, the Holy Spirit to console and strengthen the faith of his widow, Queen Elizabeth and all the Royal Family

                 [reader]                        JESUS IS RISEN…
                 [response:]                 HE IS TRULY RISEN!

Jesus’ wounds were healing for broken disciples:  may we have the courage to face our own brokenness,  walk with others in their brokenness with an unconditional love,  and allow miracles of healing to flow from our community: we pray especially for our refugee and LBGT friends, that the pain of rejection and judgement may be soon healed

                 [reader]                        JESUS IS RISEN…
                 [response:]                 HE IS TRULY RISEN!

Jesus sent his disciples to touch the wounds of the world, forgiving and reconciling:  that the Church of God will challenge the madness of knife and gun crimes in our cities and towns; will challenge war and terrorism, creating peace and miracles of new beginnings, especially throughout the Middle East and conflict torn parts of Africa; for all communities of Reconciliation – Corrymeela in Northern Ireland; Taizé in France; Pax Christi throughout the world; may we all be living parables of reconciliation

                 [reader]                        JESUS IS RISEN…
                 [response:]                 HE IS TRULY RISEN!

Jesus speaks the Easter ‘Peace’:  may we always serve peace in our fractured world:  serve healing for every distressed heart and wounded mind especially those traumatised by refugee journeys; for peace, harmony and justice in the streets and homes of our City of Bristol

                 [reader]                        JESUS IS RISEN…
                 [response:]                 HE IS TRULY RISEN!

Jesus comes among them and heals:  for the sick of body and mind, and for all who are darkened by depression; we pray in particular for all suffering with the Corona virus and for all caring for them and families anxious for them: …. ;
May Risen Lord share His Resurrection with all who have died recently, especially Prince Philip,  Fr Hans Kung, the victims of Covid-19 and all killed by terror and conflict
and for all whose anniversaries are at this time: …

                 [reader]                        JESUS IS RISEN…
                 [response:]                 HE IS TRULY RISEN!

Mary,  sharing most fully the Resurrection of Jesus, pray with us and for us…
HAIL MARY…

Let us pray in a moment of the silence of peace…