PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL - October 8thOctober 9th
Presider:
Christ Jesus is always faithful to us, and so with gratitude we pray for all our sisters and brothers whatever their needs may be… aswe cry out, Lord hear our prayer...
Lector:
- For our Church in its ministry of healing throughout the world…
for the safety and security of all those who are enduring the hurricanes and storms of this season, especially Hurricane Matthew, and for all those who make sacrifices to help the victims of these storms…
for our Jewish brothers and sisters who celebrate Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement …
for grateful hearts for all that God has done for us, especially during this Jubilee Year of Mercy…and for the intentions in our parish book…We pray…
2. For our brothers and sisters who are ill: Gerald Johnson, Vilma Perez, Baby Lupita Flores González, Baby Hewitt Campbell, Estelle Petrina, Joseph Cassidy, James Martinek, Laurel Hessing. (PAUSE) For all those wounded in the service of our country, (PAUSE) that they be patient in their time of suffering and soon come to the fullness of health.... we pray....
3. For those dear to us who have died, whose memories are with us at this time, especially,
Sat. 5:30 pm Josefa Grillo
Sun. 8:30 am Greg Sheehan
10:00 am
12:30 pmMarie Bunney
5:30 pm Marianne Tibbals
(For whom this mass is offered)
The hundreds of victims of the devastating Hurricane Matthew…
Rev. Thomas F. McDonald, Brother Christopher Colarossi, CSSR, Reina Alvarez, Robbie Coolihan, Stephen Pinto, Joseph Caceres III, Michelle Watson, Holly Reich,who died during this past week…Miriam Luciano, Lidia Diazwhose anniversary of death is celebrated this week…Those who lost their lives through violence across our nation …and all the victims of war and terrorism(PAUSE) that they may rest forever in the embrace of the one true God, we pray....
4.And let us pause now to present our own personal petitions...(PAUSE ....count to 10)...... We are still a nation at war, let us pray for our president, our elected officials, the members of our diplomatic corps(core) and all those who serve our country in our uniformed services..... may their efforts for peace and justice be fruitful;..... together, let us raise our voices in a prayer for true and lasting peace......
the words are found on the back cover of the hymnal...
Presider:
Fill us with gratitude, O Lord,
for all the things you have done,
even as we ask you to hear these prayers
that we make in the name of Jesus, your Son.