PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL - June 17th 18th

Presider:

We, though many, are one body, and so together we offer to our loving God our prayers for the world around us.… as we cry out, Lord hear our prayer...

Lector:

1.  For God’s holy people, nourished by this holy Eucharist, as we go out into the world to share the Good News of God’s love for all ...

For the hungry in every nation, including our own, for families and children without enough to eat, for the elderly alone and starving…

For those in our community who are unable to join us at this celebration, and for the ministers of Communion who go to them with our prayers and the Eucharist from this table …

For all fathers on this special day, and for our grandfathers and all who have fathered and guided us in very many ways …

and For all who seek the comfort of God’s healing word; and for the intentions in our parish book ...We pray.

2.  For our brothers and sisters who are ill:

Pamela V. White, Susan Colarossi, Jocelyne Martin, Virginia Hodges, Lawrence Boni, James, Martinek, Lowell Hessing, Dr. Carlin Vickery, Amelia Silvestro, John Simpson, William Florian, Baby Lupita Flores Gonzalez, Amelia Jalandoni, Mary Sullivan, Laura Moore Brown, Marguerite LaMarque, Bob Cerf, John Palazza and all those wounded in the service of our country, that they be patient in their time of suffering and soon come to the fullness of health.... we pray....

2a. (Sun. at 10:00am)

for the Intentions of Augustine Waters… we pray....

(Sun. at 5:30pm)

for the intentions of John & Wright …we pray…

3. For those dear to us who have died, whose memories are with us at this time, especially,

Sat. 5:30 pm Rocco Arcomano

Sun. 8:30am Nicola Veltri

10:00am

12:30pm Celeste Perez-Martinez

5:30 pm

(For whom this mass is offered)

Philip Caffrey in whose memory The Bread and Wine for the celebration of the Eucharist have been offered this week…Celeste Perez-Espaillat in whose memory the Flowers that adorn the sacristy have been offered..

Rev. Robert Arce who died during this past week… Msgr. William J. Toohy, Rafael Carrillo, Guadalupe Sosa whose 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, and all 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:

God of all bounty,

you lavish your love on us at this table.

Give us grateful hearts

and the courage and strength

to be Eucharist for one another

and the world around us,

through Christ our Lord.