Lawrence McCarthy

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST God our Father wants our conversion, which means a change of heart. We pray to him this Lent for all the graces necessary for our life as full Christians. READER Let us pray for the leaders of the Church: through their proclamation of Christ’s saving Gospel, may all Christians realise that death

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST God our Father, because of his infinite mercy, sent his only Son into the world so that through him, all who believe might be saved. We turn to him in prayer, not trusting in our own merits but in his power to save us.       READER Let us pray for the Church in

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Lent challenges us with the pain of the Cross and restores us with the joy of Easter. Let us pray to God our Father for the graces necessary for a deeper understanding of Calvary.  READER Let us pray for the Church: may she, by her example and teaching, bear witness to the