Lawrence McCarthy

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST God our Father has given us all, through Christ, a share in the power of his resurrection. We turn to him in prayer, who is the source of all life and goodness. READER We pray for the Church, the Body of Christ: may she continue to proclaim, in season and out of

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST         Christ is our Shepherd and King who heals us of our spiritual blindness and leads us in a pilgrimage of faith. Let us ask God our Father for the grace to live the new life of faith in a world darkened by sin. READER We pray for the leaders of the Church:

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST During Lent, which is a time for the renewal of our baptismal life, let us pray to the Lord that we, who have been baptised with water and the Holy Spirit, may call, with confidence, on his name. READER We pray for the Church: that all Christians may come to an appreciation