Lawrence McCarthy

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST In these days of Holy Week when Christ prayed and entreated his Father in the anguish of his Passion, let us pray to the Lord, not trusting in our own good deeds, but in his power to save us. READER We pray for the Church: may she be one with her Lord,

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