Bidding Prayers

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

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Today we reflect on the glory of the Transfiguration. Let us pray to God our Father for the grace and strength to be responsive to his call.       READER Let us pray for the Church and all her members: may many more individuals be ready to leave all things for the sake of

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST It is God’s will that, through his Son, Jesus Christ, all people should find salvation. We pray to him that, though damaged by the effects of sin, we may readjust the focus of our lives, turning once again to God our Father to seek forgiveness for our sins. READER We pray for

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST In the name of Jesus Christ, our brother, who has given us a new commandment that we are to love even our enemies, we make our prayer to God our Father, confident in the knowledge that he loves us and will answer our prayers. READER PRIEST God our Father, when sin alienates

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST As God’s people, chosen in Christ, we turn to him as our Father to ask him to hear our prayers for all the needs of our Church and world. READER We pray for all members of Christ’s Church: may each one see that the one law which must be kept is the

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST God the Father calls us to himself in prayer and worship. On this Racial Justice Sunday, let us open our hearts to him. READER We pray for our country: may God make us a society in his image, a society which welcomes the stranger, gives refuge to the homeless and shares its

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Jesus has called us to be poor in spirit so that we can be rich in the things of God. Detached from material goods, and attached to God our Father, we make our petitions to him. READER We pray for the leaders of the Church: may they be an example of what

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Jesus calls us to be his followers so that, like Peter and Andrew, we can become fishers of men and women. We make our prayers in his name to God our Father that he will give us the grace to enable us to live up to our vocation. READER We pray for