Bidding Prayers

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Almighty Father, you have created all men and women in your own image and likeness. As we pray for the needs of the Church and the world, we pray for all those people who do not yet know you, that they may come to recognise you as the one true God and […]

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Gathered together to celebrate the Eucharist, a foretaste of the heavenly banquet, to which, as Christians, we are invited, let us pray to God the Father for all the graces we need. READER God continually invites us to the banquet of a fuller, deeper and more spiritual life, a life worthy of

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Today, on Prisoners’ Sunday, we focus our prayers on all those whose lives are entwined with the Criminal Justice System. God of Hope and Mercy, we offer our prayers to you, knowing you receive them with love. READER We pray for the loved ones of those in prison, they who serve their

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Jesus Christ came into a sin-filled world and, by his death and resurrection, reconciled humankind to his Father. We make our prayers to the Lord for forgiveness of our sins, trusting in his mercy rather than in our own good deeds. READER We pray for the Church: may she always welcome sinners

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST God our Father has revealed the Kingdom of Heaven to us through the teaching of his Son, Jesus Christ. Today we ask the Lord for a greater understanding of his plan for our world. READER We pray for the Church: may her teaching about God’s kingdom, to which she leads everyone, be

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST As we pray to the Lord with sorrow and humility for our sins, let us ask for the graces necessary to forgive from our hearts, those who offend us. READER Let us pray for the Church in her mission of reconciliation and forgiveness: may she continually teach, preach, and practice forgiveness of

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST God our Father has called us together to live in the community of the Catholic Church. As we bring to mind his many blessings on us, let us ask for all the graces we need to live together as true Christians. READER Let us pray for the Church and all Christians: may

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Jesus Christ has called us to be his disciples and to take up our cross daily and follow him. Let us ask God our Father for all the graces which such discipleship means. READER We pray for those in the Church who suffer for their faith: may they unite their trials and

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST Gathered together as a people of faith who believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ and the authority which he gave to his Church, we pray with confidence to God our Father for all the graces which our Church and our world needs. READER Let us pray for our Holy Father, successor

BIDDING PRAYERS PRIEST God our Father is generous to us with the gifts of faith and wills the salvation of all people. Let us now pray for the spread of his Kingdom. READER Let us pray for the mission of the Church: may she continue to proclaim Christ’s Gospel to everyone. May the light of