Prayers for the Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Lord, on this Sunday closest to the feast of Mary Magdalene on Tuesday, we celebrate her strength, purpose, and faithful devotion to our Lord Jesus. We give thanks for all women like her. We pray you will give strength and knowledge of your presence and support we to all women who are exploited, who suffer domestic violence, or who are discriminated against by religious prejudice.
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We give thanks for the beauty and abundance of our earth and at this time of year for our usual beautiful sunny winter weather. We pray that all efforts to cope with climate change will not slacken, but remain focused and strengthen. Give us and all people grace to live in harmony with your creation; wisdom and generosity in our use of its bounty.
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We celebrate and pray for leaders who serve the common good. We pray for all whose lives and livelihoods are blighted by war, in Ukraine, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and Israel, and all other places of suffering. Give wisdom to those who have responsibility and authority in every land, so that we may all share with justice and good sense the resources of the world, and live together in trust. We pray for our land, giving thanks for our democracy and praying that it will continue strong. Help us all to value our common heritage and our diversity and work to free all of our people from despair, poverty, or exclusion.
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In the worldwide church today we pray for: The Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan; The Diocese of Perth; The Parish of St John’s Cathedral; Little Angels ELC, Salisbury; Toowoomba Anglican School, Toowoomba.
In our parish we give thanks and pray for our rector and her assistant priests. We pray for Rev’d Deb and Bp John’s reflection on the God of Wonder this evening at Indooroopilly. We pray for success for the GFS Kenmore Journeyers’ cake stall and backpack launch today. We give thanks and pray for our Church Wardens and Parish Council for their continuing leadership of the ministry in our parish.
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In our community; we give thanks for all who give support to the hungry, thirsty, and needy, and we pray that they will be empowered by your love; remembering today the continuing work of Meals on Wheels. We pray that all teachers and students will safely enjoy fresh learning in the new term after their winter break and we pray for ourselves and each other, our families, our neighbours and our friends. Enable us by your Spirit to live in love for you and for one another.
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We give thanks that you are the God who brings mercy and wholeness. We pray for healing and comfort for all who are sorrowful, sick, or in any kind of trouble, especially today for those who have asked for our prayers. May they be upheld by the knowledge of your constant love and presence.
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We celebrate the communion of saints, and gratefully remember those who have been part of our lives. Especially today we give thanks for the life of Peter James Murray, and for his contributions to our parish, and we pray for Julie and the family in mourning.
We give heartfelt thanks for the gift of eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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