Prayers of the Faithful PDF: Free Printable Intercessions

Need the Prayers of the Faithful on paper for your lector, your parish bulletin or a special Mass? Below are free printable PDFs of our original intercessions, ready to print or adapt: a PDF for every Sunday and weekday of 2026–2027, booklets for funerals and All Souls Day and for Christ the King, Thanksgiving and Trinity Sunday, and a fill-in template for writing your own. All of them follow the order the Church gives for the Universal Prayer (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 69–71), and all are free for parish, school and family use.

Sunday and weekday PDFs for 2026–2027

Every day’s Prayers of the Faithful for today page has a Download PDF button. Open the page for your date, choose or edit the intentions, and save or print the PDF. For the Sunday readings of the year, see the Sunday Mass readings 2026–2027, where each Sunday links to its intercessions.

Upcoming Sundays and holy days:

Funerals and All Souls Day (PDF)

Download: Prayers of the Faithful for Funerals and All Souls Day (PDF)

Eleven sets for funeral and memorial Masses (for a mother, a father, a spouse, a child, after a sudden death or a long illness, for an anniversary) and five sets for All Souls Day, November 2. The same texts are online at Prayers of the Faithful for a funeral and for All Souls Day.

Christ the King, Thanksgiving and Trinity Sunday (PDF)

Download: Prayers of the Faithful for Christ the King, Thanksgiving and Trinity Sunday (PDF)

Five sets for Christ the King (Years A, B and C, youth and children), seven sets for Thanksgiving Day Mass, and five sets for Trinity Sunday. Online: Christ the King, Thanksgiving, Trinity Sunday.

Fill-in template (PDF)

Download: Prayers of the Faithful fill-in template (PDF)

A one-page worksheet with spaces for the priest’s introduction, an intention for each of the four categories (the Church, the world, those in need, the local community), the dead and an optional intention, and the concluding prayer. Ideal for weddings, funerals, school Masses and parish groups. See also how to write Prayers of the Faithful.

Tips for printing and using the PDFs

Print one copy for each reader, with each person’s intention highlighted.
Fill in the names where you see [Name] or N. before printing.
Use large type for older readers: most PDF viewers let you print at 110–125%.
Keep the response at the top so the reader can remind the assembly.
Put a copy at the ambo in case a reader is missing.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use these Prayers of the Faithful in my parish?

Yes. They are free to print and adapt for parish, school and family use. A mention of biddingprayers.com is appreciated but not required.

Can I edit the PDF?

The booklets are print-ready; to change the wording, copy the text from the matching web page into your own document, or use the Edit option on the daily Prayers of the Faithful for today pages before downloading.

Are these intercessions approved by the Church?

The Universal Prayer is composed freely for each celebration, within the structure given by the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (69–71); no single official text is required. Always follow your priest’s guidance.

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Sources

General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 69–71.
All intercessions in the PDFs were written for biddingprayers.com.