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General Intercessions for Sunday Mass
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Sunday, April 3, 2022
Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)
·Good Friday
Liturgical Color: Red
General Intercessions for Sunday Mass for GOOD FRIDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION
Option 1
1.For the Church: that on Good Friday she may behold the Cross with steadfast faith and unwavering love, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may contemplate the innocent One condemned by political cowardice and the cry of the crowd, and be moved to protect the innocent rather than sacrifice them for convenience, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who are dying today, especially those dying alone without comfort, that Christ who cried out in desolation from the Cross may be present to them in their final hour, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may receive from the Cross this day the words Christ spoke from it — behold your mother, behold your son — and be bound to one another in a love that does not abandon, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may keep these sacred hours in true contemplation of the Passion, leaving this place genuinely changed by what we have beheld, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For our sick, bereaved, and all who have asked for our prayers.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Option 2
1.For the Church: that she may glory in the Cross and never be ashamed to follow the crucified Lord, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who exercise judicial and political power may never sacrifice an innocent person to appease popular opinion, as Pilate sacrificed Christ to appease the crowd, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who bear the cross of chronic illness, disability, or unrelenting suffering, that they may know their pain is taken up into the very Passion of Christ, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may venerate the Cross today not merely with lips and gesture but with the devotion of one who knows: by these wounds I am healed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish, having knelt before the Cross, may rise from this day committed to carrying it more faithfully through the ordinary days of the year, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a deeper contemplation of Christ's sacrifice and its meaning for our lives.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Pro Life Option
1.That the Church may stand beneath the Cross on this day and proclaim without equivocation: every life is redeemed by this blood, every unborn child included, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may contemplate today the innocent One condemned by legal decree, and refuse to enact or uphold laws that condemn the unborn to the same fate, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For unborn children under sentence of abortion — condemned in the quiet of a private decision as Christ was condemned before dawn — that God may raise up a defender for each one before it is too late, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may stand with the innocent on this day as Mary stood at Calvary: without running, without denial, and without shame, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be known as a community that does not look away from what is done to the unborn, as those who remained at Calvary did not look away, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who work in pregnancy centres and crisis support, bearing the weight of this Good Friday work throughout the year.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
About Our Sunday Mass Intercessions
Our general intercessions for Sunday Mass are specially crafted by Giuseppe Njualem, a seminarian at St. Peter's Seminary in London, Ontario. Each set reflects the solemnity appropriate for the principal weekly celebration of the Catholic Church.
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Each intercession follows the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) guidelines and addresses the four traditional categories of universal prayer.
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