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General Intercessions for Sunday Mass
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Sunday, April 10, 2022
Friday within the Octave of Easter
✚Easter Octave
Liturgical Color: White
General Intercessions for Sunday Mass for FRIDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER
Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may carry Easter faith into her daily work, trusting the Risen Christ stands near, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That leaders of nations, when their policies have fished all night and caught nothing, may have the humility to listen for the voice that says: cast the net on the other side, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who are exhausted by fruitless effort — who have laboured long and caught nothing — that the Risen Christ may speak from the shore of their lives this week with a word of direction and renewed hope, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may learn to recognise the Risen Christ in the ordinary moments of our daily work, as the beloved disciple recognised Him from the boat: it is the Lord, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may embody the hospitality of the Risen Christ on the shore — come and eat — warmly prepared for all who arrive hungry, weary, or in need, 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 cast her net wide, trusting the Risen Christ to gather all without exception, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who govern may provide for the basic daily needs of those entrusted to them — as the Risen Christ provided bread and fish on the shore — attending to the small and concrete before the grand and abstract, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who labour in dangerous or exhausting work — fishermen, seafarers, night-shift workers, and all who toil in obscurity — that the Risen Christ may meet them in their place of work, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may leap toward the Risen Christ with Peter's reckless urgency — not waiting for the boat to dock but throwing ourselves into the water to reach Him, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may have the charcoal fire burning — the warmth of genuine welcome — so that all who arrive at dawn after a long night find comfort and the presence of the Risen Lord, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a spirit of Easter hospitality and practical service in our community.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 declare with the abundance of 153 fish that every life is a gift to be drawn in — not discarded — and that no pregnancy, however unexpected, is a catch too many for God's net, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may cast their policies on the right side — the side of life — and discover that laws which protect the unborn yield more human flourishing than those that do not, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For young mothers who have fished all night and caught nothing — exhausted, alone, without support — that the Risen Christ may speak from the shore today and that a real person may step forward to help them, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may leap into the water for the unborn as Peter leapt for the Lord — not calculating the cost, not waiting for the moment to be convenient, but acting now, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may have the fire burning and the breakfast ready for the mother who arrives with nothing, so she finds not an empty shore but a community prepared to receive her, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who run pregnancy support services, that they may keep the fire burning through every season.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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