Prayers of the Faithful This Week

Week of April 10 - April 16, 2023

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Monday

Monday, April 10, 2023

FRIDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

✚SolemnityLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for FRIDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may return to her ordinary daily work with Easter eyes — knowing that the Risen Christ stands on every shore of ordinary life, speaking into every night that has yielded nothing, 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 the 153 fish may be her vision — that no one is too many, the net does not tear, the Risen Christ draws in 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.

Tuesday

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

SATURDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

✚SolemnityLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for SATURDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

Option 1
1.For the Church, that the commission she hears today — go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature — may be received not as an obligation but as the irresistible overflow of an Easter heart, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may be open to the Gospel transforming the societies they govern — softening the hardness of heart that locks people out of dignity, justice, and peace, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who have heard the Easter message and still cannot bring themselves to believe, that the Risen Christ may appear to them as He appeared to those who disbelieved the first reports — patiently, persistently, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may receive the commission of this final day of the Octave personally: go, proclaim — and find in the days ahead someone who needs to hear what we have encountered, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may close this Easter Octave not with relief but with momentum — carrying the Resurrection outward as a living fire into the weeks and months ahead, 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 acknowledge with humility the hardness of heart the Risen Christ gently reproached in His disciples — and ask to be opened again to the full wonder of the Resurrection, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those in authority may not dismiss inconvenient testimony as too strange to believe — knowing that the truth of the Resurrection was first refused by those who should have been most ready to receive it, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who are skeptical about the faith, that they may be met with the same patient persistence the Risen Christ showed His doubting disciples — not condemned but invited closer, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may not let the Octave end without asking the Risen Christ to do something new in us — a deeper opening, a firmer conviction, a bolder love, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may enter the Easter season with a clear sense of its mission: to go, to tell, to proclaim — and that no one in our neighbourhood may be left unreached by the joy we carry, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a renewed sense of Easter mission as the Octave concludes.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Variations if Optional Commemoration is not celebrated

Option 1
1.For the Church, that having kept the whole Easter Octave she may carry its light into the fifty days of Easter — not letting the flame diminish when the celebrations end but nurturing it through every ordinary week, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That leaders of nations may govern with the hope the Resurrection brings — that no situation is beyond remedy, no people beyond redemption, no future beyond the reach of God's renewing power, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who have been received into the Church this Easter and now begin their first full week as members — that the community may surround them with warmth and support as their new life unfolds, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may pause today to name one thing the Easter Octave has changed in us — one door opened, one fear lessened, one love deepened — and offer it as a prayer of thanksgiving, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community where Easter is never merely a Sunday but a whole season — where the Alleluia shapes Monday and the Resurrection colours everything we do together, 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 the final day of the Octave may deepen her commitment to the mission Christ entrusted to her: the proclamation of mercy, the forgiveness of sins, the healing of the broken, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That civil society may be shaped by the Easter conviction that every person can change, every wound can be healed, and no life is beyond the reach of new beginning, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who will not gather tomorrow for Divine Mercy Sunday — who are far from the Church — that someone from this community may reach out to them with an invitation and a word of welcome, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may enter tomorrow's celebration of Divine Mercy with hearts emptied of self-sufficiency and filled with the wonder of being loved by God without condition, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may cross the threshold of the Easter season with courage, knowing that the Risen Christ goes before us into every day of the year, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For those preparing to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday tomorrow.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Wednesday

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER (DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY)

✚SolemnityLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER (DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY)

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may receive again today the Easter gift of peace — peace be with you — and carry it as her answer to every fear, every locked door, every paralysis that holds the world captive, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who govern in locked rooms of fear and suspicion may hear the Risen Christ passing through every sealed barrier — bringing not threat but peace, not judgment but mission, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who were absent when the others encountered the Risen Lord — who have missed the moment and believe it is too late — that Christ may come again eight days later as He came for Thomas, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may make Thomas's confession our own this day — my Lord and my God — spoken not as a formula but as the full surrender of a heart that has finally touched the wounds and knows that this is real, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish, commissioned as the Father sent the Son, may go out from this Eucharist as a community of the forgiven who forgive — bearing the mercy of the Risen Christ into the week ahead, 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 the water and blood flowing from the pierced side of Christ may be her unending source — every sacrament, every act of mercy, every proclamation springing from that one wound of love, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who lock themselves behind walls of cynicism or self-protection may hear the Risen Christ entering without a key — not to condemn but to breathe new life into what has grown stale and afraid, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those crippled by doubt who feel unable to believe what others seem to receive so easily, that the Risen Christ may extend to them the same invitation He gave Thomas: come, touch, see — and do not be unbelieving but believe, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may receive today the beatitude of those who have not seen and yet believe — knowing this faith is not credulity but a gift we may ask for and a grace we may grow in, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be renewed in the Holy Spirit on this day — receiving the Risen Christ's breath as the disciples received it — and exercise the ministry of mercy and forgiveness boldly, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a deeper trust in God's mercy — Jesus, I trust in you.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 proclaim Divine Mercy without reserve: that no wound is too deep, no situation too far gone, and no unborn child too small for the love flowing from Christ's pierced Heart, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may not be unbelieving but believe — accepting the evidence of fetal humanity — and act on it with the courage that the truth demands, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For women who believe their crisis pregnancy is beyond help — who feel too alone, too late, too broken to turn anywhere — that on this Divine Mercy Sunday the love of Christ may reach into exactly that place of hopelessness, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may be instruments of Divine Mercy for the unborn and their mothers — not pronouncing judgment but extending the same mercy we ourselves have received, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be known as a house of mercy — where the door is never locked to the mother in need and where the mercy of Christ is given a human face, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who bring Christ's mercy to mothers and children in crisis, that Divine Mercy Sunday may renew their calling.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Thursday

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Monday of the 2nd Week of Easter

·FerialLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for Monday of the 2nd Week of Easter

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may be a faithful midwife of new birth — baptising, forming, and welcoming all who come seeking the new life that only the Spirit gives, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may come to truth as Nicodemus came to Christ — honestly, with real questions, setting aside the defence of position — and govern with the wisdom they find there, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who feel too old, too set, too formed by failure to begin again, who ask how can this be — that the Risen Christ may answer them as He answered Nicodemus: yes, even now, a new beginning is possible, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may surrender to the Spirit who blows where He wills — not managing or predicting what God will do in us, but trusting the wind that carries us further than we would choose to go alone, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community where the questions Nicodemus asked — honest, searching, unguarded — can be brought without shame, and where the Spirit finds room to move, 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 welcome the night visitors — those who come to Christ quietly, by indirect paths, not yet ready for the full light — and trust that the Spirit is already at work in them, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who hold public power and come to faith or truth in private may find the courage to let what they have seen in the dark shape what they do in the light, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who seek Christ in secret — not yet ready to be open about their faith, their questioning, or their return to the Church — that this Easter season may be the moment their night visit becomes a public confession, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may bring our real questions to the Risen Christ this Easter season — not the safe ones but the ones we come with at night — and wait for His answer with the patience of Nicodemus, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a place where every seeker finds not a closed door but an open conversation — where no question is too embarrassing and no doubt too large for Christ to address, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For those who are seeking God quietly this Easter season, that the Spirit may guide them.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 proclaim the wonder of new birth — every baptism, every new life — as evidence that the Spirit still moves and that life is always God's first word, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may be born again in their commitment to the unborn — setting aside political calculation and coming in the night, honestly, to face the truth of what they are permitting, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For mothers who are facing a crisis pregnancy alone in the dark, making decisions at night without anyone to speak truth to them as Christ spoke truth to Nicodemus, that the Church may reach them before they conclude there is no way forward, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may witness to the life-giving water and Spirit — the Easter waters of baptism — as the foundation of our belief that every human life has infinite worth, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community where new life in every form is celebrated — where the birth of a child is met with the same joy as a baptism, and where no mother is left to face that gift alone, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who accompany women through unplanned pregnancies, that the Spirit may give them the words of new beginning.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Friday

Friday, April 14, 2023

Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Easter

·FerialLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Easter

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may remain alive to the Spirit who blows where He wills — not resisting the wind that moves beyond her plans and structures, but following wherever Christ leads, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who govern may not attempt to control or suppress the movements of faith and conscience that the Spirit stirs in the hearts of citizens, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those whose faith has blown away like wind — who cannot say where it has gone — that the same Spirit who left may return in this Easter season and find an open door, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may fix our gaze on the Son of Man lifted up — the crucified and risen Christ — and find in that vision the eternal life He promises to all who believe, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community surprised by the Spirit — flexible enough to follow where He blows, and joyful when He moves in unexpected directions, 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 lift up the Son of Man before every generation — not domesticating the Cross into comfortable religion but holding it high as the one sign that draws all people to healing and life, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That leaders of nations may acknowledge the limits of earthly authority — that no one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended — and govern with the humility of those who will one day answer for what they have done, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who have heard the sound of the Spirit but cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes — those on the edge of faith — that this season may be the moment of recognition and surrender, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may receive the simple and astonishing gift held out to us today: everyone who believes in the lifted-up Son of Man may have eternal life — and trust that this gift is truly meant for us, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may lift up the Risen Christ in everything it does this Easter season — in its charity, its welcome, its prayer — so that all who draw near may be drawn to Him, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a deeper Easter faith in the Resurrection and the promise of eternal life.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 lift up every unborn life before the world as Moses lifted up the serpent — saying: look at this, and live — refusing to let the smallest human life be hidden or forgotten, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may hear in the promise of eternal life the measure of every human being's worth — that no life can be weighed and found dispensable when it is destined for eternity, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For mothers navigating a crisis pregnancy in the dark — alone with their fear and a decision before them — that someone bearing the wind of the Spirit may find them tonight and speak a word of genuine hope, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may be lifted up by the Easter faith that death does not win — and let that conviction make us courageous in speaking for the unborn wherever we have a voice, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a place where the lifting up of Christ and the lifting up of the vulnerable go together — where worship and practical care for mothers and children are inseparable, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all engaged in pro-life ministry, that the Spirit may blow fresh courage and creativity into their work.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Saturday

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Easter

·FerialLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Easter

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may never tire of proclaiming the most astonishing sentence ever spoken: God so loved the world — not a select part of it, not the worthy portion of it, but the whole world, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who govern may bring their works into the light — governing transparently and without hidden agendas — knowing that integrity flourishes in the open and corruption hides in the dark, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those whose deeds cannot bear the light — whose shame or addiction or secret grief keeps them from coming forward — that they may hear: God did not send the Son to condemn the world but to save it, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may allow the Easter light to fall on whatever we are hiding — bringing it into the open before Christ who sees and does not condemn but heals, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community of light-bearers — where the truth is practised openly and where those living in darkness find a genuine welcome, 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 imitate the God who sent His Son not to condemn but to save — approaching every person with the presumption of love rather than the verdict of judgment, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those in authority may govern without hidden darkness — whose public actions match their private lives — so that those they serve may trust what they are told, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all those who prefer the darkness to the light — not with condemnation but with Easter patience — that the Risen Christ may attract them toward the warmth of His presence until they are ready to step into it, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may rest in the Easter assurance spoken today: whoever believes in the Son is not condemned — and carry that freedom into everything we do this week, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may practise the truth openly — unashamed of its faith, transparent in its life — so that its works can bear the scrutiny of the light, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a deeper Easter confidence in God's love for the whole world.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 proclaim: God so loved the world — and that world includes every unborn child in it — so that no human decision about a life's worth can override the love that precedes it, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may bring their legislation into the light — that laws permitting abortion cannot survive honest scrutiny of what they permit — and act on what the light reveals, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For women in crisis pregnancies who are making their decisions in secret and darkness, afraid to bring their situation into the light, that a trustworthy person may reach them before the decision is made, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may be unafraid to bring our convictions about the dignity of the unborn into the light of public conversation — not hiding what we believe in comfortable darkness, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be transparent and courageous in its pro-life witness — a community whose works can come to the light and be seen as done in God, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who bring the light of the Gospel to women in crisis pregnancies, that they may do so without judgment.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Sunday

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Thursday of the 2nd Week of Easter

·FerialLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for Thursday of the 2nd Week of Easter

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may bear witness to what she has seen and heard — not her own opinions or preferences, but the testimony of the One who comes from above and speaks the words of God, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may seek a perspective above the merely earthly — the long view, the eternal measure — rather than governing only by what the next election or quarterly report demands, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those confined to an earthly horizon — who cannot imagine any dimension of human life beyond the material — that the Risen Christ may open a window above and show them what He has seen, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may receive the Spirit given without measure — not the trickle of our own effort and resolve but the flood of God's grace poured out freely on all who ask, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community that speaks with the authority of those who have seen and heard — a community of Easter witnesses, not merely of Easter opinions, 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 rest in the Easter confidence that the Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands — and that this means all things, including whatever seems most beyond repair, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who exercise authority may be true witnesses — whose testimony matches the reality they govern, who do not misrepresent or conceal — knowing they will answer to the One who testifies to all things truly, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who receive the words of the Risen Christ — who are open to the testimony that comes from above — that their faith may deepen and their lives may be transformed by what they have accepted, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may live today from the assurance Christ speaks: whoever believes in the Son has eternal life — and let that certainty make us generous, fearless, and free, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be alive in the Spirit given without measure — not rationing grace or narrowing welcome, but pouring out in abundance what has been poured upon us, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a deeper Easter confidence in the Spirit's gift given freely and without limit.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 speak from above the merely earthly calculation — declaring that every unborn life has a worth that no earthly measure of convenience or cost can touch, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may receive the testimony of those who speak from above the political noise — the doctors, the scientists, the mothers — and act on what eternal life demands of earthly law, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For women who have been told that their unborn child's life has only earthly value — assessed by disability, economics, or inconvenience — that they may hear the testimony from above: this child is known and loved by the God who holds all things, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may testify to what we have seen and heard this Easter — that life is stronger than death — and bring that testimony fearlessly into every conversation about the unborn, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community where the Spirit is given without measure to those who serve the unborn and their mothers — sustained not by their own resources alone but by the grace that flows from the Risen Christ, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who bear witness to the value of unborn life, that they may speak with the authority of those who have truly seen.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

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