Prayers of the Faithful This Week

Week of April 3 - April 9, 2028

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Monday

Monday, April 3, 2028

GOOD FRIDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION

·Good FridayLiturgical Color: Red

Prayers of the Faithful for GOOD FRIDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION

Option 1
1.For the Church, that on this most solemn day she may stand beneath the Cross without flinching, contemplating the love that endured the Passion for every person who has ever lived, 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 only in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ and never be ashamed to be known as the community of the crucified, 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.

Tuesday

Tuesday, April 4, 2028

HOLY SATURDAY

·Holy SaturdayLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for HOLY SATURDAY

Option 1
1.For the Church, that in the great silence of Holy Saturday she may keep watch with Mary, holding onto the promise of Easter in the darkness before the dawn, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That leaders of nations may have the wisdom to sit with unresolved grief rather than force premature resolution, governing with patience and honesty in times of uncertainty, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who grieve the death of someone they love, living in a permanent Holy Saturday of loss, that they may be held by the hope that the tomb is not the final word, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may use this day of sacred silence to be still before God, releasing our noise and activity into His hands, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may prepare well for the Easter Vigil tonight, entering the greatest night of the year with open and expectant hearts, 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 preach with conviction that Christ descended to the dead — that there is no depth of human darkness too far for the God who came to find us, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That civil authorities may work to release those unjustly imprisoned, knowing that God hears every cry from every captivity, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those whose faith is suspended — who cannot quite believe but are not yet ready to deny — that the silence of this day may be a place where God meets them, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may enter tonight's Vigil fire with the longing of those who have truly sat with darkness and found it unbearable without the light, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our catechumens and candidates, on the final day before their baptism, may be filled with holy anticipation of the sacraments they will receive tonight, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For those who will be received into the Church at tonight's Easter Vigil.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 as the new fire is kindled in the darkness tonight she may be renewed in her identity as the people of the Risen Christ, light from light, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who hold power over others may be moved this Eastertide to break the chains that bind the poor — freed as Israel was freed — and to serve rather than dominate, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all those who will be baptised, confirmed, and receive their First Communion at the Easter Vigil tonight, that what begins in them this night may never be quenched, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may renew our baptismal promises tonight with a seriousness we have never brought before, knowing what it cost to make us children of God, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish, gathered around the Paschal Candle tonight, may be set alight again with love for the Risen Lord and sent out to share His light with the world, 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 Exsultet may be no mere ritual but a true shout of joy — that this is the night, this is the night — welling up from hearts that know what darkness costs and what the Resurrection means, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That leaders of nations may hear in the Easter proclamation the word that unmakes every unjust power: that the Author of Life cannot be held by death, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who are in exile, prison, or captivity — that this night of liberation may be their promise that freedom is coming and that no darkness lasts forever, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may enter fully into the Easter mystery tonight — going down into the waters, rising into new life — and live from that mystery all the days that follow, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That the Easter Vigil may be the heartbeat of our parish's year — the night from which all our courage, all our hope, and all our love for one another flows, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who kept vigil in suffering this week and now await the joy of Easter morning.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Wednesday

Wednesday, April 5, 2028

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S RESURRECTION

·Easter SundayLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S RESURRECTION

Option 1
1.For the Church throughout the world, that on this day she may proclaim with one voice the faith that is her very life: Christ is risen — and that cry may echo from every continent into every corner of human darkness, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That leaders of nations may hear in the Resurrection the ultimate word spoken over all earthly power — that no empire, no death, no injustice has the final say — and govern accordingly, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who were baptised and received into the Church at last night's Easter Vigil, that the grace poured upon them may take deep root and bear abundant fruit throughout their lives, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may walk today in the company of Mary Magdalene — weeping turned to wonder, grief to recognition — as the Risen Christ calls each of us by name, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may go forth from this Eucharist as witnesses, carrying the news of the Resurrection into our homes, workplaces, and streets throughout this Easter season, 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 empty tomb may be not merely a historical fact she recites but a living conviction she inhabits — the ground beneath all her hope, all her courage, all her love, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who still live in the darkness of poverty, war, and oppression may receive this day the promise the Resurrection brings: that darkness is not the end, and the last word belongs to God, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those for whom belief in resurrection feels impossible — whose grief or pain has closed off hope — that the Risen Christ may find them this day where they are and open a door they thought was sealed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may run to the empty tomb with the urgency of Peter and John, eager and expectant — and find not absence but the beginning of something beyond all imagining, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may keep the whole of this Easter Octave as eight days of genuine celebration, letting the joy of the Resurrection saturate every gathering and every prayer, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a renewed spirit of Easter joy in our parish and in our homes.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 the Alleluia returned today after forty days of silence may never again become merely a familiar sound but always a cry wrung from the depths of hearts that know what death costs, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That leaders of every nation may acknowledge before God that all authority is borrowed — that the One who was crucified and raised holds lordship over all human power, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who have come home to the Church at Easter after years away, that what they find today may give them a reason to stay — a community alive with the Risen Christ, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may recognise the Risen Christ in the breaking of bread today, as the disciples recognised Him at Emmaus, and carry that recognition into the week ahead, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may not contain the Easter joy within these walls but send it out with every person who leaves today, so that Easter is announced wherever we go, 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 command of the Risen Christ — do not be afraid, go and tell — may be the animating impulse of all her mission in this Easter season and every season, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who are in exile, prison, or persecution and cannot freely gather to celebrate today may know that the Risen Christ is present with them as surely as He was in the locked room with the disciples, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For families divided by estrangement who have come together today, that this Easter gathering may be the beginning of a healing that only the Risen Christ can bring, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may let the Risen Christ transform our grief as He transformed Mary Magdalene's — not by erasing it but by filling it with His presence — and walk in that freedom, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish community may live at Easter pace all through the year ahead, not only today — carrying the Resurrection as our deepest certainty into every difficulty we face, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a holy and joyful Easter season for all the faithful.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Thursday

Thursday, April 6, 2028

MONDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

✚SolemnityLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for MONDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may run from the empty tomb with the same mixture of fear and great joy as the women ran — unable to contain the news that changes everything, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may choose truth over convenient falsehood — unlike those who bribed the guards to suppress the news of the Resurrection — and govern with integrity, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who are emerging from a tomb of their own — freed from addiction, illness, depression, or despair — that this Easter week may seal their new beginning, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may embrace the feet of the Risen Christ this day as the women did, clinging to the One who is truly present and truly alive, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may share the Easter news this week with someone who has not heard it, not keeping to ourselves the joy that is meant for the whole world, 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 with Peter she may proclaim boldly: God raised him on the third day — and that this proclamation may be the foundation on which all her works of mercy and justice are built, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That civil authorities may never use their power to silence inconvenient truth, knowing that the truth of the Resurrection outlasted every attempt to suppress it, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For the newly baptised entering their first week of Easter life, that the grace they received may grow strong and that our parish may walk closely with them in these days, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may not return to our old lives after Easter as if nothing has happened, but walk in the newness of life to which the Risen Christ calls every one of us, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may hold the whole of this octave as eight days of Easter, sustaining the joy and prayer of yesterday through all the days of this week, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For the newly baptised and confirmed, that the grace of Easter may deepen in them each day.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 from the empty tomb that death does not have the last word — for the unborn any more than for Christ — and carry that conviction into every defence of human life, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may hear in the Resurrection the declaration that no life is disposable, and act with renewed urgency to protect unborn children under the law, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For women who are pregnant and afraid this Easter week, that the angel's word may reach them — do not be afraid — and that they may find the human support to make that word believable, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may carry the Easter light into every conversation about the dignity of human life, witnessing to the hope that every person — born and unborn — is known and loved by the God who conquered death, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may celebrate every new birth this Easter season as a small echo of the great Resurrection, welcoming every child as a sign of Easter life, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who work in pregnancy support and crisis centres, that the Easter season may renew their hope.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Friday

Friday, April 7, 2028

TUESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

✚SolemnityLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for TUESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may go out each morning of this Easter Octave like Mary Magdalene — bearing the news I have seen the Lord — and bring that witness to everyone she meets, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may exercise their authority with the gentleness of the Risen Christ who came first to a mourning woman in a garden, choosing the small and the overlooked to carry the greatest news, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who stand weeping at a tomb, so absorbed in grief that they do not recognise the Risen Christ already standing close beside them, that their eyes may open this week, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may hear Christ call our name this day as He called Mary's — personally, tenderly, without distance — and respond with the same immediacy she showed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be sent from this Eucharist as Mary was sent from the garden, unable and unwilling to keep the news of the Resurrection to itself, 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 Risen Christ's word to Mary — do not cling to me, but go — may be her permanent commission: never hoarding the Resurrection but always announcing it, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who hold power may give space for mourning and for truth, knowing that the most transformative encounters in the Gospels often begin with someone weeping beside a tomb, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who are trying to cling to a past that Christ is calling them to release, that they may trust His invitation to something new and unimaginable beyond what has been lost, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may release our grip on the way things were and open our hands to the newness the Risen Christ holds out to us in this Easter season, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may ring with the testimony: I have seen the Lord — each member carrying that conviction outward into every corner of their daily lives, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a renewed sense of Easter mission in our parish and families.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 each of the eight days of this Easter Octave may be kept as a full day of celebration — the single feast of the Resurrection prolonged and savoured — not collapsed into ordinary time too soon, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That leaders of nations may protect the freedom of those who grieve, who mourn publicly, and who bear witness to truth — knowing that truth endured and prevailed at Easter, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who have recently lost someone they love and for whom the Easter Alleluia feels impossibly distant, that the Risen Christ may be especially near to them this week, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may ask Christ this week to open our eyes when He is near and we do not recognise Him — in scripture, in prayer, in the stranger, in the breaking of bread, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish's Easter Octave may be a true school of encountering the Risen Christ, each day bringing a new discovery of what the Resurrection means for our lives, 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 send every baptised person out as a witness to the Resurrection, not reserving the proclamation for the ordained but entrusting it to all, as Christ first entrusted it to Mary, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those in authority may create space for truth to be spoken freely, knowing that no decree can keep the Risen Christ in a tomb, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who are encountering the Risen Christ for the first time this Easter season, drawn in by the Vigil or this week's celebrations, that a lasting faith may take root in them, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may respond to the Risen Christ with the immediacy Mary showed — not deliberating or delaying but going, telling, acting on what we have seen and heard, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be recognised in our neighbourhood as a community of people who have seen the Risen Lord and whose lives show it, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who are newly received into the Church this Easter, that the joy of these days may sustain them.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Saturday

Saturday, April 8, 2028

WEDNESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

✚SolemnityLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for WEDNESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may walk beside those journeying away from faith as Christ walked beside the two disciples on the road — patient, attentive, opening the scriptures until the heart burns, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders who are walking in discouragement — convinced that hope has been crucified — may encounter the Risen Christ on the road and be turned back toward Jerusalem, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who have walked away from the Church, dejected and disappointed by what they witnessed there, that the Risen Christ may join them on their road and be recognised before they reach their destination, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may ask: were not our hearts burning? — and follow that burning wherever the Risen Christ leads us in this Easter season, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be the place where the stranger is welcomed at table, where bread is broken, and where Christ is recognised — so that people run back to tell what they have seen, 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 always be the community that says to the weary traveller: stay with us, for it is evening — making room at the table for all who need the warmth of the Risen Christ, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those in authority may listen to the people walking in discouragement rather than dismissing their grief, knowing that the road to Emmaus begins with honest conversation, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those in our families and communities who have grown cold in their faith, that this Easter season may be the moment the stranger on the road speaks to something still alive in them, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may invite the Risen Christ to stay with us this week — in prayer, in the Eucharist, in scripture — and find our hearts set alight by His presence, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community that runs back from every encounter with the Risen Christ eager to share what it has found, drawing others into the same discovery, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a spirit of Easter joy and witness in our homes and neighbourhoods.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 walk beside every woman in a crisis pregnancy as Christ walked beside the disciples — without judgment, opening a word of hope they had not heard before, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may not walk away from their duty to protect the unborn — turning back, as the disciples turned back, once they have encountered the truth, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For women already on the road toward an abortion clinic, walking in fear and isolation, that the Risen Christ may join them on that road today and open a door they do not yet know is there, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may be the voice that joins someone on their road this week — listening before speaking, walking alongside before offering an answer, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community where no one has to walk the hardest roads alone — and where the table is always set for the mother who arrives at the door, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who staff pregnancy support centres, that the Emmaus patience of listening and walking alongside may mark all they do.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Sunday

Sunday, April 9, 2028

THURSDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

✚SolemnityLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for THURSDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may proclaim the tangible, physical reality of the Risen Christ — not a ghost, not a symbol — the same body broken for us, now glorified and truly present to us, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders who govern in fear and turmoil may receive the word the Risen Christ spoke in the locked room: peace be with you — a peace the world cannot manufacture but only receive, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those whose trauma has made it impossible to believe that goodness is real, that the Risen Christ may show them His wounds — proof that suffering has been entered, not avoided — and say: it is really I, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may bring to Christ our troubled hearts this day and hear His question: why are you troubled? — releasing our anxieties into hands that bear the marks of the nails, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may take seriously the call we heard today: you are witnesses of these things — and live with the conviction and courage that witness demands, 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 moment of the Risen Christ eating fish with His disciples may remind her that the Resurrection hallows the ordinary — every meal, every table, every gathered community, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who exercise authority may not reduce reality to what can be quantified and controlled, but remain open to the more that the Resurrection declares is present in all created things, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who doubt, who hold back from full belief, that they may hear not a rebuke but an invitation: touch me and see — and find that the evidence is more solid than their fear, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may know ourselves as witnesses — not only observers — and that what we have seen and heard of the Risen Christ may flow outward from us into every conversation and relationship, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish, having received the Risen Christ in the Eucharist, may go out as those who have truly touched and tasted — bearing that certainty as our gift to the world, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a deeper conviction of the bodily Resurrection and its meaning for how we live.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: touch me and see — holding out the ultrasound image, the tiny hand, the formed face — witnessing to the undeniable bodily reality of every unborn child, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may stand on the solid ground of this truth: every human body, however small or dependent, bears the dignity of the God who rose bodily from the tomb, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For unborn children with prenatal diagnoses of physical disability, whose bodies are judged as wrong or unworthy of life, that we may say with the Risen Christ: look at my hands, look at my feet — and refuse to discard what God has made, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may be witnesses to the dignity of every human body in this Easter season, speaking the truth we have seen clearly and without apology, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be tangible and practical in its witness — touching and seeing the real needs of mothers and children in our midst — not content with sentiment alone, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who support families facing difficult prenatal diagnoses, that they may bear witness to the worth of every life.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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