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Week of April 16 - April 22, 2029

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Monday

Monday, April 16, 2029

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.

Tuesday

Tuesday, April 17, 2029

Friday of the 2nd Week of Easter

·FerialLiturgical Color: White

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

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may continue Christ's work of multiplying loaves — feeding the hungry, body and soul — trusting that what she brings, however small, will be more than enough in the Risen Lord's hands, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That leaders of nations may hear the question put to Philip — how are we to feed all these people? — and respond with the generosity and creativity the moment demands, rather than turning the crowd away, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who are hungry — for food, for dignity, for hope — that the Easter abundance of God may reach them through the hands of those He sends, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may bring what we have — our five loaves and two fish, however inadequate they seem — and place them in Christ's hands without waiting until we feel we have enough to offer, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be attentive to the fragments that others overlook — gathering up whatever is left, so that nothing and no one is wasted or forgotten in our community, 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 follow the Risen Christ who withdrew alone to the mountain rather than grasp earthly power — finding her strength in prayer rather than in influence, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those in civil authority may ask honestly: what do we have? — acknowledging the limits of their resources and seeking the wisdom that multiplies small means into great good, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who are sitting on the grass in hunger and exhaustion, waiting for someone to notice them, that the Risen Christ may be their host this week — welcoming, nourishing, and sending them away filled, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may sit down in the Easter grass and receive what Christ offers — not striving to provide for ourselves but accepting the abundance He gives to those who stop and wait, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a place of Easter overflow — where the twelve baskets of leftover grace are shared outward, beyond our own community, to all who are hungry in our neighbourhood, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a spirit of Easter generosity and trust in God's abundance.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Wednesday

Wednesday, April 18, 2029

Saturday of the 2nd Week of Easter

·FerialLiturgical Color: White

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

Option 1
1.For the Church, that when she finds herself rowing hard in the dark with the wind against her, she may recognise the Risen Christ approaching over the very waters that frighten her — and not be afraid, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders navigating storms of crisis and fear may hear the word the Risen Christ speaks to every troubled authority: it is I — do not be afraid — and find in that presence the steadiness they cannot manufacture themselves, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all whose lives are on rough water this week — whose fear is real and the wind is genuine — that the Risen Christ may approach them in the dark and speak their name with the calm of one who walks on what they are sinking in, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may be willing to receive the Risen Christ into our boat — into our work, our family, our fear — and find that we arrive at the shore more quickly than we imagined, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be the Easter boat — rowing together through difficulty, looking out for one another, and trusting that the One who walks on water is never far from where we are, 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 not be discouraged when she labours against the wind and makes little headway — knowing that the Risen Christ comes at the darkest hour and that the shore is closer than it seems, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those in authority may govern without paralysing fear — receiving the Easter word it is I, do not be afraid — and finding in it the courage to act justly even when the storm is loud, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who are afraid this week — afraid of illness, of loss, of failure, of the future — that the Risen Christ may walk toward them over the very surface of what terrifies them and say: it is I, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may practise recognising the voice of the Risen Christ in the dark — in prayer, in scripture, in the unexpected moment — so that when He comes we are ready to welcome Him aboard, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish community may keep rowing together through every difficulty of this Easter season, trusting that the destination is secure in the hands of the One who commands the wind and the sea, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who are afraid, that the Easter presence of Christ may bring them peace.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Thursday

Thursday, April 19, 2029

3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER

✚SolemnityLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER

Option 1
1.For the Church, that the scene of Peter's threefold restoration may be her constant comfort — that Christ does not sideline those who have denied Him but commissions them to greater service, saying: feed my lambs, feed my sheep, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may ask themselves with Peter's honesty: do I truly love those I serve more than my own position? — and let that answer govern every decision they face this week, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who believe their past failures have disqualified them from God's use, that the Risen Christ may ask them what He asked Peter — do you love me? — and receive the same answer: Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may answer Christ's question today not with a performance of devotion but with the truth of where we actually are — and trust that He will work with whatever we honestly offer, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may take seriously the Easter commission: feed my lambs, feed my sheep — caring actively for those young in faith, those who wander, and those too weak to find their own way back, 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 vision of all creation worshipping the slain and risen Lamb may never dim — and that her worship may overflow from a community that has truly seen what John saw in the book of Revelation, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who govern may act with the courage of the apostles who declared: we must obey God rather than men — letting conscience rather than pressure determine what they permit and what they refuse, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those whose faith has been tested and found wanting, that this Easter season may be their moment of restoration — hearing not accusation but the question: do you love me? — and finding the courage to say yes again, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may be willing to follow the Risen Christ where we would not choose to go — stretching out our hands, accepting the costs of discipleship — knowing He goes before us, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be known in our neighbourhood as a community that feeds the lambs — the fragile, the newly baptised, the doubting, the poor — with the patience of the shepherd who knows every sheep by name, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a spirit of Easter courage and perseverance in following the Risen Christ.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Friday

Friday, April 20, 2029

Monday of the 3rd Week of Easter

·FerialLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for Monday of the 3rd Week of Easter

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may keep pointing beyond the bread that perishes to the food that endures to eternal life — not settling for what merely satisfies for a day — and keep placing Christ before those who come seeking her, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may not give their people only the bread that perishes — prosperity, security, entertainment — but also attend to the deeper hungers for justice, truth, and meaning that no earthly policy alone can satisfy, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those searching for Christ for the wrong reasons — seeking comfort or belonging more than truth — that the Risen Christ may gently redirect their seeking toward what will truly fill them, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may bring the Easter question to prayer this week: what must we do to perform the works of God? — and receive the Easter answer: believe in the One He has sent, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may feed its people with the food that endures — scripture, sacrament, community, prayer — and not be content with activities that entertain without truly nourishing, 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 be honest about when she is sought for the wrong reasons — and redirect every seeker, with patience and love, toward the One who can fill the hunger that nothing else reaches, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who govern may not manipulate people's hunger for security — using comfort to distract from justice — but serve the whole person, body and soul, in every decision they make, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who labour for food that perishes — whose exhausting work yields only survival — that the Risen Christ may open before them a door into the life that is truly worth living, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may believe in the One whom God has sent — not as a duty but as the satisfaction of everything we have ever sought — and let that belief deepen through this whole Easter season, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community where the works of God are visible — faith active in love, welcome given without conditions, and care offered without calculation, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a deeper hunger for the Bread of Life in this Easter season.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Saturday

Saturday, April 21, 2029

Saint Anselm, bishop and doctor of the Church

○Optional MemorialLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for Saint Anselm, bishop and doctor of the Church

Option 1
1.For the Church, that in the spirit of Saint Anselm she may pursue faith seeking understanding — never afraid of hard questions, trusting that the God who is the Bread of Life can satisfy both the heart and the mind, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may govern with the intellectual humility Anselm modelled — seeking to understand before deciding, letting reason serve truth rather than justify what has already been chosen, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who feel they must choose between faith and reason, that Saint Anselm's example may show them a path where rigorous thought and deep prayer belong together in the service of the one God, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may approach the claim of Christ — I am the bread of life — with both the full surrender of faith and the engaged pursuit of understanding, letting each deepen the other, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community where questions deepen faith rather than undermine it, and where the intellectual life is as welcome as the devotional life, 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 proclaim with the conviction of Saint Anselm and the certainty of Easter: it was not Moses who gave the true bread from heaven — it is the Father, and the bread He gives is His Son, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That civil authorities may not mistake giving people bread that perishes for the full measure of their duty — attending also to the spiritual, moral, and intellectual hungers that make us human, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those whose deepest hunger remains unmet even after every earthly satisfaction — who have eaten their fill and still feel empty — that they may come to the One who promises: you shall never hunger, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may come to Christ the Bread of Life — not just for one Easter season but as the daily habit of a life shaped by belief in the One whom the Father has sent, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may offer the world the only bread that truly nourishes — Christ present in Word and Sacrament — and do so with the theological clarity and pastoral warmth Saint Anselm embodied, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all teachers of theology and philosophy in the Church, in the spirit of Saint Anselm.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Variations if Optional Memorial is not celebrated

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may bring every hungry person to the One who is himself the answer to every hunger — I am the bread of life — proclaiming this in word and embodying it in works of mercy, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may not satisfy themselves with giving people only the bread that perishes, but attend also to the hungers for justice, truth, and meaning that only God can fully fill, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who have demanded signs before believing — who cannot trust without proof — that the Risen Christ may meet their honest seeking and give them the bread of faith that surpasses every sign, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may come to the Bread of Life this week — in prayer, in scripture, in the Eucharist — and take seriously the promise: whoever comes to me shall never hunger, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a Eucharistic community in the fullest sense — nourished at the altar and sent out as bread broken for 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 she may correct the misunderstanding with Christ's own patience — it was not Moses but my Father who gives the true bread — pointing always beyond herself to the One who alone can satisfy, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those who govern may provide for the bodily needs of their people without forgetting that human beings do not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who eat their fill of what the world provides and still rise hungry — who sense a deeper lack they cannot name — that the Risen Christ may name it for them and offer himself as the answer, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may believe in the One the Father has sent — not as one option among many but as the Bread without which every other nourishment is ultimately insufficient, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be known as a place where the true Bread is offered generously — in welcome, in prayer, in service — so that all who come away filled may return and bring others, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a deeper hunger for Christ in Word and Sacrament this Easter season.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 bring every mother in need to the Bread of Life — the One who promises that whoever comes shall never hunger — and be herself that nourishment in practical support and unfailing presence, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may understand that laws permitting abortion are bread that perishes — they do not resolve the underlying hungers of poverty, isolation, and fear — and invest instead in what truly feeds mother and child, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For mothers in poverty who fear they cannot feed another child, that the Easter promise may reach them: whoever comes to me shall not hunger — and that real and practical provision may follow that promise through the hands of this community, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may become bread for others — giving time, money, and presence to mothers in need — as Christ gave himself as bread for the life of the world, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be Eucharistic in practice — the bread broken at the altar flowing outward into practical care for mothers and children in our neighbourhood, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who provide material support to mothers in need, that the Bread of Life may sustain both the giver and the receiver.Lord, hear our prayer.
For N. and all the faithful departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Sunday

Sunday, April 22, 2029

Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Easter

·FerialLiturgical Color: White

Prayers of the Faithful for Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Easter

Option 1
1.For the Church, that she may live the promise of today's Gospel in her every practice — whoever comes to me I will never drive away — so that no one who approaches her finds a closed door or a cold welcome, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may hear in Christ's words a standard for governance: do not drive away the refugee, the poor, the inconvenient — for the God of Easter drives away no one who comes, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who have been driven away — by the Church, by family, by community — and who no longer believe any door is open to them, that the Risen Christ's own promise may reach them: I will never drive you away, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may approach the Risen Christ with the confidence His words invite — not anxious about whether He will receive us, but certain that whoever comes, He never casts out, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be a community where no one is cast out — where the door is genuinely open and the welcome is genuine — so that our practice matches the promise of the Gospel we profess, 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 take to heart the will of the Father as Christ declared it: I should lose nothing of all that he has given me — and be as vigilant as the shepherd who notices the missing sheep, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That those in authority may not lose the vulnerable through negligence or indifference — knowing that every person in their care is given to them and that they will answer for each one, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those who feel lost — who believe God has forgotten them or that they have slipped beyond His reach — that the Easter promise may find them: I shall lose nothing of all that the Father has given me, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may anchor our daily lives in the Easter certainty that the Risen Christ will raise us up on the last day — and live from that certainty with the freedom of those who know the ending is secure, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.That our parish may be attentive to those who are quietly slipping away — not letting busyness or assumption stand between a searching person and the welcome they need, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For a deeper trust in the Risen Christ who holds us and will not let us go.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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