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Prayers of the Faithful for Sunday, November 8, 2026

November 8

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

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Liturgical Color: Green

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Prayers of the Faithful for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings: Wis 6:12-16 · 1 Thes 4:13-18 or 4:13-14 · Mt 25:1-13

The readings in brief: Wisdom lets herself be found by those who seek her. Saint Paul comforts those who grieve: all who have died in Christ will be with the Lord for ever. In the parable of the ten bridesmaids, Jesus asks us to keep our lamps burning, because we do not know the day or the hour.

Introduction (priest): Brothers and sisters, God knows what we need before we ask. With trust, let us bring him the needs of the Church, the world and all who suffer.

Concluding prayer (priest): Father, hear the prayers of your people. Give us what we truly need and the grace to do your will. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Option 1

1.For the Church throughout the world: that she may keep her lamp burning and wait for Christ the Bridegroom with living faith and persevering love, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That world leaders may seek the wisdom that comes from God, and build just societies that honour the dignity of every person, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who are struggling with grief: that they may not grieve as people without hope, but trust that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may stay awake and ready, for we know neither the day nor the hour, and that our hope in the resurrection may shape the way we live, love, and let go, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.For all who have lost loved ones this year: that the promise that we shall always be with the Lord may sustain them and give them confident hope in the reunion that awaits, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For the dying and for all who accompany them, that faith in the resurrection may be their strength and consolation.Lord, hear our prayer.
That N. and all the faithful departed, who have fallen asleep in Christ, may be welcomed by the Bridegroom to the wedding feast of heaven, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Option 2

1.For Pope Leo XIV and our bishops: that they may preach the hope of the resurrection with courage and joy, and keep God's people watchful for the coming of the Lord, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That governments and societies may honour the dignity of every human life — including the dying and the elderly — because each person is made for a life that does not end, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For those whose faith has grown dim and whose hope is running low, like lamps short of oil: that the Lord may rekindle his light in them, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That we may seek wisdom and thirst for the living God, so that prayer, the sacraments and works of charity may keep our lamps supplied with oil, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.For all who are themselves near death — the elderly, the seriously ill, those in their final days — that they may be found ready and at peace when the Lord comes, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who minister to the bereaved — chaplains, funeral ministers, grief counsellors — that they may console others with the hope of the resurrection, with conviction and tenderness.Lord, hear our prayer.
That N. and all the faithful departed may now see what they believed in faith, and be with the Lord for ever, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

Pro Life Option

1.That the Church may root her defence of every human life — from conception to natural death — in the hope Christ gives us: every person is made for the life of God, and no life is merely temporary or disposable, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
2.That lawmakers may seek true wisdom and legislate in the light of our eternal destiny: every person — at every stage of existence — deserves the full protection and dignity that this destiny demands, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
3.For all who work to protect the elderly and the dying from euthanasia and assisted suicide: that they may be sustained by the truth that those who seem least valuable to the world are most precious to God, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
4.That our pro-life witness may be watchful and persevering, like lamps kept burning through the night, trusting that the lives we defend are destined for the fullness of life with God, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
5.For every unborn child and every person at the end of life: that the Lord may hold them in his eternal care, and that the Church may be their advocate in every earthly hour, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.
Optional:For all who have lost children — the miscarried, the stillborn, the aborted — that they may be consoled by the hope that their children are held in the mercy of God.Lord, hear our prayer.
That N. and all children who died before birth may be entrusted to the mercy of the God who created them, and live with him for ever, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, hear our prayer.

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The Prayers of the Faithful, also known as bidding prayers or general intercessions, are an essential part of the Catholic Mass. These prayers allow the congregation to intercede for the needs of the Church, the world, those in authority, those oppressed by various needs, the local community, and the deceased.

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