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Prayers for Epiphany 1
By Mrs Alison Holden
Let us pray for all people, in all places, and in every
kind of need.
We thank and praise you, Heavenly Father, for your manifold gifts to us:
gifts earthly, spiritual and eternal. We pray for your church across the
world and here in Brickhill. As Christ was baptised with water and by
the Holy Spirit, may we be cleansed, filled with your spirit and sent
forth to live your Word in our everyday lives.
Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
We pray for all people who live in constant danger,
especially the people of Gaza, and those in parts of the world where the
danger comes from their own rulers and their own people. We pray for
people suffering from all kinds of oppression, whether through
prejudice, deprivation, disease or exploitation.
Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
We pray for people who live in fear of what the current
economic recession may bring; for those facing redundancy, the loss of
their homes and financial distress.
We pray for all who are without faith, hope or love. We pray for those
who are sick, desperate or bereaved and for those who care for them and
seek to bring them relief from their suffering. Give them the strength
and courage to carry on and have hope for the future. We pray especially
for all those known to us who are in special need of our prayers, and we
remember them now in a moment of silence …
Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Jesus Christ is the light of the world, a light which no
darkness can quench. We remember before God those who have died and
light a candle to symbolise the light of Christ, which eternally shines
and brings hope. The flame burns today for Donald Charles Rich, Betty
Wren and Phyllis Eveline Jones.
You turn our darkness into light: in your light shall we see light.
Merciful Father,
accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Gathering our prayers and praises into one, let us say the Lord’s Prayer
together.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,
for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen