- For the church…For the church…that believers and nonbelievers may work and talk together, healing the wounds that prejudice and rejection have inflicted upon us all, we pray to the Lord.
- For the nations of the world…that their people may cease to label and exclude one another as foreigners, choosing instead to rejoice in one another’s gifts, we pray to the Lord.
- For immigrants and refugees…that they may find from us a ready welcome, transforming strangers into valued neighbors, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who are sick and suffering in any way…especially those trying to cope with disability and mental illness…that they may find much-needed support and reassurance from all who care for them, especially Eileen Lackey and all those listed in our bulletin, prayer intention book and personal prayers, we pray to the Lord.
- For those of us gathered here today…that as we find healing at the table of the Lord we may welcome others, gladly drawing into this household any and all who come seeking Jesus, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who have died…that God may welcome them home, making them joyful in their eternal home, especially Stanley Jedlinski
- For the church…that we may not grow discouraged with the winds, earthquakes and fires of life but look for God in the tiny whispering sounds that guide and comfort us, we pray to the Lord.
- For nations battered by the storms of war and ethnic hatred…that they may come one day to rejoice in peace and reconciliation, we pray to the Lord.
- For the victims of earthquakes, fires and other disasters…that people of good will may respond to them in their time of need as they rebuild and heal from their losses, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who are sick or suffering in any way…that they may find stability in their hour of need through the support of their faith, family and friends, especially Andy Joy and all those listed in our bulletin, prayer intention book and personal prayers, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who are traveling this summer and enjoying vacation time…that they may do so safely as they appreciate God’s gift of creation and recreation, we pray to the Lord.
- For us disciples “of little faith,” to whom the Lord still draws near…that we may respond with exuberance as we become aware of Christ coming near to us, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who have died in faith…that Christ may reach out and take their hand and lead them safely across to the haven of eternal life, especially Irene Morrow and Juliet Barkley. We pray to the Lord.
- For the church…that we who share one baptism may take communion in the One Bread, permitting nothing to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, we pray to the Lord.
- For the nations of the world…that peoples of differing cultures may recognize our common humanity as we sit down together at the banquet of life, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who are sick, in hospitals, nursing homes and hospice…that as they carry the burden of aging and illness their families and this community through their love and concern may enable them to experience healing, especially Vince Hvizda and all those listed in our bulletin, prayer intention book and personal prayers, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who carry the Bread of Life to the homebound…that they may do so with joy, becoming for them living signs of Christ’s compassion and of our care, we pray to the Lord.
- For those of us gathered here today…that we come faithfully to the table of Christ’s word and bread, feasting with delight on the food Christ provides, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who once ate the Bread of Life and have now died…that we may entrust them to God, knowing that neither death nor life can separate us from the love of Christ, especially Elizabetta Giampaolo
- For the church…that we may cast a wide net…embracing people of every kind…leaving the separation of good from evil to God and to God’s own time, we pray to the Lord.
- For the nations of the world…that they may not amass riches for their private use, but instead discern their responsibilities to the world, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who are sick, homebound, in hospitals, nursing homes and hospice…that they may be cared for compassionately, especially:
All those listed in our bulletin, prayer intention book, and personal prayers, we pray to the Lord. - For those who are economically successful…that they may give thanks to God by generosity and exemplary care for the common good, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who visit our parish…that we may welcome them and experience together the enriching gift of hospitality, we pray to the Lord.
- For those of us gathered here today…that in accepting one another and celebrating our diversity, we may be conformed more perfectly to the image of Christ, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who have died…that having been called to faith by God and justified in baptism they may now, in turn, be glorified according to God’s purpose, especially: Marie Marsh, Fr. Mark Peyton and Irene Morrow. We pray to the Lord.
- For the church…that we, like the master of the field in the parable, may defer judgment and await with patience the time of God’s harvest, we pray to the Lord.
- For the leaders of the nations…that the seeds of destruction sown in the human heart may not bear fruit in mutual destruction so that their people may live in peace, we pray to the Lord.
- For judges and juries and all who interpret or enforce the law…that they may imitate the Sovereign God who judges with mildness and governs with forbearance, we pray to the Lord.</li.
- For all those who are sick, homebound, in hospitals, nursing homes and hospice…that they may be cared for compassionately, especially Marie Marsh and all those listed in our bulletin, prayer intention book and personal prayers, we pray to the Lord.
- For our parish community…that we may be to our neighbors a leaven of kindness and compassion, welcoming all and judging no one, we pray to the Lord.</li.
- For those of us gathered here today…that in our daily lives we may exchange worldly images of power and success for the small beginnings of the mustard seed and the hidden presence of yeast, we pray to the Lord.
- For those who have died and been gathered into the harvest of eternal life,…that they may shine like the sun in the home that Jesus went to prepare for them, especially Jean Whipple and Robert Schwind