PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

The God who yearns for us calls us to come to him as a people. Let us not turn away, but rather go to this God with our needs, saying: Forget us not, O holy One, hear our prayer.

For all the leaders and the followers in the Church, that we know when to give up the unimportant things, forget us not, O holy One, hear our prayer.

For people in this community in the grip of addiction, and for all who need release from what enslaves, forget us not, O holy One, hear our prayer.

For patience with those who incite to war, and for the wisdom to move into the reign of God’s unending peace, forget us not, O holy One, hear our prayer.

For the fearless ones who uphold human rights in every land of oppression, and for all who live where liberty is held hostage in the name of law and order, forget us not, O holy One, hear our prayer.

For all who suffer, especially Evelyn Mitsos, Elizabeth, John, June, Georgia Wolstenholme, Bruce, Gail and Blair, Amanda and Andrew, Susan, Rocco D'Andrea, The Rev. Kenneth Coleman, Amy, Sylvia, and Lt. Col. Jonathan Liba, forget us not, O holy One, hear our prayer.

For this assembly, as we serve the sisters and brothers among us and as we work outside church doors. We remember today in our parish cycle of prayer, Ken and Lois Coleman, Phil and Samantha Collin and their family, Brian and Talli Connell and their family, Sean and Amy Cowan and their family, Tommy and Kim Craig and their family, David Crawford, David and Holly Crosby and their family, Pat Crouse, Alice Crowther, and Father Nicholas on his sabbatical. (You are invited to offer your own intercessions here) forget us not, O holy One, hear our prayer.

God of light and life, strip us of selfishness and the loneliness it brings. Help us to accept the gift of mutual love, with its shared pleasures and pain. Tear down all our fences that we can run to you as one family, one people, through Christ our Lord, Amen.