For those who work with the oppressed, with migrants, with the sick, and the lonely,Lord we pray.

We entrust to you our families and friends, all who have asked for our prayers,Lord we pray.

That Christians may be witnesses to truth and creators of unity,

Lord we pray.

Our Father…

PrayerJesus, the Christ,

however little we know your Gospel, it is light in our midst.

However little we grasp your presence, it is light for us.

We search for you, Jesus, the Christ,

sometimes with uncertain steps,

but you have already come.

You bring light into our anxiousness.

You know

we would never want to choose darkness

but always welcome your inner light.

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Prayer Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Living God,

you breathe in us

on all that is inadequate and fragile.

You make living water spring

even from our hurts themselves.

And through you,

the valley of tears becomes a place of wellsprings.

So, in an inner life with neither beginning nor end,

your continual presence makes new freshness break through.

From Psalm 42 – Longing for God

Like the deer that years for running streams,

so my soul is yearning for you, my God.

My soul is thirsting for God, the God of my life;

when can I enter and see the face of God?

These things will I remember as I pour out my soul:

how I would lead the rejoicing crowd into the house of God.

Why are you cast down, my soul, why groan within me?

Hope in God; I will praise God still, my saviour and my God.

By day the Lord will send loving kindness;

by night I will sing to God, the God of my life.

Scripture reading – John 4:13

Jesus said:

“Those who drink of the water that I will give them

will never be thirsty.

The water that I will give

will become in them

a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”

Silence:7-10 minutes

Intercessions:

May your peace shine among us and your love set us free,

Lord we pray.

Guide your Church along the way of the Gospel; may your Holy Spirit keep her welcoming, Lord we pray.

For the leaders of the nations; may they have courage to promote justice and freedom, Lord we pray.

For all disconcerted by violence in the world, may they turn to you and not be discouraged, Lord we pray.