PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL - July 15th & 16th
Presider:
Let us bring our prayers and petitions before the God who lavishes us with love.… as we cry out, Lord hear our prayer...
Lector:
1. That the Church throughout the world might be more and more dedicated to spreading the good news of God’s love...
For people in those parts of the world suffering from drought or contaminated water supplies…
For the vocations of the women and men who dedicate their loves to the spreading of God’s word …
For all who are vacationing or traveling, for their renewal and refreshment, and for their safe return home…
and For all who seek the comfort of God’s healing word; and for the intentions in our parish book ...We pray.
2. For our brothers and sisters who are ill:
Cleo DeNoia, Emma Jimenez, Lillian Washburn, Kamal Awad, Bill Haley, Virginia Hodges, Rosa Mendoza, James Martinek, Laura Hessing, Joanna Wade, Amelia Silvestro, John Simpson, William Florian, Amelia Jalandoni, Mary Sullivan, Laura Moore Brown, Marguerite LaMarque, Bob Cerf, John Palazza and all those wounded in the service of our country, that they be patient in their time of suffering and soon come to the fullness of health.... we pray....
2a. (Sun. at 12:30pm)
for the health and intentions of Matthew & Alyssa Flores… we pray....
3. For those dear to us who have died, whose memories are with us at this time, especially,
Sat. 5:30 pm William Thomas
Sun. 8:30am Dorothy Hanlon
10:00am Jane Hocking
12:30pm
5:30 pm Marion & Burlin Texier
(For whom this mass is offered)
Carmen Ayala, Kyeng June Ahn, Frank S. Giunta who died during this past week…Nicholas Martell, Sandor Sienkiewicz, Maria (Josie) Ramos whose anniversary of death is celebrated this week…
Those who lost their lives through violence across our nation …and all the victims of war and terrorism (PAUSE) that they may rest forever in the embrace of the one true God, we pray....
4. And let us pause now to present our own personal petitions...(PAUSE ....count to 10)...... We are stil2l a nation at war, let us pray for our president, and all our elected officials, the members of our diplomatic corps (core) and all those who serve our country in our uniformed services..... may their efforts for peace and justice be fruitful;..... together, let us raise our voices in a prayer for true and lasting peace......
the words are found on the back cover of the hymnal...
Presider:
O God,
open our hearts to your word,
that we might bear fruit for your kingdom
to be shared with all the world.
We ask this and all good things
through Jesus Christ our Lord.