Prayer after Communion

A: Let us pray.

Everlasting God, we bless you that you have brought us to the mountaintop and fed us with the life and light of your Son. Send us in his name from this place to bring light into dark corners, healing where lives are torn, and nourishment to every hungry heart, in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

 

Prayers of Intercession, February 5th, 2012

A: As God's beloved people made radiant by the light of Christ, we pray for the church, the whole human family, and God's good creation, saying “Hear us. O God.” and responding, “Your mercy is great.”

A brief silence

When your church grows weary and weak, give courage to our leaders, and strengthen your people for service,
that everyone might share in the blessing of the gospel. Hear us, O God.

C: Your mercy is great.

A: Where the earth is exhausted by our demands and the waters are polluted with our waste, bring rest to creation, and restore the health of your creatures. Hear us, O God.

C: .Your mercy is great.

A: When war and violence threaten innocent lives, and displaced people flee in search of shelter, renew the strength of peacemakers and humanitarian aid workers. Raise up leaders who value justice more than power. Hear us, O God.

C: Your mercy is great.

A: Where the broken hearted and powerless cry out for relief, lift them to new hope. Comfort all who grieve losses of any kind, and sustain the suffering with your healing power, especially:

Robert                                                         Marilyn                                                        Robert

Stephen                                                      Cheryl                                                         Joan

Frances                                                                     Vania (“Vaw-nee-ah”)                                 Fred

The Koehn family


Those who are shut in, including:

Edna                                                           Don                                                             Evelyn

Harry                                                          Erika                                                           Toni

Joan                                                           Anna                                                           Jim and Bonnie

John and Erika                                           Betty                                                           Emma

Ann                                                             Ruth                                                            Marjorie

Margaret                                                     Anne-Marie

And all whom we name before you....

(then a long pause for people to add – silently or aloud – their own list)

Hear us, O God.

C: Your mercy is great.

A: When we are frantic and troubled, lead us into quiet places of prayer, that, restored by your peace, we gladly serve you and our neighbours in our daily lives. Hear us, O God.

C: Your mercy is great.

A: As we meet on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings, strengthen our faith and form us in word, sacrament, and community. Bless our bishops, Susan and Michael; and our pastor, Stephen; St. James Lutheran Church in Baden, our sister congregation in the K-W Conference; Trinity Anglican Church, their priest Greg, and their bishops, Fred and Robert. Be with Pastor Barry and the people of St. John’s Waterloo, as he works among them as their intentional-interim pastor. Help us to show your love in our working together, that renewal and life might be given to all. Hear us, O God.

C: Your mercy is great.

A: We give thanks for those who trusted in your steadfast love and promise. Give us the same patient hopefulness that sustained the saints before us. Hear us, O God.

C: Your mercy is great.

P: Holy God, we lift up our prayers to you in hope, entrusting all for whom we pray to your great goodness and mercy, made known to us in Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen