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Prayers of the People

For the Week of May 18, 2008
The First Sunday after Pentecost, Trinity Sunday

With all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to the Lord, saying, "Lord, have mercy."

For the peace from above, for the loving-kindness of God, and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord: Lord have mercy.

For the peace of the world, for the welfare of the holy Church of God, and for the unity of all peoples, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For Katharine our Presiding Bishop, for John, our diocesan Bishop, and for all the clergy and people, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For George, our President, for Phil, our Governor, for the leaders of the nations, and for all in authority, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For this city, for every city, and community, and for those who live in them, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For the good earth which God has given us, and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For those who travel on land, on water, in the air, or through outer space, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, let us pray to the Lord: Lord have mercy.

For those we name either silently or aloud – pause for names – let us pray to the Lord. Lord have mercy.

For the poor and the oppressed, for the unemployed and the destitute, for prisoners and captives, and all who remember and care for them, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, especially ______, and for all the departed, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For deliverance from all danger, violence, oppression, and degradation, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

That we may end our lives in faith and hope, without suffering and without reproach, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

In the communion of David of Wales and of all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and one another, and all our life, to Christ our God: To you, O Lord our God.

The Celebrant adds a concluding Collect.