Prayers of Intercession

3rd Sunday of Lent (year A)

8th March 2026

For Pope Leo and all church leaders that they will show the way to living peacefully.

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.

For all in power that they will work to ensure peace and justice.

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.

For those preparing to become members of the church and receive the sacraments, that they will have courage and grace to continue.

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.

For all those who are sick – especially Fr. Tony – that they have all the support that they need.

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.

For ourselves, that we will always have the courage to stand up for our faith and beliefs.

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.

For those who have died – especially Maureen Thatcher, Peter Gray, Maria Wojtanowski   – that they have found true peace.

Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer.

Prayer for Peace To the Creator of nature and man, of truth and beauty I pray: Hear my voice, for it is the voice of the victims of all wars and violence among individuals and nations; Hear my voice, for it is the voice of all children who suffer and will suffer when people put their faith in weapons and war; Hear my voice when I beg you to instil into the hearts of all human beings the wisdom of peace, the strength of justice and the joy of fellowship; Hear my voice, for I speak for the multitudes in every country and in every period of history who do not want war and are ready to walk the road of peace; Hear my voice and grant insight and strength so that we may always respond to hatred with love, to injustice with total dedication to justice, to need with the sharing of self, to war with peace. O God, hear my voice and grant unto the world your everlasting peace. ( Pope Saint John Paul II)