2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (year C)
19th January 2025
We pray for all Christians, that we recognise our calling as peacemakers, using our God-given talents to build a culture of peace; and for the ministry of Pope Francis, that he may continue his bold proclamation of the gospel of justice, peace and reconciliation.
Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer
We pray for our political leaders, that they will not provoke division and hatred but pursue a shared understanding of reconciliation and healing; and for our nation, that we may lead the world in laying down arms and working to achieve a just peace.
Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer
We pray for the victims of wars and conflicts throughout the world. We pray for all who are suffering in the Middle East, and also in Ukraine, Russia and Sudan, and in the many parts of the world whose wars do not appear on our television screens.
Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer
We pray for our own homes, our families, our parish community; that the peace of Christ will work in and through us.
Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer
On this Peace Sunday, we pray for all who work, locally and internationally, for peace and justice; for all who will not be silent in the face of injustice or suffering; for all who take risks for peace. We ask God’s blessing today especially on the work of the international peace movement, Pax Christi.
Lord in your mercy Hear our prayer
We pray for those who have died recently, including Audrey Edwards, Susan McMenamin, Margaret Murray, Yvonne Parker, and Edith Rashbrook, ………. and for all who mourn their loss.
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)
In May 2009 the Parish of the Nativity of the Lord was officially inaugurated by Bishop Kieran Conry, bringing together in a single united community worshippers from the former Parishes of St Joseph’s in Redhill, Holy Family in Reigate and St Teresa of the Child Jesus in Merstham. Whilst retaining its three Churches, the new Parish is administered as a single Parish under the care of Fr Tony Bridson. Working with Fr Tony are Deacon Tim Murrill and key groups of lay representatives from the three Churches.
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