Prayers of Intercession

33rd Sunday of the Year (Cycle B)

17th November 2024

For the Pope and the clergy we pray that by the grace of the Holy Spirit, they will have the wisdom to know how to shepherd their people in these difficult and changing times. Let them be guided by love, prayer and hope.

Lord in your mercy

May God create the love of peace in every heart. May He sustain those who are working towards peace in the areas of war and conflict throughout the world 

Lord in your mercy

We pray for protection for children against every kind of abuse. And we pray that those who have suffered and are suffering, will be rescued, comforted and healed.

Lord in your mercy 

Let us pray that all members of our parish communities remain prepared for the coming of the Lord as we know not the day nor the hour of His return.

Lord in your mercy

In this month of November, let us remember to pray for the release of souls from purgatory into the presence of God and the light of His face.

Lord in your mercy

For those who have died recently and all those we remember at this time, especially Margaret Williams, and for all those named in our books of the dead.

Lord in your mercy

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)