Prayers of Intercession

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)

13th September 2026

For the church family. Let us pray for the grace to be merciful and forgiving of the wrongs done to us so that peace might reign in our communities and families.
Lord in your mercy

For world leaders. In exercising their responsibilities, may they respect the dignity of every person and commit to defending everyone’s right to peace, security and decent living conditions.
Lord in your mercy

On this Education Sunday, let us pray for teachers and their pupils that they might work together in happy and nurturing environments and progress to the results they hope for.
Lord in your mercy

Let us pray for those seeking asylum and safe havens in our and other countries. May they be met by people who will generously and graciously acknowledge their humanity and may they not be subject to suspicion and threats.
Lord in your mercy

For those affected by the floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters around the world. May adequate relief reach them quickly and may they receive help to start rebuilding their lives.
Lord in your mercy

For the sick and housebound, for the destitute and vulnerable, may they soon see an improvement in their circumstances
Lord in your mercy

For those who have died including Patricia Blackwell, Rita Diffley, Maurice (Mo) Hartnett, Sarah Healy, Joan Rose, and for those whose anniversaries occur at this time, grant them eternal rest.
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)