17th Sunday of the Year (Year A)
26th July 2026
We pray for Pope Leo and the leaders of the Church: may they be enlightened by the Glory of the Holy Spirit and lead us to the Kingdom of Justice, Love and Peace.
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We pray for leaders of nations that they may learn from the evidence of climate change to hear the cries of those who suffer from the extremes of these new changing conditions.
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We pray for our sisters and brothers living in countries where governments cannot afford to pay for essential services like health and education. May we come together to build a better world where all people may flourish.
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We pray for all in our parish community. May those taking a break, or travelling, return safely and refreshed.
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We pray for all those who are struggling with health or other issues. May they find comfort from the support we offer in prayer and practice.
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We pray for all have died recently, especially Sally Harding, Jorgen Lovebakke, Larry Walker, and Andrew Wilson. May those who mourn find comfort and consolation.
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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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Peace is a responsibility. If our first instinct when we encounter a problem, experience tension or are insulted, is to judge others, accuse and even condemn them, then, inevitably, first indifference and then hatred will grow around us. There is a way of looking at reality that destroys and does not build. Peace instead, begins with me. It begins with us.
Pope Leo XIV
