THE PRAYERS,
Maundy Thursday, Cycle B (March 29, 2018)
Let us pray for the Church, the world, and all its people.
A brief silence
Father, we pray for the Church. Fill it with your Spirit, so that it might more perfectly love you and the people your Son came to redeem.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for our persecuted sisters and brothers throughout the world. Fill them with your Spirit, so that they might more perfectly bear witness to the holiness and love of Jesus.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for our sister congregations, companion dioceses, and for all missionaries of the Gospel. Fill them with your Spirit, so that they might more perfectly proclaim Christ, and him crucified.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for our congregation, its people and its ministries. Fill us with your Spirit, so that we might more perfectly reflect the servant-love of Jesus to one another, and to our neighbors.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for all who will be baptized into the death and resurrection of Christ during these holy days. Fill them with your Spirit, so that they may more perfectly follow in his footsteps.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for our elected and appointed; and for all who take counsel for the nations. Fill them with your Spirit, so that they more perfectly accomplish your will for the health and wholeness of the people entrusted to their care.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for our military, for all first responders, and for all who risk their lives for the sake of others. Fill them with your Spirit, so that they might more perfectly accomplish what you purpose.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for everyone who is sick, grieving, estranged, ashamed, addicted, abused, confused, or despairing. Fill them with your Spirit, so that they might more perfectly cling to Christ, their life and their salvation.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, we share a foretaste of the heavenly feast that you have set before all whom you have redeemed by the passion, death, and resurrection of your well-beloved Son. Fill us with your Spirit, so that we might more perfectly take up our Cross, follow Jesus wherever he leads, and encourage one another along life’s way. Bring us, through the merits of Christ, into your heavenly Kingdom, where with him and the Holy Spirit, you reign in the joyous glory of heaven’s endless day.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
For these things, and for whatever else is needful, dear Father, we pray in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns, one God, now and forever. Amen.
