16th Sunday

Each week Dennis Keller is posting General Intercessions for the upcoming Sunday liturgies. He is a lay Dominican from the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina. He also provides weekly input for our feature Volume II.

General Intercessions

Presider: He who does justice lives in the presence of the Lord. He who does justice thinks the truth in his heart and welcomes the poor, the widow, the orphan, and the alien in our midst. Let us offer our petitions to the Father to direct us toward justice for all people.

Deacon/ Lector/ Cantor: Please respond: “Lord, Hear our prayer”

1.Nurture wisdom, courage, justice, and faith in Pope Leo, Bishop _____ and all who exercise leadership in the Church, we pray...

2. Strengthen our fellowship and hospitality toward parish members, we pray...

3. Encourage persons suffering from abuse, poverty, and exploitation, that they may seek assistance in gaining freedom from such sufferings, we pray...

4. Guide those seeking employment to work that provides a living wage and enhances the dignity of the worker, we pray...

5. Fill with compassion and mercy first responders in their work, we pray...

6. Protect and encourage to professionalism in our sons and daughters who serve in the armed forces, we pray...

7. Widen the perspective of politicians to commit to the common good, to seeking the truth, and avoid the corrupting energies of power and wealth, we pray...

8. That those who died this week (list here) and those approaching death’s door are encouraged by faith and sacrament. That the intention of this Mass, (list here) _____is (are) remembered in our prayers, we pray...

9. Let us petition God for our personal needs and for help resolving concerns of hand, mind, and heart: (pause) Let us place these intentions on the altar with the financial gifts we offer for the ministries of our community, we pray...

Presider: God, our originator and Father, see our struggles with truth, with dignity and worth of all, and our encouragement of poverty. Enlighten us with the example of your Son, Jesus. Inspire us by the Spirit of Love to recognize Jesus in everyone we meet. We ask this of you in the name of your Son who lives with you eternally in the love of the Spirit.

Response: Amen.

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