Pentecost Prayer: Come Suddenly
Come suddenly with power and love unimaginable,
leading us into
dreams and adventure
and success and failure.
(Pentecost Year B)
Prayer: Open the Gates!
As we remember Christ entering into Jerusalem
we lay down our burdens, fears, hopes and dreams
at your feet.
(Palm Sunday Year B)
Prayers of Power
You are a king of all and for all,
with all and in all,
forgetting nothing and forgiving everything.
(20-26 November Year B)
Prayers of Christ Here
Who knows?
Who among us really knows when Christ comes?
But we see the signs of his presence all around.
(13-19 November Year B)
Prayers of Travelling Light
Help us to travel lightly Lord,
as we walk into each new day.
Do we need all our things, the comforts and gadgets and clutter?
(3–9 July Year B)
Prayers for Stormy Times
So many in this world are refugees, leaving a cherished land behind,
nothing ahead but vague hopes and shadowy fears.
(19-25 June Year B)
Prayers of Vivid Lives
Lord our Shepherd,
today feed those fleeing from wars or terror;
don’t let us ever turn a blind eye to suffering
and be alive in the work of all those who reach out to help
(Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B)
Prayers of Understanding and Loving
As we watch the news, chat and hear stories,
surprises and shocks, joys and heartbreaks,
Open our minds to understand and our hearts to love.
(Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B)
Prayers of Confusion and Understanding
Guide us to understand the complex and baffling details of modern life;
understand what you are really telling us;
understand each other.
(Third Sunday of Easter Year B)
Prayers Because Nothing Good Comes from Here
Can anything good come from this place, from the shuttered shops and minds?
Somewhere, or everywhere, your voice is calling, calling us to be the difference.
(14-20 January Year B)
Prayers of Sacrifice
We remember those who down the generations
have given everything to build a better world.
Lord help us to bring your everlasting love to this weary earth.
(6-12 November Year B)
Prayers – Loving Your Neighbour
We are called to love God with every part of our being,
to love friends, relations, acquaintances, strangers.
Not just love a bit, but love in abundance.
(30 October-5 November Year B)
Prayer Through Child’s Eyes
Let us see again
through new eyes, a child’s eyes,
full of wonder,
full of hope.
(23-29 October Year B)
Prayers of Calling
We are trying Lord,
trying to walk in your footsteps, follow your path
and we are not really very good at it.
(16-22 October Year B)
Prayers – What Must We Do?
What must we do Lord?
How can we serve your world,
how can we serve each other?
What must we do Lord?
(9-15 October Year B)
Prayers of the Unexpected
You are the God who always is,
the God who never ceases
and we ask you to do a new thing today
and change everything.
(2-8 October Year B)
Prayers for All who are Sent
Lord, give us the power to change your world,
the confidence to do it all in new ways
and the courage to start right now.
(25 September-1 October Year B)
Prayers for Insignificant People
Give us your strength today
so that we can be friends to the friendless,
hope to the hopeless,
a light in lives where no light shines.
(18-24 September Year B)
Prayer for Putting Stuff Down
We have heard a voice saying “give it up, give it all up”
and so we have come to offer up to you
all our burdens, our fears, our relationships, our hopes.
(11–17 September Year B)
Prayers for Strangers at the Gate
Open our eyes to the strangers at the gate:
the newcomer looking for a friendly face;
the huddled, weary migrants searching for a place to call home;
(4-10 September Year B)