Throughout Ordinary Time: Summer we are asked to pray for the following intentions:
Let us pray also for the Jewish people,
to who the Lord our God spoke first,
that he may grant them to advance in love of his name
and in faithfulness to his covenant.
Almighty ever-living God,
who bestowed your promises on Abraham and his descendants,
graciously hear the prayers of your Church,
that the people you first made your own
may attain the fullness of redemption.
Roman Missal
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The intention is inspired by the Feast of St John Fisher and St Thomas More (22 June).
O God, who in your inscrutable providence
will that the Church be united
to the sufferings of your Son,
grant, we pray, to your faithful
who suffer for your name’s sake
a spirit of patience and charity,
that they may be found true and faithful witnesses
to the promises you have made.
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especially on the Day for Life (3rd Sunday in June)
The origins of the Day for Life are found in St John Paul II’s encyclical Evangelium Vitae. Preparation for the day is shared with the Bishops’ Conferences of Ireland and of Scotland — though each marks the day on a different date. Since its inception it has focussed on a wide range of life issues.
O God, our past and future hope,
to you a thousand years are like yesterday,
come and gone.
Teach us to see the world through your eyes,
to recognise the faults of the past,
and, however dimly, to see the future with hope.
Let us seek out the places of hurt
where we can offer your love and compassion.
Find the places of darkness and despair
where your mercy can bring light and comfort.
May we be heralds of a new world
where every human life is treated with dignity,
where all can live and have abundant life.
Day for Life 2017
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Pope John Paul II dedicated 6 patron saints to Europe:
They reflect the rich spiritual history of the Continent from East to West and across the centuries. In the Cycle of Prayer Europe is remembered in the Summer when a number of the Feasts days occur.
Europe day is marked on 9 May which is the anniversary of the…
O God, who gave one origin to all peoples
and willed to gather from them one family for yourself,
fill all hearts, we pray, with the fire of your love
and kindle in them a desire
for the just advancement of their neighbour,
that, through the good things
which you richly bestow upon all,
each human person
may be brought to perfection,
every division may be removed,
and equity and justice may be established in human society.
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Lord God, Redeemer and inspiration of souls,
in the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the Sea,
you have provided a light in the storm;
by her favour and prayer,
grant that we may set a course through these times
to reach our safe haven in heaven with you.
Feast of Stella Maris
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