Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Prayers 31st August 2023

In a world of great wealth

Where many are hungry

Many persecuted

Guide us into your way of hope, justice and love

 

Song “Great is the Lord”

https://youtu.be/H561IFJ7pUw

 

Loving God, we are fragmented and conflicted, 

We speak of liberation and oppress

We speak of peace and are violent

Help us to love and not hate 

Especially in these dark days. Amen

 

We say the Lord’s Prayer in our own language

 

Psalm 48

 

When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,
they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.
Trembling seized them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.
You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish
    shattered by an east wind.

 

We pray for all those we know who need our help and prayers who we carry in our hearts today: for the families of those who died trying to reach the UK,  people fleeing fires, war or flooding, for Ukrainian and Russian people,  for Palestinians and Israelis, Sudan, Yemen, Hong Kong, China, Syria, Thailand, our own country, for those confronting injustice, and pressing issues of climate change, for those who are hungry, distraught, for the many refugees throughout the world, for those on strike, for the homeless, our families and friends and ourselves…Spirit of the Living God present with us now enter our bodies, minds and spirits 

and heal us of all that harms us. Let your angels be beside us at this time. May we not fail you. Amen 

 

Song “How can I keep from singing

https://youtu.be/Li2hddmy63U

 

This is the day that God has made

I will rejoice and be glad in it

I will not offer to God

Offerings that cost me nothing

I will go in Peace

To love and serve the Lord

Amen

 


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