PRAYER INTENTIONS: August 1, 2021 / 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
For the Church, that all people may be nourished by the bread of life that satisfies our deepest hungers, we pray to the Lord.
For peaceful collaborations among civic and world leaders as they work for peace and justice in the world, we pray to the Lord.
For those who experience economic hardship, job insecurity, and those living in poverty, that their needs may be satisfied, we pray to the Lord.
For all who are sick and suffering, especially from COVID-19, for their healing, we pray to the Lord.
For eternal rest for those who have died and for comfort for those they left behind, we pray to the Lord.
This special Mass can be celebrated to ask God to bring an end to this pandemic. See Decree for full details and Mass text:
PRAYERS DURING COVID-19
PRAYER FOR THE SICK
Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer of the sick, we turn to you in this time of illness.
O dearest comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden.
Dear God, we place our worries in your hands.
We place our sick under your care and humbly ask that you restore your servant to health again.
Above all, grant us the grace to acknowledge your will and know that whatever you do, you do for the love of us. Amen.
(Thanks to our friends at CARFLEO for sharing this prayer with us.)
PRAYER FOR ANXIETY
Today, I pray For all those who suffer from anxiety in the midst of this exceptional situation we are going through.
May they get comfort, Lord, both in your unlimited Love and in the community.
Holy Spirit, be our light so that we keep faith in the heart of our daily lives and in that way, we may transform fear into hope. Amen.
(Thanks to our colleagues at Prions en Eglise for sharing this prayer.)
PRAYER FROM POPE FRANCIS FOR PROTECTION
O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus' pain, with steadfast faith.
You, Salvation of the Roman People, know what we need.
We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father's will and to do what Jesus tells us.
He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.
We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God.
Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.
PRAYER DURING PANDEMIC
They cried to the Lord in their trouble,
And he saved them from their distress;
He sent out his word and healed them,
And delivered them from destruction.
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
For his wonderful works to humankind.
Psalm 107:19-21
Lord God,
I pray for all who have become sick or died by the coronavirus that has been spreading throughout the world.
In your mercy and compassion, deliver us from this disease,
In your holy wisdom, guide all who are working to contain the outbreak,
In your steadfast love, bring healing to all your children who have fallen sick,
Welcome into your arms the ones that died,
Comfort the ones they left behind.
In faith, I place my trust in you.
In hope, I turn to you in my time of need.
In love, I give glory to your name.
In gratitude, I will praise you with my life.
In your Son’s name I pray.
Amen.
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