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Praying with one heart
Parish Prayer Link
This is a monthly cycle of topics which we use on a daily basis in church - please use each day's topic in the course of your own prayers, so that we can all pray together with a sense of unity and purpose.
Use the link below to join in the Offices of the Church (Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer & Night Prayer - up-dated daily with all the content you need.
1st Government - national & local.
2nd All who work to provide health care and healing.
3rd Schools and all places of education.
4th Those who are persecuted for their faith.
5th People in despair.
6th People with physical & mental disabilities
7th Our diocese and bishop.
8th Peace among nations - and in our hearts.
9th Displaced peoples - and all whose lives are precarious.
10th Our daily work - and the use of our time.
11th The spread of the Christian Gospel.
12th Parents and children.
13th Industry & commerce - employers & workers.
14th Those who administer the law - and all who seek justice.
15th The deepening of our Church’s spiritual life.
16th The sick, bereaved and anxious - and their carers.
17th The clergy - and all who live under religious vows.
18th The elderly - the residential homes of our parish.
19th Those we dislike.
20th The environment and human responsibility to God's creation.
21st Attentiveness to our consciences - and those who guide us.
22nd The life of our community.
23rd All who exercise lay leadership in the Church.
24th Understanding between different Churches and religions.
25th Those in prison.- and the victims of crime
26th The activities of our church.
27th The underprivileged, homeless and unemployed.
28th Those who serve in the armed forces - and peace-builders.
29th Our family, friends and neighbours.
30th The emergency services.
31st Thanksgiving for our benefactors.
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Lent - a form of prayer for use during the day
O God, make speed to save us.
All O Lord, make haste to help us.
(or)
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears. (
(Psalm 39.13)
Praise
A hymn, song, canticle or extempore praise
The Word of God
A psalm (e.g. from the psalm cycle below), and one or more Bible readings
Short readings
Sunday
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, 'Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.'
Hosea 14.1,2
Monday
Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain-offering and a drink-offering for the Lord, your God?
Joel 2.12 – 14
Tuesday
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said. Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5.14,15
Wednesday
I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Romans 7.21 – 25
Thursday
Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rearguard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.
Isaiah 58.6 – 9a
Friday
Jesus said to the disciples, 'Beware of practising your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.'
Matthew 6.1 – 4
Saturday
Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one. So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air; but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.
I Corinthians 9.24 – 27
Response
Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul:
All O my God, in you I trust.
Prayers
Prayers may include these concerns:
¶ Those preparing for baptism and confirmation
¶ Those serving through leadership
¶ Those looking for forgiveness
This form of prayer may be used:
(The response R/ is Lord, have mercy.)
In penitence and faith let us make our prayer to the Father and ask for his mercy and grace.
For the people of God, that they may triumph over evil and grow in grace, let us pray to the Lord: R/ (Lord, have mercy.)
For candidates for baptism and confirmation, that they may live by every word that proceeds from your mouth, let us pray to the Lord:R/
For the leaders of the nations, that you will guide them in the ways of mercy and truth, let us pray to the Lord:R/
For the needy, that they may not be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor be taken away, let us pray to the Lord:R/
For the sick in body, mind and spirit, that they may know your power to heal, let us pray to the Lord:R/
For the poor in spirit, that they may inherit the kingdom of heaven and see you face to face, let us pray to the Lord:R/
Free prayer may be offered and silence is kept.
Let us commend the world for which Christ suffered, to the mercy and protection of God this day...
The Collect of the day or the following prayer is said.
Teach us, good Lord, to serve you as you deserve;
to give and not to count the cost;
to fight and not to heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labour and not to seek for any reward,
save that of knowing that we do your will.
After Ignatius of Loyola (1556)
The Lord's Prayer is said.
The Conclusion
May God bless us and show us compassion and mercy.
All Amen.
Psalm Tables for Psalm 119 & Psalms 121-131,133 (The Psalms of Ascent)
Over a calendar month
Day 1 119.1-8
Day 2 119.9-16
Day 3 119.17-24
Day 4 119.25-32
Day 5 119.33-40
Day 6 119.41-48
Day 7 119.49-56
Day 8 119.57-64
Day 9 119.65-72
Day 10 119.73-80
Day 11 119.81-88
Day 12 119.89-96
Day 13 119.97-104
Day 14 119.105-112
Day 15 119.113-120
Day 16 119.121-128
Day 17 119.129-136
Day 18 119.137-144
Day 19 119.145-152
Day 20 119.153-160
Day 21 119.161-168
Day 22 119.169-176
Day 23 121,122
Day 24 123,124
Day 25 125,126
Day 26 127
Day 27 128
Day 28 129
Day 29 130
Day 30 131
Day 31 133
Over a week
or a fortnight
Psalm 119 and the Psalms of Ascent may be used over a fortnight as follows:
Sunday 119.1-32
Monday 119.33-56
Tuesday 119.57-80
Wednesday 119.81-104
Thursday 119.105-128
Friday 119.129-152
Saturday 119.153-176
Sunday 121,122
Monday 123,124
Tuesday 125,126
Wednesday 127
Thursday 128
Friday 129,130
Saturday 131,133
Alternatively, Psalm 119 and the Psalms of Ascent may be used, together or alone, on a weekly cycle.
Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England,
material from which is included in this service, is copyright © The Archbishops' Council 2000-2.
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Easter-tide: a form of prayer for use during the day
Common Worship: Prayer During the Day for Easter-tide
O God, make speed to save us.
All O Lord, make haste to help us.
(or)
I will call upon the Most High God,
the God who fulfils his purpose for me.
(Psalm 57.3)
Praise
A hymn, song, canticle or extempore praise
The Word of God
A psalm (e.g. from the psalm cycle below), and one or more Bible readings
Short readings
Sunday
Job said 'O that my words were written down! O that they were inscribed in a book! O that with an iron pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock for ever! For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another.'
Job 19.23 – 27a
Monday
Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away the judgements against you, he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more. On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands grow weak. The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing as on a day of festival. I will remove disaster from you, so that you will not bear reproach for it.
Zephaniah 3.14 – 18
Tuesday
As the two disciples came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, 'Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.' So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Jesus; and he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, 'Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?'
Luke 24.28 – 32
Wednesday
The other disciples told Thomas, 'We have seen the Lord.' But he said to them, 'Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.' A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you.' Then he said to Thomas, 'Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.' Thomas answered him, 'My Lord and my God!' Jesus said to him, 'Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.'
John 20.25 – 29
Thursday
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1.3 – 5
Friday
Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4.14 – 16
Saturday
I, John, looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, singing with full voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing!' Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, singing, 'To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honour and glory and might for ever and ever!' And the four living creatures said, 'Amen!' And the elders fell down and worshipped.
Revelation 5.11 – 14
Response
Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as
Alleluia. Jesus is the resurrection and the life.
All Those who believe in him shall never die. Alleluia.
Prayers
Prayers may include these concerns:
¶ That the people of God might proclaim the risen Lord
¶ That humankind will care for creation
¶ That those in fear of death will find faith through the resurrection
This form of prayer may be used:
(The response R/ is Lord, have mercy.)
On this day that the Lord has made, let us pray for the people he has redeemed.
That we may live as those who believe in the triumph of the cross: R/
That all people may receive the good news of his victory: R/
That those born to new life in the waters of baptism may know the power of his resurrection: R/
That those who suffer pain and anguish may find healing and peace in the wounds of Christ: R/
That in the undying love of Christ we may have union with all who have died in the faith of Christ: R/
Free prayer may be offered and silence is kept.
Let us commend the world in which Christ rose from the dead, to the mercy and protection of God this day....
The Collect of the day or the following prayer is said.
Almighty and eternal God,
the strength of those who believe
and the hope of those who doubt,
may we, who have not seen, have faith,
and receive the fullness of Christ's blessing,
who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Book of Alternative Services (Anglican Church of Canada)
The Lord's Prayer is said.
The Conclusion
May the risen Christ give us his peace.
All Alleuia! Amen.
Psalm Tables for Psalm 119 & Psalms 121-131,133 (The Psalms of Ascent)
Over a calendar month
Day 1 119.1-8
Day 2 119.9-16
Day 3 119.17-24
Day 4 119.25-32
Day 5 119.33-40
Day 6 119.41-48
Day 7 119.49-56
Day 8 119.57-64
Day 9 119.65-72
Day 10 119.73-80
Day 11 119.81-88
Day 12 119.89-96
Day 13 119.97-104
Day 14 119.105-112
Day 15 119.113-120
Day 16 119.121-128
Day 17 119.129-136
Day 18 119.137-144
Day 19 119.145-152
Day 20 119.153-160
Day 21 119.161-168
Day 22 119.169-176
Day 23 121,122
Day 24 123,124
Day 25 125,126
Day 26 127
Day 27 128
Day 28 129
Day 29 130
Day 30 131
Day 31 133
Over a week
or a fortnight
Psalm 119 and the Psalms of Ascent may be used over a fortnight as follows:
Sunday 119.1-32
Monday 119.33-56
Tuesday 119.57-80
Wednesday 119.81-104
Thursday 119.105-128
Friday 119.129-152
Saturday 119.153-176
Sunday 121,122
Monday 123,124
Tuesday 125,126
Wednesday 127
Thursday 128
Friday 129,130
Saturday 131,133
Alternatively, Psalm 119 and the Psalms of Ascent may be used, together or alone, on a weekly cycle.
Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England,
material from which is included in this service, is copyright © The Archbishops' Council 2000-2.
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