Prayers of the People—Proper 21A
Brothers and Sisters, in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Humbly, let us approach our God saying, “To will and work for your good pleasure, O Lord, enable us.”
Christ Jesus, strengthen our tongues to declare you as Lord of our lives. May your Church glorify your Heavenly Parent in word and deed.
Silence
To will and work for your good pleasure,
O Lord, enable us.
Christ Jesus, you chose not to exploit your equality with God, but humbled yourself to be with us. Give us your heart for the marginalized and poor. And may all people, especially those in power, follow your example of humility.
Silence
To will and work for your good pleasure,
O Lord, enable us.
Christ Jesus, by your birth in human likeness you blessed all of creation. Help us to remember that your feet have trod on our soil and tasted our waters. Give us the will to care for this precious planet.
Silence
To will and work for your good pleasure,
O Lord, enable us.
Christ Jesus, you rule the world with love and compassion. Give to our local leaders compassion and vision that the people of our region might live as neighbors, looking out for each other's interests.
Silence
To will and work for your good pleasure,
O Lord, enable us.
Christ Jesus, you became obedient to the point of death that we might have abundant life. Work marvels in the lives of the sick and sorrowful. May they recount to generations the wonderful deeds you have done in their lives.
Allow the congregation to add their petitions and thanksgivings, followed by Silence
To will and work for your good pleasure,
O Lord, enable us.
Christ Jesus, through death and resurrection you were highly exalted by God. Continue to work in those who now rest from their labors. May all the dead find new life in you.
Silence
To will and work for your good pleasure,
O Lord, enable us.
I really like this prayer for the week! I serve a slightly less formal United Methodist church, so I tweaked it a bit to fit our worship pattern, but I drew from your words to form our Prayers of the People for this Sunday. Thank you for sharing your prayers!
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting these prayers. We have used these and then the propers for 20 at St Mark's Episcopal. They are wonderful and the church is blessed by them!
ReplyDeleteThank you ladies. And thank you for blessing me with your comments. They are appreciated.
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