CELEBRANT: Before returning to God Jesus commissioned the Eleven to preach the gospel to all creation. Let us pray for the whole world to hear the good news.
LEADER:
We pray for all who have been baptized in Christ, that they will use their many gifts to proclaim the good news across the face of the earth.
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Loving God, hear us R. Loving God, hear our prayer.
We pray for the Christian churches, that they grow ever closer together in faith and become one Body united in one Spirit.
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Loving God, hear us R. Loving God, hear our prayer.
We pray for young people crying out for climate justice, that they will stir the world to the eco-conversion called for by Pope Francis.
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Loving God, hear us R. Loving God, hear our prayer.
We pray for Cooper Edwards and Paddy Dolphin being baptized today and for our children preparing for their Confirmation and First Holy Communion.
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Loving God, hear us R. Loving God, hear our prayer.
We pray for international leaders, health authorities and medical suppliers, that they will do all in their power to achieve a just distribution of the COVID vaccine to needy countries.
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Loving God, hear us R. Loving God, hear our prayer.
We pray for federal parliamentarians, that they will work together to deliver a national budget for the wellbeing of the whole community.
Loving God, hear us R. Loving God, hear our prayer.
We pray for the countless Australians who offer their time and energy as volunteers, that National Volunteer Week (17-23 May) will recognize their generosity and swell their numbers.
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Loving God, hear us R. Loving God, hear our prayer.
We pray for librarians and their support staff, that Library Week (17-23 May) will help them promote the love of reading, especially among young children.
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Loving God, hear us R. Loving God, hear our prayer.
We pray for the recently deceased Lola Goodall, Pat Stanhope, Ron Earl, Tony Kenneally, Bradley Amos and those whose anniversary of death occurs around this time Bernard Riordan, Kathleen Gleeson, Joan Williams, Belinda Lay, Agnes Williams, Mary Garner, Xavier Mugavin, Fathers Thomas Bourke, Hussey, Healy and Strickland.
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Loving God, hear us R. Loving God, hear our prayer.
CELEBRANT: God of unfailing joy, your Son entrusted us with the good news of salvation. Make us worthy ambassadors of your love. We ask this through Christ our Lord.