Monday, November 22, 2021

prayers of the faithful - Thanksgiving day - 25 November 2021

Penitential Rite: 

Lord Jesus - you call us to have joyful heart - Lord have mercy. 

Christ Jesus - you join us in giving thanks to our Heavenly Father - Christ have mercy. 

Lord Jesus -  you bring us new life - Lord have mercy.  


Priest:  With grateful hearts and with confidence in God’s care and mercy, we place our prayers before him this Thanksgiving morning:

1. In gratitude for God’s loving care, we pray that he that he will guide our Church leaders, including our Holy Father Pope Francis and our Bishop Joseph Kopacz. 

2. In gratitude for our nation and our state of Mississippi, we pray God’s help for our president, our governor, and all our national, state and local elected officials. 

3. In gratitude for our family and friends, we pray for God’s blessings for them today – especially those most in need of God’s assistance at this moment. 

4. In gratitude for the gifts of health and material blessings, we pray for those who do not have these gifts, that God may aid them and that we might mutually support one another. 

5. In gratitude for the faithful departed and for our loved ones and family members who have gone before us, that God may grant them entrance to eternal life. 

6. In gratitude for those who keep us safe: our first responders, the men and women in the military, and our medical professionals,  especially those who are not able to spend Thanksgiving with their families. May the Lord lead them and guide them in their service.  

7. In thanksgiving for the missionaries who bring God’s word both near and far, may the Lord inspire them in their ministry.  

8. For all those who have been negatively affected by the pandemic.  For help and healing for those in need.  

9. In the silence of our hearts, we present our personal prayer petitions this morning. 

Priest: Hear our prayers, loving Father, on this Thanksgiving Day. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord for ever and ever.  Amen. 

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