Transcript First week in Ordinary Time - Saint Benedict Catholic

First week in Ordinary Time
BACKGROUND: This weekend we
celebrated the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the
official end of the Christmas Season. Next Sunday we
celebrate PEACE SUNDAY. The Bishops of England and
Wales invite us to keep this day as a day of prayer for
world peace and to take up the theme offered by Pope
Benedict XVI: “Blessed are the Peacemakers”
In this Year of Faith where we celebrate the Second
Vatican Council, we remember that the Bishops who
met during 1962-65 had lived through the horrors of
World War II and the shadow of the Cold War hung
over relations between the East & West. Yet despite this
they emphasised that God’s love can renew all things,
that God’s will is a universal peace in which all are
called to share and that humanity can be trusted to
build a peaceful and just society,
(Lumen Gentium13)
See Pax Christi web-site for more resources:
www.paxchristi.org.uk
Our prayers this week are from Pax Christi
We will begin by making the sign
of the Cross
Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen
We pause to think of any special intention we
want to pray for today.
We light our Form Candle for all our prayers
today.
Monday 14th January
Reader: “After John had been arrested, Jesus went
into Galilee. There he had proclaimed the Good
News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and
the Kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and
believe the Good News.’ (Mark 1:14-15)
Together we pray:
All: Lord, may we be gifted by the Spirit with the
imagination, the words and the gestures which can
bring peace where there is none. Help us to begin
with our school community. Amen
Tuesday 15th January
Reader: “Jesus and his disciples went as far as
Capernaum, and as soon as the Sabbath came he
went to the synagogue and began to teach. And his
teaching, made a deep impression on them
because, unlike the scribes, he taught them with
authority.” (Mark 1:21-22)
Together we pray:
All: Lord, in this ‘Year of Faith’, may the Church be
renewed in its service of the Gospel. May we be
preachers of peace and effective signs of God’s
healing love in the world. Amen
Wednesday 16th January
Reader:
“On leaving the synagogue, Jesus went with
James & John straight to the house of Simon & Andrew.
Now Simon’s mother-in-law had gone to bed with a fever,
and they told him about her straightaway. He went to her,
took her by the hand and helped her up. And the fever
left her and she began to wait on them.” (Mark 1:29-30)
Together we pray:
All: Lord we pray for peace in Jerusalem and for all the
people of the Holy Land: that the wounds of hatred and
division may be healed and that
Jerusalem may be truly a ‘City of Peace’ for all. Amen
Thursday 17th January – St Anthony of
Egypt
Reader: St Antony of Egypt he gave up everything he owned and
went to live in the desert, so that he could pray without
distraction. He is patron of all monks who live in monasteries. You
will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in your presence, the
delights at your right hand forever. Psalm 16
Together we pray:
All: We pray for all who work for peace and justice; for all who
try to be prophets and take risks for peace. We ask God’s blessing
today especially on the work of the international Catholic peace
movement, Pax Christi. Amen
Reader: We stop in silence to pray for the monks of Mount St
Bernard Abbey, near to Coalville in Leicestershire (pause)
Lord in you mercy. All: Hear our prayer
Friday 18th January
Reader: “The things we have heard and understood, the
things our ancestors have taught us, we will not hide from
their children, but will tell them to the next generation;
the glories of the Lord and his might and the marvellous
deeds he has done.” (Psalm 77:3-4)
Together we pray:
All: Lord God, you grant us true freedom, freedom of
heart, that we might praise you and serve our brothers
and sisters in their need. Heal our divisions and hear
these, our prayers, which we make through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen
School Prayer
Prayer of Saint Benedict
We pray Lord, that everything we do
may be prompted by your inspiration,
so that every prayer and work of ours
may begin from you, and be brought by you
to completion.
Amen
Saint Benedict – Pray for us