Prayers of Church & Community, March 24

Westminster Presbyterian Church

Holy God, Eternal Light … 

Companion of the Way …

Help us, in this moment, 

to cleanse our minds,

to center ourselves in your love.

With the peoples of ancient Jerusalem, O God, we wave our palms of victory, and lay our cloaks upon the road … we lift our hearts in grateful praise, and pray for a better day … we welcome you, O Christ, to our cities and towns, to our homes and our hearts.

In humility and sorrow, dear God, we pray for the church around the world … 

In humility and sorrow, we pray for the nations of the world … 

In humility and sorrow, we pray for the citizens of Moscow … 

In humility and sorrow, we pray for the lands besieged by war, famine, and disease.

In humility and great joy, we give thanks, for the glory of our baptism … 

In faith, hope, and love, we stand with Jesus in the Jordan, dear God, and John the Baptist is beside us … 

with little Noah John and his family, O God… and all their friends, gathered here in this sacred place, we lift our hearts in grateful praise, for the great work of Christ.

Reach deep into our minds, we pray, with the healing light of Christ … that we might leave here today with a fresh sense of who we are in Christ, and what must be done for the sake of Christ … 

Remind us, dear God - we are not alone in the huge tasks of love … we put our hands to the plow along with millions of women and men of good conscience and fortitude … 

we are not alone, O God - the saints who’ve gone before us lend us their strength, their love, their prayers, and wisdom … 

we are not alone, dear God - your Holy Spirit is our companion, Christ himself our strength and vision.

All of this, in the name of our LORD Jesus Christ who taught us to pray, saying:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.