We offer our prayers for: Buster Black, Joseph Bonner, Marcia Clendenon, Sandra Cocks, Laura Craig, Nick Dowen, Tom, Jan and Mark, Mary Larimer, Suzanne Guglielmi, Aretha Jadusingh, Jerry Keucher, Nick Lettiere, Julie Murphy, Leo Sampson, Willie Marcus & Dylan Schumaker, Lorelei Shull, Linda Tuell, Marsha & Leighton Wynter, and the people of St. Vincent's Services.
We lift up in thanksgiving Marcella Babb, Dick Riley, Cesar Gardiner, and CJ Brown, who are celebrating their birthdays, and Marsha & Leighton who are celebrating their anniversary this week.
We pray for all those who are suffering from the effects of gun violence, homophobia, systemic racism, and unlawful & incompetent government administration.
We thank you for our own continued good health and prosperity and we pray for the repose of the souls of Omenie Roumou, the victims of warfare in Ukraine and the Middle East, and for all the faithful departed.
O God, You are our gracious and loving Father.
We ask for your guidance and presence so that we may have the wisdom and unity to make decisions and discern your will during our period of transition. Through your son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever, Amen.
I pray for mine own self during this time of discernment.