Prayers of the Faithful
The Church
Governing Authorities and Salvation of the World
Those Burdened by Adversity or Difficulties
The Local Community
Australian Catholics The Church
The Church
PRAYERS OF
THE FAITHFUL
The Church
1 We pray for Orthodox Christians beginning Holy Week today, that their celebration of the paschal mysteries will refresh their faith in the crucified and risen Lord….
SOURCE: Australian Catholics
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For the Church: that we may continually draw life from Christ and bear a rich harvest of virtues and Gospel values for God’s glory…
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
First Reading
Government/World
Governing Authorities and
Salvation of the World
PRAYERS OF
THE FAITHFUL
Governing Authorities and the Salvation of the World
2 We pray for the displaced and starving people of Sudan, that their extreme needs will not be ignored by the world but met with sustained and generous assistance…
SOURCE: Australian Catholics
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PRESS FREEDOM INDEX: Blues-good, yellow-problems, orange-difficult, red-very serious situation.
We pray for journalists, especially those reporting from dangerous places, that this week’s World Press Freedom Day (3 May) will reinforce their commitment to bringing the truth to light….
SOURCE: Australian Catholics
Children, let us love not in word or speech
but in deed and truth.
Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth
and reassure our hearts before him
in whatever our hearts condemn,
for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.
Second Reading
Adversity/Difficulty
Those Burdened
by Adversity or Difficulties
PRAYERS OF
THE FAITHFUL
Those Burdened by Adversity or Difficulties
3 For all who feel cut off from God, friends, themselves, or life itself: that God will show them how they are connected and from whom they can draw life….
SOURCE: Australian Catholics
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For all who are experiencing pruning through loss, transition, or change: that God will give them strength, guide them, and help them find courage and support through fellow believers…
SOURCE: Sunday Website
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own
unless it remains on the vine,
so neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches.
Gospel
Local Community
The Local Community
5th Sunday of Easter B
For all who come back to Catholicism, that they may make the necessary challenges to live on the vine.
And to him my soul shall live;
my descendants shall serve him.
Let the coming generation be told of the LORD
that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born
the justice he has shown.
Responsorial Psalm
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