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Prayers for the week of  November 2, 2014

Lord God, Heavenly Father, with the saints of heaven and earth we praise Your Holy Name, for You comfort us through the words of the apostle: “We are God’s children now.” Therefore, hear our prayers and grant our petitions and address our suffering in whatever way pleases You. Lord, in Your mercy:hear our prayer.  Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.  

In joyful expectation of the resurrection of our bodies to eternal life, we pray that You would graciously keep us in fellowship with all your saints and bring us at last with them to the eternal joys of heaven; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

“Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.  And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.”
1 John 3:2-3
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A Prayer based on the Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer

“Thy Kingdom Come”

In the Name of the Father and of (+) the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

O Lord, Whose Kingdom comes freely and abundantly, we sinners pray that Your Kingdom may come among us also, even today, as Your Holy Spirit works through Word and Sacrament to bring us Your Kingdom of grace and mercy, so that we would believe Your Word and lead a godly life according to it. To that end, lend your fatherly ear to my petitions:

* For the ill, suffering, injured: O Lord, as Your Son came preaching, “the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” so also as part of that message He came healing the sick and raising the dead. Bring comfort to those who contend with illness, to those who suffer, to the injured and the hurting, especially to Dan Johnson*, Rebecca (sister of Richard Mulles*) and Nicole (cousin of Kim Wyatt)- and all those who are sick, injured, or suffering, Marina (daughter-in-law of the Mautones*)- grant comfort in her own family’s turmoil, giving her strength and confidence in You. that (he/she/they) may know that Your Kingdom of temporal care and eternal salvation is even now  among us through the work of your Holy Spirit and your blessed Word and Sacrament.

* For the anxious, lonely: O God, through the work of Your Holy Spirit, who brings to our remembrance all the promises of Christ, we know that the blessings of Your Kingdom – given freely in Your Divine Service to us – is a present comfort, a daily calm in the face of all our cares.  Hear my prayer on behalf of (NAME) that (he/she/they) would be granted Your peace, which needs not worry about tomorrow, for Thy Kingdom of grace and mercy is among us this day. Grant us all peace for today and tomorrow’s certain hope that Your Holy Spirit will continue to work among us and strengthen and sustain us through Your Word and Sacrament.

* For the mourning: O Lord, Thy Kingdom comes among us each and every day; especially at life’s end, are we thankful  that You have sustained Your saints through Your Spirit’s working in Word and Sacraments, that the faithful might know a blessed end. Hear my prayer on behalf of (NAME), who mourns the death of a loved one. Comfort (him/her/them) with Your mercy; point (him/her/them) to the future glory that knows in full the joys of the Kingdom that has no end. Grant (NAME) the courage to know that – as (he/she/they) continue(s) on here below, here too Your Holy Spirit will continue to sustain (him/her/them) in Word and Sacrament.

* For the rejoicing: O Lord, with what rejoicing do we welcome and celebrate the coming gifts of Your Kingdom, Your grace and mercy therein, and the many temporal blessings that flow to us because – even today – Your Kingdom comes among us. Hear my prayer of thanksgiving on behalf of  the gift of baptismal life You have granted Judah Matthew Knoepfel; we praise Your Holy Name for the care.

We thank you for continuing to provide Catherine Stange in her new membership with us at Calvary.

 who today rejoice(s) at the occasion of (OCCASION). Grant (him/her/them) a thankful heart that confesses Your goodness and desires to continually receive the means by which Your grace and Spirit come – pouring out  the benefits of the cross upon us… those benefits won and purchased for us by the blood and death of Christ, our Lord.

Hear my petitions, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of Your Son, who has promised your kingdom to come and, thus, taught us to pray, “Our Father, who art in heaven…”