Father of mercy, You have kept Your promise to send a Savior from the house of David. As You gave faith to Your servant Mary that she would receive the words of the angel Gabriel with joy, so open our hearts to receive with joy the promises of salvation through Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord; Lord, in Your mercy: HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy, through
Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and forever. Amen.
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“And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.’ And the angel departed from her.” Luke 1:38
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A Prayer based on the Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer
“Our Father, who art in heaven”
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O Lord, Almighty God, You graciously gave Your only-begotten Son over to death that we sinners might believe that You are ‘Our Father’ and we are your children, so that with all boldness and confidence each Christian may ask of you as dear children ask of their dear father. To that end, lend Your fatherly ear to my petitions:
* For the ill, suffering, injured: As a father is ever faithful at the bedside of his ailing children, so also be ‘Our Father’ in caring for those who are ill, injured, or hospitalized (including Norm Bunge and Connie Block, family - Sue Ail (niece of Kathy Hoppmann), Debbie Taylor (daughter-in-law of Ed and Elaine) and Mary Adams (mother of Frank Cappi).
* For the anxious, lonely: As a father brings courage to his trembling children, so also be ‘Our Father’ in giving strength to those who prepare for surgery or await test results and those who are otherwise anxious or lonely my nephew, Joe, and my niece, Roxanne.
* For the mourning: As a father comforts his children, so also be ‘Our Father’ in wiping every tear from the eye of those who mourn the death of loved ones including Jim Loszach and his family at the death of his grandfather. Comfort them with the certainty of the resurrection and the promised inheritance of all who are children of the Heavenly Father.
* Please bless the Widows and Widowers of Calvary as well as our shut-ins: Dorothy Bratton, Irene Fehrman, Geraldine Hagemann, Bruce Morecraft, Janet Keller. Alice Breneman and Myrtle Stade.
* For the rejoicing: As a father takes pleasure in providing joys and blessings for his children, so also be ‘Our Father’ in hearing our thankful praises for the blessings you have bestowed on your children. With those whom you have called in Holy Baptism to be Your child, with those who celebrate anniversaries and birthdays with those who thank you for new and restored health, and with those who celebrate any of life’s blessings, we thank and praise you as ‘Our Father.’
Hear my petitions, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of Your Son, who has taught your adopted children to pray, “Our Father, who art in heaven…”
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