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Prayers
St. John’s
Episcopal Church is a praying community with a strong tradition
of praying for others, known as intercessory prayer. We have a prayer
box with pencils and paper in the entrance to our church. Write
your request and leave it in the box, if you visit our church. If
you would like our church to pray for you or someone you know, you
can also send a message to priest@stjohnsharpersferry.org and ask
for prayer. Please tell us if you want us to put the prayer here
on our web page, so that others outside our church can pray for
you, or if you would prefer to have it read at church services,
or both.
Current
prayer requests
- Please pray
for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Please pray
for the safety of Gerard Gallucci the U.N. Representative to East
Timor, in the nation of Kosovo. Please pray for peace between
Kosovo and Serbia.
- Please pray
for the safety of Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson.
- Please pray
for the health and safety of Ambassador to Peru Michael McKinley.
- Please pray
for the mission and safety of West Virginian the Rev. Zach Drennen
in Kenya.
- Please pray
for West Virginian Stephen Day, and his mission in Tanzania.
Prayer
for Appalachian Trail Hikers
May the angels
of the Lord camp around you,
And may
you commit your way to the Lord.
May you
walk in integrity,
Sure as
the feet of deer in high places.
May you
know in your heart
That all
the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.
May you
be led beside still waters,
As well
as along rocky paths.
May the
Lord make your mountain stand strong,
And be
your rock and your fortress.
May he
strengthen your heart,
And teach
you his paths.
May God
be your salvation and glory,
And may
you find water when you are thirsty.
May you
finish your journey in peace,
And live
in the habitation where his honor dwells.
~~The Rev. Georgia
C. DuBose, and the congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church,
Home of the Appalachian Trail Water Ministry (Prayer phrases taken
from the Psalms of David)
Prayers
of the People - Easter 2010
O God, who made
the world and everything in it we pray with one voice, proclaiming
your presence to all the earth.
For skeptics and believers, for clergy high and low;
For those who seek God at home, at work, in the streets, and in
the pews,
For all who search for life, come and listen:
And we will tell you what our God has done for us
We are alive
in the spirit.
We are saved through water.
Because Christ lives, we also live.
For we are God's
offspring.
For presidents
and prime ministers, for employers and wardens;
For those who set the course at home, at work, in the streets, and
in the pews,
For all who wield power, come and listen:
And we will
tell you what our God has done for us.
We do not fear
what others fear.
We proclaim the hope that is in us.
Because Christ lives, we also live.
For we are God's
offspring.
For friends,
for neighbors and strangers,
For those who eat bread at home, at work, in the streets, and in
the pews,
For all who live in the world, come and listen:
And we will
tell you what our God has done for us.
In God, we live
and move and have our being.
From God, we have life and breath and all things.
Because Christ lives, we also live.
For we are God's
offspring.
For the sick
and troubled, for the fearful and alone,
For those in pain at home, at work, in the streets, and in the pews,
For all who suffer, come and listen:
And we will
tell you what our God has done for us.
Our souls are held in life.
In truth, our God has heard us,
and love is not withheld.
Because Christ lives, we also live.
For we are God's
offspring.
For those kept
in memory, for those long forgotten,
For all who ever took the breath of life at home, at work, in the
streets, and in the pews,
For the dead and those who mourn them, come and listen:
And we will
tell you what our God has done for us.
We are blessed
by your presence.
We are filled with the Spirit.
Because Christ lives, we also live.
For we are God's
offspring.
God of heaven
and earth, Spirit of truth, to you alone we turn our eyes
and lift our hearts.
Amen.
~
Katie Gaulding, St. John's
Prayer
Attributed to St. Francis
Lord,
make us intruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us
wo love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord,
union; where ther is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkeness, light; where ther is sadness, joy. Grant
that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be
undertsood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in
giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen
The
Book of Common Prayer, p. 833
For
the Human Family
O God,
you made us in your image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son:
Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance
and hatred that infect our hearts;
Break down the
walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through
our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth;
that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in
harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Book of Common Prayer, p.
815
For
Recovery from Sickness
O God, the strength
of the weak and the comfort of sufferers: Mercifullay accept our
prayers, and grant to your servants the help of your power, that
their sickenss may be turned into health, and our sorrow into joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
The
Book of Common Prayer, p. 458
For
those who mourn
Almighty God,
look with pity upon the sorrows of your servants for whom we pray.
Remember them, Lord, in mercy; nourish them with patience; comfort
them with a sense of your goodness; lift up your countenance upon
them; and give them peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For
those in the Armed Forces of our Country
Almighty
God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and
women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by
day with your havenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and
temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them;
and gran them a sense of your adiding presence wherever they may
be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The
Book of Common Prayer, p. 823
For
Guidance
Direct
us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and
further us with your continual help; that in all our works begun,
continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your holy Name, and
finally, by your mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
The
Book of Common Prayer, p. 832
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