Here’s a prayer of intercession written for the third Sunday of Lent (March 11, 2012). It comes from the Center of Concern website.
Prayers of the People
God, help us turn away from the gods of wealth,
social status, greed and military and political power.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
God, help us to respect you and your creation and all its creatures.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
God, help us move beyond a preoccupation
with possessions and money
and help us make sure that all people have the opportunity
for rest and recreation
and that all laborers are treated with respect
and have the wages and time to live in dignity.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
God, help us to look beyond ourselves
and to respect our elders,
especially those who are poor or otherwise in need.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
God, help our nations to live in peace
and bring an end to all the killing.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
God, help us to have healthy and respectful relationships on all levels
and to treat no person as an object or thing.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
God, help us and help our government, our corporations,
and all our institutions to work for the common good of all people,
especially the poor, and not to take what is not right.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
God, help us to make sure that integrity and transparency
are part of our public life.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
God, help us to look beyond our selfish desires
and respect the common good of the whole community.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
God, help us to treat no human person
as a possession for our use
but a creation of God filled with dignity and entitled to respect.
We pray....
Help us do what is right and good for all.
— written by John Bucki, SJ, from the Center of Concern. https://www.coc.org/
For more worship resources for March 11, 2012 (the third Sunday of Lent), click on Lent 3 B in the list of “Labels” at the lower right side of the page. For more prayers of confession/words of assurance on this blog, click on Confession or Words of assurance in the list of “Labels” at the lower right, or see the scriptural Confession Index at the upper right. For more prayer resources on this blog, see the Scriptural Index of Prayers at the upper right.
