Here’s a
prayer of petition and intercession for Good Friday from John van de Laar’s Sacredise website.
Prayer: Requests
If the
cross tells us anything, O Lord,
it is that
You know and share our suffering:
You are
with us, and all those who are victims of disease,
of the
violence or abuse of others,
of our own
ignorance, foolishness or sin.
Help us and
restore us, O Lord, we pray.
You are
with us, and all those who inflict pain on others and on our world,
through our
selfishness or greed,
through our
brokenness or anger,
through our
rigidity or need to be right.
Help us and
restore us, O Lord, we pray.
You are
with us, and all those who are fearful of threats
to this
world we call home,
to our
safety and survival,
to our
sense of community and togetherness as people.
Help us and
restore us, O Lord, we pray.
Silent personal prayers may be
offered here.
Christ of
the Cross,
See our
need of Your grace,
Hear our
prayer for Your mercy,
And come to
us again, to help and restore,
because we
cannot heal ourselves.
Amen.
~ written
by John van de Laar, in A Communion
Liturgy for Good Friday, posted on the Sacredise.com
website. http://www.sacredise.com/
