Here is a prayer of intercession inspired by the
suggested scripture readings for the fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C. It comes
from the Life in Liturgy blog.
Prayer for
Others
(Easter 5,
Year C)
How
wondrous is your great forgiving love, mighty God!.
How
wondrous is your life-giving power!.
With
joy we revel in the glow of the sun this day,
and
we wonder at the life everlasting
that
you have opened for us in raising Jesus from the dead.
As
people born of his Spirit,
we
are awakened to a world that is caught still
in
the night-shades of sin,
and
broken by its suffering.
And
here, in the midst of all death,
we
long to bring life;
we
would see Jesus,
and
we would lift him up
as
a beacon of your love and promise to our world.
Hear
our prayers for those who are suffering this day—
the
hungry and homeless,
the
sick and imprisoned,
the
angry, the lonely and lost.
We
pray that you would not let our concern pass from our hearts
as
these words pass from our lips,
but
rather that you would empower us to do your work
of
healing and reconciliation in their lives.
We
especially lift to you this day
all
those who are close to our hearts,
whose
needs we are so often reminded of,
and
for ourselves in our own needs.
As
you made a fearful and disjointed band of disciples
into
your holy church,
we
pray that you would make us anew,
that
we, your body in our world,
would
serve you in joy and hope and thankfulness
all
the days of our life together in Christ Jesus our Lord,
in
whose glorious name we pray.
