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Like Liked by 1 person. Thanks Tony for your wisdom and insightful comment. Our prayer and actions should be mirror images of each other. To practice that congruity is my work and my repentance. Reblogged this on Born Again Jen and commented:. Please feel free to use the prayers in whatever way might be meaningful and helpful. Father, Thank you for permission to use this beautiful prayer. My 7th and 8th graders will be using it this week along with these pictures.
God bless you for this prayer that will bring grace to the suffering and enlightenment to those of us live in a peaceful place. Kevin, thank you for the work you are doing with your students and for sharing the pictures. The pictures are heartbreaking and, in some way, enflesh the words of the prayer. As it should be, I think. Dear Michael, thank you for this prayer as it reflects the cry of my heart. May I have permission to use it as an example of a prayer of intercession for a workshop I am running next year.
I love the congregational response involving them in the prayer. I thank God for your sermons they fed me through a dry time in my life. May God bless your ministry and the insights he gives you. Yours in Christ Judy Kennedy. Judy, thank you for reading my blog and for your encouraging words. Yes, please feel free to use the litany at your workshop. Thank you for the litany as well as sharing Ms.
Ecumenical prayers for peace in Syria to the table of peace-making, we pray, neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor Everywhere we look, we see pain and suffering in Syria: . God of Compassion, Hear the cries of the people of Syria, Bring healing to those suffering from the violence, Bring comfort to those mourning the dead.
I especially appreciated the personalization of Psalm Yesterday I led Prayers of the People and used a large portion to direct our time in prayer for the people of Aleppo. Erica, thank you for your prayers and for reading my blog. It is an image that has remained with me. Reblogged this on Solid gold creativity. Litany Against enemies of Holy Church.
First, if I am going to deal with the enemies of the Church then I must begin with myself and my failings. Pour out Thine anger on the peoples that know thee not. He also invited Catholics to join him on the pilgrimage spiritually, and to pray the Rosary for peace throughout the month of May. May God bless your ministry and the insights he gives you. During a Mass in St.
Taken from the Ritual Romanum. Translation approved for congregational use by the Bishops of England and Wales.
The Litany of the Saints old rite is recited as far and inclusive of the Pater Noster except that the petition: After the Pater Noster is recited:. The dead bodies of They servant have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air: Their blood have they shed like water, round about Jerusalem: We are become a reproach unto our neighbours: How long, O Lord, wilt Thou be angry for ever: Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that have not known Thee: For they have devoured Jacob: O remember not our former iniquities: Lest they should say among the heathen: Where is their God?
And let Him be made known among the nations before our eyes, By revenging the blood of They servants, which hath been shed: O let the sighing of the prisoners come in before Thee. According the greatness of Thine arm: And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom: But we Thy people, and the sheep of Thy pasture: We will show forth Thy praise: Glory be to the Father, etc. That hope, O my God, in Thee. Be unto us, O Lord, a tower of Strength.
From before the face of the enemy. Let not the enemy prevail against us. Nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt us. Crush, O Lord, the pride of the enemies of Thy name. And humble their insolence by the might of They hand. May they become as dust before the face of the wind. R, And may the Angel of the Lord pursue them.
Pour out Thine anger on the peoples that know thee not. And upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thee.
Send us, O Lord, help from the Holy Place. And defend us out of Sion. O Lord, hear my prayer. R, And let my cry come come to Thee. Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of They people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: The litany does, however, raise a few thoughts for me.
First, if I am going to deal with the enemies of the Church then I must begin with myself and my failings.
Thanks for bringing this litany to my attention. I think the prayer is good, and I myself feel deep pain when I see the plight of the people of Syria, no matter what their faith, but this prayer does not address the delinquent reaction of the U. Catholic Bishops in addressing the obvious discrimination by the Obama administration in their reluctance to admit Christian Syrian Refugees into the U. Also, everyone is ignoring the real problem of the Syrian people, and that is the past 30 insurgency of Sunni Muslim extremists in the country who resent their extremism being subdued by a non-Muslim Alawite President.
I never hear a word of encouragement for our Middle Eastern Brothers or Sisters in a Catholic Mass, nor any plea for financial and spiritual support for Middle Eastern Christians. Instead, all I hear from our Catholic leadership is words of caution, not to be over critical or judgemental for people in the faith of Islam half of which want to wipe Christianity from the history books. Thanks, James, for your comment. I think the problem has a long history and is extremely complex, and is not limited to a particular religion, sect, political party, or country.
It is a human tragedy and the prayers are intended for all people, regardless of their faith, politics, or nationality. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content How long, O Lord, how long? I keep being shown crowds of children, thousands and thousands of them walking around clinging to each other, bewildered, not understanding how their parents have been killed, how their homes have been destroyed and how their very lives are in danger. I am shown these innocent children learning to hate, learning to want revenge. Some people have asked me why I am so exercised by Syria. Why not Ukraine or Southern Sudan or any of the other places where there is terrible suffering?
That if the situation in Syria is not resolved a major conflict could develop that leads to a massive loss of life all around the world, with consequences that impact us all. You can read more about this and about the more hopeful outcome I am shown in my article for the Huffington Post here http: I am really pleased that fifteen places of prayer from different religions Muslim, Catholic, Jewish, Jain, Episcopalian, in different countries USA, Colombia, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Spain have accepted my invitation to a weekend of pray for Syria starting this evening and are dedicating their prayers to peace in Syria.
I will be joining them in prayer from my home in Ireland and I am inviting you to join us in prayer — either at the same time as one of these prayer services is happening, or on your own. Do join us in this prayer. All our prayers count.