Body & Blood

Each week Dennis Keller is posting General Intercessions for the upcoming Sunday liturgies. He is a lay Dominican from the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina. He also provides weekly input for our feature Volume II.

General Intercessions
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

June 22

Presider: We are called to the heavenly banquet where we meet the Lord and share that banquet with Angels and humankind. As we continue in this life, let us direct our personal and collective needs and concerns to the Lord.

Deacon/ Lector/ Cantor: Please respond: “Lord, Hear our prayer”

1.Lord, protect Pope Leo and assist him in his efforts to bring peace to our warring hearts and nations, we pray...

2. Lord, encourage our Bishop ______, all bishops and clergy to effectively preach the Joy of the Gospel to their flocks to encourage them to grow in the life of the Spirit, we pray...

3. Lord, bless and enlighten our parish assembly to understand and approach with confidence the gift of your Body and Blood that heals, nourishes, and unites us, we pray...

4. Lord, you sacrificed your body for our reconciliation with the Father and each other. You poured out your blood for our purification. Stir our hearts to work for reconciliation among us and purification of our actions, we pray...

5. Lord, with guidance from the Holy Spirit, help us experience the salvation and liberation you won for us. May we work for peace, we pray...

6. Lord, we ask strength, kindness, and integrity for first responders, security personnel, and military personnel, we pray...

7. Lord, bless educators and health care professionals to support their lives poured out in loving service, we pray...

8. That those who died this week (list here) and those approaching death’s door are encouraged by faith and sacrament. That the intention of this Mass, (list here) ____is (are) remembered in our prayers, we pray...

9. Let us petition God for our personal needs and for help resolving concerns of hand, mind, and heart: (pause) Let us place these intentions on the altar with the financial gifts we offer for the ministries of our community, we pray...

Presider: Lord, Jesus Christ, we worship you living among us in the sacrament of your body and blood. Help us offer our Father a solemn pledge of undivided love. May we give our brothers and sisters a life poured out in loving service of that kingdom where you live with the Father and the Holy Spirit, forever.

Response: Amen.

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