Communion Prayers for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost B 2009
As we partake of the wine placed here, fill us with a renewed life dedicated to the lifestyle Jesus taught us.
As we partake of the wine placed here, fill us with a renewed life dedicated to the lifestyle Jesus taught us.
Do you understand: Our anger? Our greed? Our jealousies?
accept these gifts that you also accept a commitment from this congregation to offer them without anger or resentment
The church is more than the sum of its worldly parts.
When we have angry feelings, help us to bring to you. When we are frustrated as the result of seeming futile struggles to get ahead in our lives, help us to confess those to you.
We bring all of our troubles and conflicts before our Lord.
Based upon Ephesians 4:25 – 5:2 We bring to this table an endless list of problems. Some of these problems are the results of our own actions, others, the results…
Over the years, I have heard many lament the loss of values that the present world has. I have heard teachers complain about the lack of discipline among the children in their classes. I have heard grandparents worry about the indifference to Christian values in their grandchildren. I have listened to husbands and wives complain about the loss of love in their marriages. I have heard church members complain about the lack of loyalty to God that seems prevalent in our society. All these things and more add up to the urgency of our need for God's Church.