Praying Together 2021

120 Gather Light a candle as a sign of God’s presence and sit quietly. Ring a bell or chime to start the prayer. The Lord be with you! And with your spirit. COLLECT Let us pray that we may show your goodness to the world. (pause) God our Father, you know us and love us for we are your children. Help us to bring peace and joy to others. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. SCRIPTURE A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians 3:14-19 Brothers and sisters: I kneel in prayer to the Father. All things in heaven and on earth receive their life from him. God is wonderful and glorious. I pray that his Spirit will make you become strong followers and that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. Stand firm and be deeply rooted in his love. I pray that you and all of God’s people will understand what is called wide or long or high or deep. I want you to know all about Christ’s love, although it is too wonderful to be measured. Then your lives will be filled with all that God is. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. RESPONSE Let’s lift our hearts in praise of God’s love as we sin g “Wide, High, Long, Deep” b y Ellie Holcomb. Children might like to create some actions to go with this song! DISMISSAL May the love of Christ inspire us. Amen. May God bless us in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Ring the bell or chime to signal the end of the prayer. Extinguish the candle. Wednesday Week 15 Ordinary Time 14 July 2021 “I want you to know all about Christ’s love.”