Acts 2: 38,39.  Peter said to them “Repent, and be baptised everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”

As you protect and guide your Church, so lead her members to care for one another and to stand firm against evil.  Give us the power to lead others into the way of life, to bring them into the one true fold where you hold safe in love all who have heard and answered your voice.

Lord hear us. Lord graciously hear us.

Have mercy on all who have take the wrong way and whose lives are without direction.  Restore them to knowledge of the truth, and to the joy which they lost in wandering away from you.  Lead the nations of the world into the way of peace, and turn the hearts of their rulers to agreement and reconciliation. 

Lord hear us. Lord graciously hear us.

Enable us to give ourselves more readily in our work, our homes, and in all our contacts with others.  Bless and relieve those known to us whose lives are difficult at this time.  Give us grace to offer ourselves to them in prayer and service.  

Lord hear us. Lord graciously hear us.

We offer to you in love all who suffer in body, and or spirit, those in this parish and any others known to us personally.  Heal the hurt and broken bodies, give peace to the troubled minds, and restore hope to the grieved and anxious spirits.  Lead human sorrow throttle pain of the dying Christ to the joy of the Resurrection.  

Lord hear us. Lord graciously hear us.

As we rejoice in the Resurrection of our Saviour, we pray for all who like him haves suffered bodily death.  We pray the the power which brought Him from the grave may give them a part in His victory over death and in His risen life for ever.

Lord hear us. Lord graciously hear us.

Acts 2: 41. So those who welcomed His message were baptised, and that day about three thousand persons were added.

Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Amen