PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
February 6, 2022
The Light of the Lord will brighten the darkest corners.
Open the doors of your hearts
and welcome the Light of Christ.
Penitential Prayer
Let us not dwell on our problems —
Whatever mistakes have been made
will be forgiven.
Whatever transgressions have been perpetrated
will be forgiven.
Whatever sins have been committed
will be forgiven.
Let us ask for the forgiveness of Christ.
Let us pray from the depths of our hearts —
Jesus, we have wronged ourselves as well as others.
Jesus, we are truly sorry for our mistakes, transgressions, and sins.
Christ forgive us.
Blessing
Work for peace,
pray for peace,
live for peace.
Christ be with you.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
February 13, 2022
Greeting
Only those who have open hands can receive.
Only those who have open minds can learn.
Only those who have open souls can be filled.
Penitential Prayer
We admit this morning to the sin of pride
We have difficulty in admitting we are wrong.
We find it so hard to say, I’m sorry.
We are eager to think of excuses for our mistakes.
We tend to criticize others to make ourselves look better.
We often close our minds to the opinions of others.
We pretend to know when we really don’t.
Forgive us, Lord, and remove our conceit.
Humble us and give us a healthy sense of awe before You.
Blessing
Speak the truth,
but do so in love.
Proclaim the faith,
but do so in humility.
Contend for the right,
but do so in gentleness.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
February 20, 2022
Greeting
Come, let us seek the Lord Jesus.
Let us follow His steps.
Let us receive His Spirit.
Let us hear His Voice
as He reveals the Will of the Father.
Penitential Prayer
Lord, we admit that we sometimes are too willing and ready to listen to the false prophets of our age.
We may have grasped, in desperation, some strange sectarian teaching.
We may have been duped by the hysterical voices of the prophets of doom.
We may have believed those who have said, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
For the sin of sometimes being too willing and ready to listen to the false prophets of our age, Father, forgive us.
Blessing
Go from this place of worship
with joy in your spirit,
with love in your heart,
with a spring in your feet,
with a song on your lips.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
February 27, 2022
Greeting
In His sacred Presence
the storm of the world is calmed.
In His Presence
even the mountains tremble.
Come, let us worship the Master —
Let us praise the Lord for His sacred Presence,
in all things.
Penitential Prayer
Father, there is not one among us
who will not admit his shame,
For into this house, Your Holy Temple,
we bring our anxious worry,
our greed,
our fears,
our egotistical preoccupations,
our prejudices,
our anger,
and our weakness.
Father, there is not one among us
who will not admit his shame?
and pray for Your forgiveness.
Blessing
Every breath is a miracle,
every heartbeat is a mystery.
Every entity of the universe
is generated and sustained
by the Will of Almighty God.
Worry no more.
Abide in the word of The One True Lord.