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Prayers
Loving God,
From a young age He followed Your will.
He preached, healed and led people to You.
He suffered, He died and He rose.
Please be with us, the youth and young adults of St. Matthew's Parish.
Give us knowledge, courage and a willing heart to be the disciples of today.
To learn God's will, to share God's message and to be God's people.
To know, to love and to serve with youthful zeal.
Bless us with happiness, friendship, love, laughter, peace, hope, faith, achievement and direction.
We
dedicate and entrust our Youth Ministry work, for, with and by young
people to Blessed Pope John Paul II. We pray that through his
intercession we may find ourselves, find God and find our place in the
life and mission of our Church community.
Amen
For Appreciation of Each Other
We thank you, Father, for the gift of Jesus you Son who came to our earth and lived in a simple home.
We have a greater appreciation of the value and dignity of the human family because he loved and was
loved within its shelter. Bless us this day; we may grow in love for each other in our family and so give
thanks to you who are the maker of all human families and our abiding peace.
Prayer at Harvest and Thanksgiving
O God, source and giver of all things,
You manifest your infinite majesty, power and goodness
In the earth about us:
We give you honor and glory.
For the sun and the rain,
For the manifold fruits of our fields:
For the increase of our herds and flocks,
We thank you.
For the enrichment of our souls with divine grace,
We are grateful.
Supreme Lord of the harvest,
Graciously accept us and the fruits of our toil,
In union with Jesus, your Son,
As atonement for our sins,
For the growth of your Church,
For peace and love in our homes,
And for salvation for all.
We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
O God, we thank you for this earth, our home;
For the wide sky and blessed sun,
For the salt sea and the running water,
For the everlasting hills
And the never-resting winds,
For trees and the common grass underfoot.
We thank you for our senses
By which we hear the songs of birds,
And see the splendor of the summer fields,
And taste of the autumn fruits,
And rejoice in the feel of the snow,
And smell the breath of the spring.
Grant us a heart wide open to all this beauty;
And save our souls from being so blind
That we pass unseeing
When even the common thornbush
Is aflame with your glory,
O God our Creater,
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.