Loving and gentle God, we come to you with full confidence in your steadfast love. Have mercy on us as we speak our hearts - we who often do not know how to pray, inspire us and give us words where we need them, and silence where it speaks most eloquently.
We pray for all world leaders: may they promote life, peace and justice for all peoples, and may we be quietly and Godly governed.
We pray for all victims of war throughout the world and victims of violence, especially remembering the people of Syria and Yemen: grant your protection and peace.
We pray for the refugee and alien: help us to look after the interests of the stranger among us. We grieve for the hardship of those who have had to flee their homes and countries in many places around the world, grant us insight and compassion.
We pray for all who suffer economic hardship: bring relief in measure of your abundance.
We remember those who have gone before us in the peace of Christ, may they rest in peace and rise in glory. Give comfort to all who mourn, and hope to the hopeless.
We lift up all who are in need of healing, in body, mind and spirit, for the suffering we do not understand, for the despairing and the forsaken. We especially pray for those who have no one to pray for them; grant your healing, help and wholeness.
We ask all these through Jesus Christ, our mediator and advocate. Amen...
