Bidding Prayers for 26 February (First Sunday of Lent)

BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 26 February

Introduction (by the Presider)  As we begin the lenten journey, let us remember all those in need:

  1. For Francis our pope and all our bishops, we pray (pause for five seconds). Lord, hear us
  2. For Christians who suffer for their faith, we pray (pause for five seconds). Lord, hear us.
  3. For peace in Ukraine and in South Sudan, we pray (pause for five seconds). Lord hear us.
  4. For those homeless after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, we pray (pause for five seconds). Lord hear us
  5. For the hungry and poor people of our world, we pray (pause for five seconds). Lord hear us.
  6. For a spirit of penance as we begin Lent, we pray (pause for five seconds). Lord hear us.

The Presider prays for the dead: For those who have died (especially N.& N. who died recently and N. & N. whose anniversaries occur), that God may reward their faithfulness (pause for quiet prayer)  Lord, hear us.

Conclusion (by the Presider)  O God, you understand our weakness, you know our needs: Give us the joy of your help, we beseech you, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Brendan Hoban, writing in the Western People, again comments on the decreasing numbers of priests to serve in Ireland and the consequences that arise as a result for the remaining, mainly elderly, priests.
But he adds “my interest here is not in the priesthood issue.
Rather it’s on how the failure to address this issue by the leadership of our Church is impinging on the immediate victims (the present priests) caught in the slipstream of an on-going decision by the Irish bishops to continue to avoid ‘the elephant in the living room’.
“Are there not a few bishops who might do a Bishop Kräutler on it and have a chat with Pope Francis about the implications of his Christmas message – ‘the world has changed and so must the Church’?
What is it about that sentence that the Irish bishops don’t understand or refuse to accept, even though almost every Catholic in Ireland seems happy to acknowledge?”

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