PrayeroftheChurch

Praying tonight for the Orthodox Christians murdered in Jordan and Ethiopia, and all persecuted Christians. 'Who will separate us from the love of #Christ? (Nothing)...will be able to separate us from the love of God in #ChristJesus our Lord. Romans 8:35 CAFOD #Prayer

Christ our loving Lord, in your kindness be with the sick and the poor, the weak and the dying: bring them your comfort. ~ Be near us, Lord, this evening. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheSick #PrayerfortheDying #JesusChrist

We pray for the faithful departed: that through your mercy they may rest in peace. ~ Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead #JesusChrist

We pray for our families, and the community in which we live: that we may find you in them. ~ Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #JesusChrist

We pray for the faithful departed: that through your mercy they may rest in peace. ~ Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead #JesusChrist

We pray for our families, and the community in which we live: that we may find you in them. ~ Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #JesusChrist

Bring the dead into your light: comfort them with your presence. ~ Father, may we find rest in your love. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist Image from Taize

Strengthen us in the hour of death: let us know your peace. ~ Father, may we find rest in your love. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDying #JesusChrist Crucifixion Tree of Life

Bring to the sick your comfort and healing; strengthen them through the victory of Calvary. ~ Father, may we find rest in your love. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheSick #Prayer #JesusChrist Christ carrying his cross by Ladislav Záborský

Give peace to those who have died; grant them eternal rest. ~ Lord, show your love to all people. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist #Christ Enthroned with Evangelists by Ukrainian artist Natalya Rusetska

Pope Leo will not need any further therapy after undergoing lung cancer surgery last week, ​his doctors said on Wednesday, indicating that his ‌tumor had not spread. For @reuters.com

Lord Jesus Christ, meek & humble of heart, you offer to those who follow you a yoke that is good to bear, a burden that is light. Accept, we beg you, our prayer & work of this day, & grant us the rest we need that we may be ever more willing to serve you. #Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer #JesusChrist

Give peace to those who have died; grant them eternal rest. ~ Lord, show your love to all people. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist #Christ Enthroned with Evangelists by Ukrainian artist Natalya Rusetska

Receive the departed into your eternal kingdom; sustain our hope to reign with you for ever. ~ Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead #JesusChrist

Awaken the dead to a glorious resurrection: may we be united with them at the end of time. ~ Your kingdom come! #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead #JesusChrist

Lord, give #peace to our troubled world; and give to your children security of mind and freedom from anxiety. ~ Your kingdom come! #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerforPeace #JesusChrist Shepherd's Care by Yongsung Kim

Guide the Pope and all the bishops of your Church: grant them the gifts of unity, of love, and of peace. ~ Your kingdom come! #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerforthePope #JesusChrist

Father, have mercy on those who have died in the peace of Christ: receive them into the home you have prepared for them. ~ Our hope is all in you, Lord God. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist

Father, we pray for Leo, our Pope, and for our local bishops: guide them and bless them in their work. ~ Our hope is all in you, Lord God. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerforthePope #Prayer #JesusChrist Image: Pope Leo by Izzi Shaw

Have mercy on those who have lost their lives through warfare or violence, and receive them into your rest. ~ Lord, be with your people. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist

Lord Jesus Christ, meek & humble of heart, you offer to those who follow you a yoke that is good to bear, a burden that is light. Accept, we beg you, our prayer & work of this day, & grant us the rest we need that we may be ever more willing to serve you. #Compline #NightPrayer #JesusChrist #Prayer

Father, give a place of life and rest to those who have died in your peace: may we share with them in the glory of Jesus Christ, who died to save us all. ~ Lord, in your mercy, hear our #prayer. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #JesusChrist #Christ by Nikola Sarić

Lord, the one whom you love is sick... Surround Leo, your servant and our shepherd, with your healing grace, strengthen him in the days ahead, give him courage, and keep him free from anxiety. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for him. Saint Joseph and Saint Peter, pray for him. Amen.

Pardon the sins of all our departed brothers and sisters: may they enjoy new life in the company of your saints. ~ Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist Christ Ascending, All Saints Church, Oakham, Rutland

Fulfil the hopes of those who sleep in your peace: bring them to that final resurrection when you will be all in all. ~ Father, unite all things in #Christ. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist Image by Juan Miguel Martin, photograph by Maldonati

Your people have known the ravages of war and hatred: grant that they may know the peace left by #Christ your Son. ~ Father, unite all things in Christ. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerforPeace #Prayer #JesusChrist Icon by Theodore Papadopoulos

Welcome all who have died in your peace; bring them to everlasting life with our Lady and all the saints. ~ Lord Jesus, hear our prayer. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist

Give us grace, almighty God, so to unite ourselves in faith with #Christ your only Son, who underwent death and lay buried in the tomb, that we may rise again in newness of life with him. The Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. Amen. #Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer

Lord #JesusChrist, meek and humble of heart, you offer to those who follow you a yoke that is good to bear, a burden that is light. Accept, we beg you, our prayer and work of this day, and grant us the rest we need that we may be ever more willing to serve you. Amen. #Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer

When the #angels summon the dead from the four corners of the world, may your people be gathered as one into your joy. ~ Let us praise the Father with the hosts of heaven. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #FeastDay #GuardianAngels #JesusChrist

Responsory ℟. O God, you came to meet me with your love, which has grown since my childhood: its depths are beyond measure. ℣. How vast is the goodness, Lord, that you keep for those who fear you: its depths are beyond measure. #OfficeofReadings #FeastDay #StThereseofLisieux #Prayer

Through all the #holywomen who live in the light of your glory, grant to the faithful departed the everlasting vision of happiness. ~ Lord, remember your Church. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #FeastDay #StThérèseofLisieux Window by Margaret Agnes Rope in Holy Name, Birkenhead.

Today's the feast of St St Thérèse of Lisieux, 19th Century French nun, surrounded by roses in Tomasz Tuszko's Carmelites window, 2013 at St Mary, Inverness. Above and below are St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila, with St Faustina opposite under the Holy Trinity.

Lord #JesusChrist, meek & humble of heart, you offer to those who follow you a yoke that is good to bear, a burden that is light. Accept, we beg you, our prayer & work of this day, & grant us the rest we need that we may be ever more willing to serve you. #Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer

When the angels summon the dead from the four corners of the world, may your people be gathered as one into your joy. ~ Let us praise the Father with the hosts of heaven. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #FeastDay #Archangels #JesusChrist Tobiah & the Angels St Peter&Paul Church

O God, who dispose in marvellous order ministries both angelic & human, graciously grant that our life on earth may be defended by those who watch over us as they minister perpetually to you in heaven. Through #Christ your Son. #Feastday #Archangels #SaintsMichaelGabrielRaphael

Lord #Jesus, we commend to you all those who have died, especially those who, in their lifetime, shared in the sacred ministry: let them praise you for ever in heaven. ~ Be near us, Lord, this evening. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #PrayerfortheFaithfulDeparted #JesusChrist

Christ our loving Lord, in your kindness be with the sick and the poor, the weak and the dying: bring them your comfort. ~ Be near us, Lord, this evening. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist Image: Liesbeth Smulders

Christ our loving Lord, in your kindness be with the sick and the poor, the weak and the dying: bring them your comfort. ~ Be near us, Lord, this evening. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist Image: Liesbeth Smulders

We pray for the faithful departed: that through your mercy they may rest in peace. ~ Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist

Be with #PopeLeo in his service of the Church. Fill him with the power of your #HolySpirit, the peace of your presence & the compassion of #Christ. May he walk with you, in wisdom & humility, & lead us together with all God’s people, to embody your love for the world. #Prayer Image from OSV News

Bring the dead into your light: comfort them with your presence. ~ Father, may we find rest in your love. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayerfortheDead #JesusChrist Crucifix Westminster Cathedral, London

Lord #JesusChrist, meek & humble of heart, you offer to those who follow you a yoke that is good to bear, a burden that is light. Accept, we beg you, our prayer & work of this day, & grant us the rest we need that we may be ever more willing to serve you. #Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer

Father, you placed your Son at your own right hand in heaven; receive the dead into the happiness of your kingdom. ~ Lord, remember your Church. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #FeastDay #StMatthew #Apostle #JesusChrist Image: #Christ with Evangelists

O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline

Almighty Father, have mercy on those who have lost their lives through warfare or violence, and receive them into your rest. ~ Lord, be with your people. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #PrayeroftheChurch #LordJesusChrist Marc Chagall window in Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims

We pray for those who have gone before us, signed with the sign of the cross: may they rise with #Christ in power when his voice resounds again through the universe: ‘It is consummated.’ ~ Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer

Lord #JesusChrist, meek & humble of heart, you offer to those who follow you a yoke that is good to bear, a burden that is light. Accept, we beg you, our prayer & work of this day, & grant us the rest we need that we may be ever more willing to serve you. #Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer

Father, bring those who have died in your peace to that knowledge which fulfils faith and answers hope: grant them the fullness of your love. ~ Lord, grant us your love. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #JesusChrist Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Barcelona

Father, you exalted the Virgin Mary and crowned her queen of heaven; may the dead enter your kingdom and rejoice with your saints for ever. ~ May the Virgin Mary intercede for us. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #FeastDay #NativityofTheBlessedVirginMary