Prayers of Intercession - Calm amidst Chaos

Small Chaos, Nengi Omuku, 2020 

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Mary le Bow on Thursday 25th July 2022 ((Year B, Trinity 8, Proper 11) based on the text of Mark 6.30-34, 53-end.

Prayers of Intercession - Save Us Lord

Christ and Nicodemus, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1919

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 9th March 2023 (Year A, Second Sunday of Lent) based on John 3.1-17.

Prayers of Intercession - Do Not Worry

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1895

Prayers written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 16th February 2023 (Year A, Second before Lent) based on readings from Genesis 1.1-2.3 and Matthew 6.25-end.

Prayers of Intercession - The Feast of Candlemas

La presentación de Cristo en el templo, Kelly Latimore

Prayers of Intercession written for the Choral Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 2nd February 2023. The Feast of Candlemas. Based on texts from Malachi 3.1-5, Psalm 24, Hebrews 2.14-end and Luke 2.22-40.

Prayers of Intercession - Dreams and Wonders

The Dream, Marc Chagall, 1931

Prayers of Intercession for Morning Prayer on Saturday 5th November 2022 at St Augustine’s College of Theology, based on text from Daniel 4.1-18 and Revelation 4. 

The prayers of intercession this morning take the form of a litany. The response to each petition is “We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.”

Prayers of Intercession - The Word of the Lord

 

Lessons of Hearing, Laura Makabresku, 2021

Prayers of Intercession written for the Choral Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 27th October 2022 (Year C, Last after Trinity, Bible Sunday) based on readings from Romans 15.1-6 and Luke 4.16-24

Prayers of Intercession - God of the Margins

Ruth Gleaning. Study for the Painting 'The Gleaner', Sir Joseph Noel Paton, 1844 – Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Prayers written for the Business Harvest Festival at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 5th October 2022, based on the theme of ‘margins’ inspired by the message of Stephen’s excellent sermon, inspired by the Jewish practice of leaving the edge of the fields unharvested to make the grain available for the poor to glean (Deuteronomy 24.19).

 

God of the margins,

We pray for the church throughout the world; for all who use their gifts to glorify your name.

Strengthen those who practice their faith where the margin of safety is slim.

Guide your church to become a marginal habitat; a dynamic place of nurture, transition and change, 

  where we are each able to grow in your likeness;

offering space for reflection; a margin on the story of our lives. 

We welcome into your fellowship the recently baptised, including Leonora, and all those beginning a new chapter in their life of faith.

 

Lord in your mercy

Hear our prayer 

Prayers of Intercession - Our Messy March of Progress

Adolf Hölzel, Journey, 1915

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 24th August 2022 (Year C, 10th after Trinity, Proper 16) based on the text of Hebrews 12.18-end and Luke 13.10-17.

Prayers of Intercession - Living the Lord's Prayer

Jacob Lawrence, Prayer (1947) - Whitney Museum of American Art

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 24th July 2022 and St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 28th July 2022 (Year C, 6th after Trinity, Proper 12) based on the words of Luke 11.1-13. 

Prayers of Intercession - Choosing the Better Part

At the home of Mary and Martha, Iain Campbell

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 21st July 2022 (Year C, 5th after Trinity, Proper 11) based on the words of Luke 10.38-end. 

Prayers of Intercession - Send us, Lord

Study for Changing West (America Today murals), Thomas Hart Benton, 1930

Prayers of Intercession written for the Choral Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 3rd July 2022 (Third Sunday after Trinity, Year C) based on the reading from Luke 10.1-11, 16-20.

Prayers of Intercession - Fruit of the Spirit

Pomegranates, Gustave Courbet, 1871

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 30th June 2022 (Year C, Second Sunday after Trinity) based on the text of Galatians 5.1,13-25

Prayers of Intercession - Unity in the Spirit

Prayers of Intercession written for a special Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 9th July attended by members of the City Deanery and celebrated by the Bishop of London, marking the Feast of Pentecost.

Prayers of Intercession - Our Jubilee

Prayers of intercession written for the Choral Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 2nd June celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth; based on the text of Leviticus 25.1-12 And Luke 4.14-24

Prayers of Intercession - The Ascension of Christ

The Ascension of Christ, Salvador Dali, 1958

Prayers written for the Choral Eucharist on the Feast of the Ascension at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 26th May 2022 based on text from Luke 24.44-end  references from the hymn ‘Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise’ by Charles Wesley  and God is Gone Up by Gerald Finzi, text by William Croft based on Psalm 47.

Let us lift up our prayers to the ascended Lord, who ever intercedes for us. 

 

Risen Lord, 

Send down your blessing on your church; your broken body on earth. 

Lift up our heads towards the guiding light of your power and glory; 

open the gates of our minds, by your grace, that we might understand the scriptures;

may all who hear them become living witnesses to your Word. 

We lift up in prayer all bishops, priests and deacons; all who proclaim repentance and forgiveness of sins to the nations; all who take great risks when they worship and praise your name. 

 

Lord in your mercy

Hear our prayer 

Further Prayers for Morning Prayer on Wednesday 25th May 2022

Almond Blossoms, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Further prayers written for Morning Prayer according to the Book of Common Prayer at St Stephen Walbrook on Wednesday 25th May 2022, based on readings from Psalm 119, Numbers 17 and Luke 7.1-10. 

From Psalm 119 : Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes * and I shall keep it unto the end.

 

O Lord, our Great Teacher,

Teach us to love you and one another. 

Teach us to pray in thought, word and deed.

Teach us to forgive those who have wounded us.

Teach us to listen for your Word this day.

Teach us to care about those who suffer.

Teach us to work for your peace and justice.  

Teach us to hope for the coming of your eternal kingdom.

Teach us, O Lord, the way of thy statues; and we shall keep it unto the end.

Amen. 

Further Prayers for Morning Prayer on Wednesday 18th May 2022

Richard Hambelton, Shadowman

Further prayers written for Morning Prayer according to the Book of Common Prayer at St Stephen Walbrook on Wednesday 18th May 2022, based on readings from Psalm 92, Numbers 12 and Luke 5.12-26

From Psalm 92 :  It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord * and to sing praises unto thy Name, O most Highest; To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning * and of thy truth in the night-season.

Good Lord, help us;
To tell the truth of thy loving-kindness amidst all we see and hear this day.
To tell the truth of thy peace in our thoughts, words and deeds. 
To tell the truth of thy providence from claims of earthly pride.
To tell the truth of thy transforming power as living witnesses to your glory.
Amen.

Prayers of Intercession-Pour out your grace

Mary anoints the feet of Jesus, Julia Stankova (Bulgaria)

Prayers of intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 7th April 2022 (Lent 5, Year C) based on the text from John 12.1-8 – Mary anoints Jesus.

Let us pray to God our Father, who gave up His Son out of love for the world.

Prayers of Intercession - Mothering Sunday

Natalya Rusetska (Ukrainian) The Annunciation

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St George’s Bloomsbury on Sunday 27th March 2022 (Year C, Mothering Sunday) based on words from John 19.25b-27 and St Anselm’s Prayer to St Paul.

Prayers of Intercession - Repent and Grow

The Fig Tree, Paul Klee, 1929

Prayers of Intercession written for the Sung Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook on Thursday 24th March 2022 (Year C, Lent 3) based on words from Luke 13.1-9.

Almighty God,
may the congregations of the church grow in your image.
Nurture in us a life that is truly faithful through the food of the sacrament, the nourishment of prayer and the richness of the scriptures.
We ask for your blessing upon our Bishop, Sarah, our Archdeacons Luke and Adam, our Area Dean Katherine and all the clergy and people of the Square Mile. 
We pray especially for all struggling with their faith.
May we encourage each other, working to bear the fruits of your love in your service. 
Give us the strength to repent; turning away from the shadow of sin and towards the light of Christ. 

Lord in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.