Prayer for today

OPENING PRAYER

We meet in the name of God.

God the Father, God the Son,

God the Spirit, Three in one.

Keep us, good Lord,

under the shadow of your mercy.

Sustain and support the anxious,

be with those who care for the sick,

and lift up all who are brought low;

that we may find comfort

knowing that nothing

can separate us from your love

in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen.

PSALM 91:1-6

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

and abides under the shadow of the Almighty,

Shall say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my stronghold,

my God, in whom I put my trust.’

For God shall deliver you from the snare of

the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

The wings of the Lord shall cover you

and under God’s feathers you will be safe;

God’s faithfulness shall be your shield and buckler.

You shall not be afraid of any terror by night,

nor of the arrow that flies by day;

Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor of the sickness that destroys at noonday.

A time for silent or spoken prayer

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Confident that our prayers have been heard,

let us pray with confidence as our Saviour taught us.

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name;

thy kingdom come; thy will be done;

on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread.  

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those

who trespass against us. 

And lead us not into temptation;

but deliver us from evil. 

For thine is the kingdom, the power

and the glory, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. 

In the name of Christ.  Amen.

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