World Council of Churches Prayer Cycle (Week 36)

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Prayer List

The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle enables us to journey in prayer through every region of the world and through every week of the year affirming our solidarity with Christians all over the world, brothers and sisters living in diverse situations, experiencing diverse problems and sharing diverse gifts. Lord, hear our prayer ...

This week we pray for:
Week 36 - Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia

INTERCESSIONS

Give thanks for:

Those heroes, known and unknown, who threw off Nazi and Soviet domination.
Pastors and priests who remained faithful to their calling even when they were persecuted.
Traditions which hold people together and give them strength in difficult times.
Lead crystal glassware in intricate shapes and designs.
Pray for:

Economic stability in the transition from communism to a free-market economy.
The poor and the elderly, who bear the brunt of economic reforms.
The unemployed, and all who suffer the loss of state social services.
The victims of anti-semitism, and ethnic, gender, and social intolerance in the midst of rising nationalism and the search for identity.
The environment, especially where it is heavily polluted.
Renewal of the church in the midst of both growing freedom and growing secularization.

PRAYER

God, you are our Father and Mother,

you have given us the earth,

which is the theatre of your glory,

the space of our life.

Hear the groaning of your creation.

Look at the wounds which are bleeding.

We ask you: Make us sensitive and attentive

also for the still voice of suffering.

Give us courage and strengthen our hands

to do confidently what serves your creation.

O Christ, you promised to be with us to the end of the age.