UNIVERSAL PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL FOR LAY MINISTRY and FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS (Bulletin Materials)

Parishes and prayer groups are encouraged to pray for vocations to lay ministry and for Mental Health Awareness:

For all persons who face discrimination and stigma due to mental illness, that they will find welcome and inclusion as branches of Jesus’ vine, let us pray to the Lord. 

For all persons — who themselves or within their families live with mental and emotional crises, that the joy and love of Jesus may bring them comfort, let us pray to the Lord. 

For all persons who live with mental health concerns, that the Church and public agencies will act with justice to ensure the availability of necessary supportive services to aid in their recovery, let us pray to the Lord. 

For all who provide services for persons whose lives are affected by mental illness – social workers, counselors, mental health professionals, pastoral caregivers – that they will bear witness to God’s spirit of love, let us pray to the Lord. 

Universal Prayers (Prayers of the Faithful) for Lay Ecclesial Ministry

That young people will respond to God’s call to church ministry, let us pray to the Lord. 

That men and women will work in God’s vineyard as parish ministers, let us pray to the Lord. 

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