Sunday 20 October 2024

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prayers inspired by: original prayers, He Tikanga Whakapono, Job 38:1-7,(34-41), Ps 104:1-9,25,36b.

An approach, an acknowledgement.

E te Atua tapu te tino Atua
Nōu te ao, te mauri, te ora;
Meinga kia noho kei raro i Ōu parirau
rātou kua wehe atu ki te pō roa
Tītiro atawhai mai ki a mātou
Tēnei te hunga ora
Arohaina mai,
Ake, ake
Āmine.

Holy God, the most high
Yours is the world and all its life.
May those who have departed to the long night -
Rest under the shadow of Your wings.
Look kindly upon us who remain.
Cover us also with Your love.
Now and forever,
Amen.

For the Church.

E te Atua, our creator
You speak to us out of the storm,
We cannot know Your ways,
And yet through Your beloved Son
You make of us Your church.
In all our ministries and places of worship,
Help us to show forth Your glory,
But never to take it for ourselves.
Help us to do Your will,
Never to replace it with our own poor desires.
Help us to see Your wisdom,
Never obscuring it from the world.

Bidding & Response
E te Atua aroha, God of love, hear our prayer.

We pray for the world and for this place.

E te Karaiti, Christ our friend and brother,
Redeemer.
You came to save the world,
Even those who reject peace.
We pray for those places of conflict around the world,
those both seen and the unseen.

We pray also for other places that need Your justice, O Lord.
Where people suffer from the extremes of weather,
from broken economies,
We pray for those places where hope is hard to find.
Help us all to learn Your obedience.

E te Atua aroha, God of love, hear our prayer.

We pray for our communities and for our own needs.

Wairua Tapu, Holy Spirit
We pray for Your loving and healing presence among us,
In our homes, our families
In our communities
In our dealings with those we know
And those we do not know.
Show us how to listen, and to do what is necessary.
Grant us what we need,
Today, and in the days to follow.

E te Atua aroha, God of love, hear our prayer.