Sixth Sunday in Easter | Year A

O God, who made the world and everything in it, 
we pray with one voice, proclaiming your presence to all the earth. 
For skeptics and believers, for clergy high and low;
For those who seek God at home, at work, in the streets, and in the pews,
For all who search for life, we pray.

We are alive in the spirit.
We are a baptized people,
And because Christ lives, we also live.

You hear us calling.
You hear us calling.
Abba Father.

O God, we pray for presidents, senators, and congressmen and women, 
for bosses and managers;
For those who set the course at home, at work, in the streets, and in the pews,
For all who wield power.

We do not fear what others fear.
We proclaim the hope that is in us.
And because Christ lives, we also live.

You hear us calling,
You hear us calling,
Abba Father.

O God, we pray for friends and lovers, for neighbors and strangers,
For those who eat bread at home, at work, in the streets, 
and in the pews,
For all who live in the world.

In God, we live and move and have our being.
From God, we have life and breath and all things.
And because Christ lives, we also live.

Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.

O God, we pray for the sick and troubled, for the fearful and alone,
For those in pain at home, at work, in the streets, and in the pews,
For all who suffer.

Our prayers are not rejected.
Our souls are held in life.
In truth, our God has heard us,
and love is not withheld.
And because Christ lives, we also live.

Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.