OUR PARISH PRAYER
Almighty and eternal God, we fall on our knees before you, since from you every family on earth receives its true meaning. Bind us together in love and make our families like yours. Bless our children and grant them your wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Bless our parishioners with unfailing favour. Bring joy and health to every home. Give success to the work of our hands. Bless married couples with happiness and fruit of the womb. Grant our pregnant mothers safe delivery. May our youth be gainfully employed and happily married. May travelers be protected. May the sick be restored to health of mind and body. May our parish blossom with love and peace. Grant increase of vocations to the priestly and religious life in the church. May our bereaved ones be consoled, and our departed parishioners rest in peace. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PARISH ANTHEM – LET THERE BE LOVE
Let there be love shared among us,
Let there be love in our hearts,
May now your love fill this parish,
Cause us O Lord to arise.
Give us a fresh understanding of family love that is real,
Let there be love shared among us,
Let there be love (x2)
JUBILEE PRAYER OF HOPE
Father in heaven, may the faith you have given us in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother, and the flame of charity enkindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of your Kingdom. May your grace transform us into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel. May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos in the sure expectation of a new heaven and a new earth, when, with the powers of Evil vanquished, your glory will shine eternally. May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the treasures of heaven. May that same grace spread the joy and peace of our Redeemer throughout the earth. To you our God, eternally blessed, be glory and praise for ever. Amen.
PRAYER FOR NIGERIA IN DISTRESS
All powerful and merciful father, you are the God of justice love and peace. You rule over all the Nations of Earth. Power and Might are in your hands and no one can withstand you. We present our country Nigeria before you. We praise and thank for you are the source of all we have and are. We are sorry for all the sins we have committed and for the good deeds we have failed to do. In your loving forgiveness, keep us save from the punishment we deserve. Lord we are weighed down not only by uncertainties, but also by moral, economic and political problems. Listen to the cries of your people who confidently turn to you. God of infinite goodness, our strength in diversity, our health in weakness, our comfort in sorrow. Be merciful to us your people. Spare this nation Nigeria from chaos anarchy and doom. Bless us with your kingdom of justice, love and peace. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.
PRAYER AGAINST BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA
Father in heaven, you always provide for all your creatures, so that all may live as you have willed. You have blessed our country Nigeria with rich human and natural recourses to be used in honour and glory and for the well-being of every Nigerian. We are deeply sorry for the wrong use of these your gifts and blessings through acts of injustice, bribery and corruption, as a result of which many of our people are hungry, sick, ignorant and defenseless. Father, you alone can heal us and our nation of this sickness. We beg you, touch our lives and the lives of our leaders and people so that we may all realize the evil of bribery and corruption and work hard to eliminate it. Raise up for us God-fearing people and leaders who care for us and who will lead us in the path of peace, prosperity and progress. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER FOR RENEWAL
Lord, we are your people in need of your help. Heal those who are wounded, Comfort those who are sorrowful, Enlighten those who are confused, Refresh those who are weary, Bring back those who have gone astray. Forgive us all our sins, Help us to know the Father’s love,
Through Jesus the shepherd, And through the Holy Spirit, Help us lift up that love, And show it all over this land. Help us to build love on justice and justice on love. Help us to believe mightily, hope joyfully, love divinely. Renew us, Renew your church, renew the face of the earth. Amen. Holy Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.
OUR PARISH PRAYER
Almighty and eternal God, we fall on our knees before you, since from you every family on earth receives its true meaning. Bind us together in love and make our families like yours. Bless our children and grant them your wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Bless our parishioners with unfailing favour. Bring joy and health to every home. Give success to the work of our hands. Bless married couples with happiness and fruit of the womb. Grant our pregnant mothers safe delivery. May our youth be gainfully employed and happily married. May travelers be protected. May the sick be restored to health of mind and body. May our parish blossom with love and peace. Grant increase of vocations to the priestly and religious life in the church. May our bereaved ones be consoled, and our departed parishioners rest in peace. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PARISH ANTHEM – LET THERE BE LOVE
Let there be love shared among us,
Let there be love in our hearts,
May now your love fill this parish,
Cause us O Lord to arise.
Give us a fresh understanding of family love that is real,
Let there be love shared among us,
Let there be love (x2)
JUBILEE PRAYER OF HOPE
Father in heaven, may the faith you have given us in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother, and the flame of charity enkindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of your Kingdom. May your grace transform us into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel. May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos in the sure expectation of a new heaven and a new earth, when, with the powers of Evil vanquished, your glory will shine eternally. May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the treasures of heaven. May that same grace spread the joy and peace of our Redeemer throughout the earth. To you our God, eternally blessed, be glory and praise for ever. Amen.
PRAYER FOR NIGERIA IN DISTRESS
All powerful and merciful father, you are the God of justice love and peace. You rule over all the Nations of Earth. Power and Might are in your hands and no one can withstand you. We present our country Nigeria before you. We praise and thank for you are the source of all we have and are. We are sorry for all the sins we have committed and for the good deeds we have failed to do. In your loving forgiveness, keep us save from the punishment we deserve. Lord we are weighed down not only by uncertainties, but also by moral, economic and political problems. Listen to the cries of your people who confidently turn to you. God of infinite goodness, our strength in diversity, our health in weakness, our comfort in sorrow. Be merciful to us your people. Spare this nation Nigeria from chaos anarchy and doom. Bless us with your kingdom of justice, love and peace. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.
PRAYER AGAINST BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA
Father in heaven, you always provide for all your creatures, so that all may live as you have willed. You have blessed our country Nigeria with rich human and natural recourses to be used in honour and glory and for the well-being of every Nigerian. We are deeply sorry for the wrong use of these your gifts and blessings through acts of injustice, bribery and corruption, as a result of which many of our people are hungry, sick, ignorant and defenseless. Father, you alone can heal us and our nation of this sickness. We beg you, touch our lives and the lives of our leaders and people so that we may all realize the evil of bribery and corruption and work hard to eliminate it. Raise up for us God-fearing people and leaders who care for us and who will lead us in the path of peace, prosperity and progress. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER FOR RENEWAL
Lord, we are your people in need of your help. Heal those who are wounded,
Comfort those who are sorrowful, Enlighten those who are confused,
Refresh those who are weary, Bring back those who have gone astray.
Forgive us all our sins, Help us to know the Father’s love,
Through Jesus the shepherd, And through the Holy Spirit,
Help us lift up that love, And show it all over this land.
Help us to build love on justice and justice on love.
Help us to believe mightily, hope joyfully, love divinely.
Renew us, Renew your church, renew the face of the earth. Amen.
Holy Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.