At St Ann’s one of the church leaders comes forward to lead the intercessions, and asks the congregation to mention things to pray for. A series of people say ‘Can we pray for …’, usually mentioning ...
Funerals have changed, too. The proposed 1928 Prayer Book allowed for the deceased to be addressed, as do contemporary pastoral services: “Go forth upon your journey from this world” (not quite as ...
A very modern, and very wrong ... We wound each other in life, but we also heal each other. We pray for each other in life, knowing that God is the immense, invisible ground of each of us.
Prayer can be a dedicated meeting (our church does an annual prayer meeting, for example), or consistent mention in pastoral prayers, or a weekly/monthly/quarterly special prayer on Sunday mornings.
And I heartily thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same ...
The bishops have asked the faithful to offer their prayers to Christ the King “for ... liturgical calendar but a powerful reminder to the modern world that Jesus reigns.