Celebrant : Gathered as one family in Christ, who taught us the path of blessedness, let us now pray with confidence to our Heavenly Father, for all our needs and the needs of the world.

Response : Lord, hear our prayer.

1. For the Church: For our Holy Father Pope Leo, Bishops, Priests, and all Consecrated persons, that they may be living witnesses to the Beatitudes-leading with humility, preaching mercy, and serving as true peacemakers in a divided world, we pray to the Lord .... Response
   
   
2. For leaders of nations and all in authority: That they may seek wisdom from above, defend human dignity, work tirelessly for justice and peace, and protect the lives of the poor and the vulnerable, we pray to the Lord .... Response
   
   
3. For our community: That we may grow in poverty of spirit, purity of heart, and merciful love-forgiving others generously from the heart, and hungering always for righteousness, we pray to the Lord .... Response
   
   
4. For the persecuted and forgotten: For all who are persecuted for their faith or oppressed by injustice, especially for those in our own nation where there is increasing hostility against minorities, that they may be upheld by the promise of your Kingdom, we pray to the Lord .... Response
   

(Pray for community and personal needs.... we pray to the Lord....)

Celebrant : Heavenly Father, you are the refuge of the afflicted and the hope of the meek. Grant us the courage to live as peacemakers and bearers of your mercy, so that your Kingdom of justice and peace may dawn within us and around us. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.