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Opening Prayers for the Sixth Sunday of Easter Year C (May 25 2025)

These opening prayers for Sunday worship take their inspiration from the Scripture readings of the Revised Common Lectionary. Worship leaders are welcome to use them for worship, but if you print or display any part of them, please credit the author. Comments welcome. The following prayers are for based on the readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year C. The Gospel use reading is John 14.23-29.

Call to Worship

Optional: the congregation may say together the words in bold.

Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.

Let us worship God.

Prayer of Approach and Confession

Let us pray.

Almighty God,
you deserve the praise of all people and all nations.
For you created the earth and all its people
and work inscrutably in the history of all nations.

Above all, you have sent your Son, Jesus Christ
your Word made flesh
for us to learn of your love.
He calls those who love him
to keep his commands
for what he taught has come from you.
And he promises us the help of the Spirit
sent by you to teach us the fullness of faith
and to remind us of Christ’s love.

And so we praise you today,
and sing for joy
for all your blessings to us!

We confess that we need reminding of your love
for we find it easy to forget Christ
and to follow our own path
instead of the ways Jesus calls us.
Forgive us our forgetfulness and our lack of faith
for the sake of Christ, our saviour.

silence

May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us.
The peace of God be with us all.

Supplication

God of grace,
your Spirit call us ever onward on our journeys of faith.
Open our hearts to hear your Word
and give us courage to go where Christ calls us.
We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Featured image: Trey Everett, Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled (2018). Trey Everett is a graphic artist who has created images for some of the Lectionary readings. His work is available at www.treyeverettcreates.com. From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57820 [retrieved May 16, 2025].

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Join us for Divine Service at Holy Trinity this Sunday, May 11th.

Schedule:

8:15am - Worship (Livestream: https://holytrin.link/5e11w3)
9:30am - Bible Study/Sunday School
10:45am - Worship

Online Check-In: https://holytrin.link/HTLCCheckIn

Readings for the day:

Old Testament: Acts 20:17-35
Epistle: Revelation 7:9-17
Gospel: John 10:22-30

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Opening Prayers for the Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C (May 11 2025)

Call to Worship

“Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne

and to the Lamb!”

Revelation 7.9

Let us worship God.

Prayer of Approach and Confession

Let us pray.

God our good shepherd,

as we come to worship you

we acknowledge your presence with us.

Yet you, creator God,

have been with us all the days of our lives.

You are the source of all our blessings.

You give us all that we need

for your power, and love, and care

always surround us.

Even if we have walked

through death’s dark vale,

you have been with us,

your rod and staff

have guided and comforted us.

And now we to come to your house;

you welcome and bless us

and your love for us overflows

and you invite us to dwell with you forever.

God our good shepherd,

you alone are worthy of our praise and worship.

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Restore our souls

God of grace;

for we have failed too often

to be true disciples of Jesus.

We have followed the voice of others

in our journey through life

and failed to find the green pastures you promise your people.

Forgive us our sins

and for the sake of Christ,

the Lamb who died for our sins.

silence

Christ the Good Shepherd

will lead us to the springs of the water of life

where God will wipe the tears from our eyes.

Know that in Christ you are forgiven.

Collect

Lord Jesus Christ

like a caring shepherd you call us

to follow your voice.

Grant that we would truly know you and follow you

by obeying your command of love in all things.

And so may we be counted among your people

so that we may know eternal life in you.

Doxology

Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving

and honour and power and might

be to our God forever and ever! Amen.

Revelation 7.12

Featured image: Shepherd in Făgăraș Mountains, Romania. Wikipedia commons

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For St. Thomas Sunday.
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Opening Prayers for the Fifth Sunday in Lent Year C (April 6 2025)

These opening prayers for Sunday worship take their inspiration from the Scripture readings of the Revised Common Lectionary. Worship leaders are welcome to use them for worship, but if you print or display any part of them, please credit the author. Comments welcome. The following prayers are for based on the readings for The Fifth Sunday in Lent April 6, 2025.

Prayer of Approach and Confession

Let us pray.

Generous God
you are the one who has created all things
that we need to live and to thrive.

The wonders of your creation
leave us in awe.
Your works of salvation
leaves us speechless.
The new things that you promise to do
make us tingle with anticipation.

You have created us for your praise:
accept our worship today!

In gratitude, eternal God
we recall what you have done for us:
in the stories of your people, Israel-
chosen to bring the knowledge of God to the world;
in the stories of Jesus
which teach of your love and forgiveness;
in the work of your Holy Spirit
in the lives of our mothers and fathers in the faith
who handed the Gospel down to us.

You call us to be your people,
created to declare your praise
and to serve those in poverty and need
in the name of Christ.

Yet we take our heritage of faith lightly.
We turn away from the suffering of our neighbours
although in baptism
we were called to share in the suffering of Christ.

We are proud of our own status and achievements
yet we fail to see them in the perspective
of what Christ has achieved for us.

Too often,
we offer our love and our service
in carefully calculated small doses
instead of responding generously and spontaneously
with the fragrance of your love.
We are unwilling to bear
the cost of discipleship
because we underestimate the value
of who Jesus is for us.

We find ourselves clinging to past glories
instead of straining forward
to the future you are bringing us.

Forgive us for these and all our failings
and grant us forgiveness of sins.

silence

If we sow in tears, may we reap with joy,
for the Lord has done great things for us!

Supplication

Eternal God,
whose Son Jesus Christ came among us
to bring joy where there is mourning,
life in the face of death,
and hope when we are discouraged
help us to know anew
the power of Christ’s resurrection
in our life together
and to strive for the goal
of knowing you ever more fully
in Jesus Christ. Amen.

Sending and Benediction

Rejoice!
Go in joy and laughter
for God has done great things for us
and listen for the heavenly call of Christ
in the week ahead.

The blessing of God
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
be with you all. Amen.

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Featured Image: Anonymous. Mary Anoints Jesus’ Feet: Germany, 16th Century – detail, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56139 [retrieved March 31, 2025]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_School,16th_Century-_Mary_Magdalene_anointing_the_feet_of_Christ.jpg.

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Opening Prayers for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C (February 9 2025)

Part of a series of opening prayers for Sundays in the Revised Common Lectionary. They take their inspiration from the Scripture readings in the Lectionary. Worship leaders are welcome to use them for worship, but if you print or display any part of them, please credit the author. Comments welcome.

The following prayers are for based on the readings for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 9, 2025.

Call to Prayer

The Psalmist says:

On the day I called, you answered me;

you increased my strength of soul.

Psalm 138.3

Let us pray.

Prayer of Approach and Confession

Holy, holy, holy,

Lord God of hosts-

you are the only holy God.

Source of life,

ground of our being,

creator of all:

you alone are worthy of our worship

in this holy place on this Sabbath day

and in loving service to our neighbours

wherever we are, every day of the week.

Above all lesser gods

we sing your praise

exalt your name

and give thanks

for your steadfast love and faithfulness.

We acknowledge that,

in the face of your holiness and power

we feel lost and unclean,

sinful people who feel unfit to be your people.

For we are too often blind and deaf to your call.

In silence, we remember our failings.

silence

Hear the message which has been proclaimed to us:

by the grace of God,

we are what we are-

people set free by God from sin

for the sake of Christ

who died, was buried, and raised to life for us.

Thanks be to God!

Holy God, by your Spirit

your grace is within us.

You will not forsake the work of your hands:

for you promise to preserve and deliver us.

You have brought us through

the waters of baptism

to land us safe with Christ

and now you call us to proclaim his love.

Help us to fish for men and women

who will join us in his boat.

Enable us to fulfil your purpose for us

and deliver us from your troubles.

We pray in Jesus’ name.

Amen.

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Featured image: Albrecht Bouts, Miraculous Draught of Fish, 16th Century. Museum Leuven, Belgium. from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library

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“The divine lure does not coerce; it invites, it calls, it draws. It is the insistence of love itself, drawing each moment toward its best possible outcome.” ~ Catherine Keller

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