Archdiocese of Birmingham.

Parish of the

Immaculate Conception, Bicester,

Oxfordshire.

The Prayer Page.

Breviary: Week 4 of the Psalter.

Cycle of Prayer: During Ordinary Time (summer), we are asked to pray for these intentions: A Deeper Understanding between Christians and Jews, those who Suffer Persecution, Oppression and the Denial of Human Rights; Europe; Human Life; Seafarers.

Holy Father's Missionary Intention: Join the Holy Father in praying that all Christians may learn to be committed and effective witnesses of the life and mission of the Church.

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Your prayers are requested for all those whose anniversaries occur during the month of August.

John Ansell, Kathleen Aspell (2007), Simon de la Bedoyere (1994), Miles & Briony Blackwell (2001), Emmanuel James Brown (1995), Francesca Caporano, Mary Cassidy (2002), Frederick Clayton, Jill Collyer (2000), Kathleen DeVere (1989), Michelle Ebra, Nanette Everson (1992), Mary Christina Farrell (2002), Arthur William French, Jadwiga From (2005), Anne Gaffney, Catherine Gallagher, Alice Gardner (1986), James Goggin (1972), Elizabeth Jane Hall, Michael Augustine Harte (2004), William T.Hewitt (1997), Mary Horgan, Kitty Hornby (2007), Thomas Howley (2006), Thomas Hudson (2006), Anne Jones, Helen Jones (1987), Charles Kelly, Francis Kent, Joan M.Kent (1997), Philip Knight-Archer (1995), Michael Lavery (2007), Desmond Charles Leadbeater (1971), Johanna Lynch (2002), John McCabe, (2006), Anne McDonnell (2006), Lena McDonnell, Thomas McFarlane (1998), Francis McGovern, Tina McKellar, Kathleen Mansfield (2000), Charles Maxwell (1978), Ivy Gwendoline Murray (1990), Rose Nardi, Bill Nelmes, Alexander Nowicki, Douglas Daniel Bernard Oak (2003), Mary O'Brien (2006), Henry Joseph 'Paddy' O'Neill (2002), John O'Neill, Annie Elizabeth O'Rourke (2004), Bernard O'Rourke, Olive Parkinson, Agnes M.Philip (1997), Agnes Redmond (1984), Frank Rice (2000), Teresa Rice, Jack Rogerson, Kate Shanley, Marie Anne Smith, Rev. Terence Smith (1990), Pasqualina Taylor (1998), Naomi Thompson (1989), Edward Ward, (2007), Carmella Webber (2005), Mark Wiesselbaum (1990), Francis Wiggins (2006), Edgar Ray Williams (1980), Paul Louis Wiser, Helen Young (1979), Diana, Princess of Wales (1997).

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and may perpetual light shine on them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

 

PRAYER FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Blessed are you, Lord God, ruler of all creation: you know out hearts and our plans, and guide all that we do in your name.

Grant that this project may be for your honour and for the benefit of all your people. May all who work to bring it to completion be guided and inspired by a vision that comes from you. Bring many to share that vision and respond with generous hearts.

May this new building always be used for your glory and the good of the people of this community.

We ask this, father, in the name of Jesus your Son.

AMEN.

Please say one Our Father, three Hail Marys and one Glory Be with this prayer each day.

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS.

JESUS, God made Man, who didst come down from heaven to save sinners and to diffuse thy Charity throughout the world, it is thy Will that souls shall be brought to thee through the members of thy Church who are called to dedicate their lives to thy service. We pray therefore that many may hear thy call, some to the sacred priesthood, others to the life of prayer in the cloister or of dedication to the works of mercy; to feeding the hungry, to sheltering the orphan and the aged, to healing the sick and to instructing our children.

Multiply among us churches which are truly houses of prayer and priests who are men of God. Make our Catholic homes fortresses against the influence of the wicked and the worldly; inspire both parents and children with the spirit of self-sacrifice. Bless our schools wherein those same children are taught to seek first the Kingdom of God. Teach us all how great an honour it is to hear thy voice inviting us to follow thee.

The harvest, Lord Jesus, is great but the labourers are still too few. Send labourers, dear Lord, into fields ripe for the harvest.

Mary, through whom all graces come, multiply vocations to the service of thy Son.