PRAYER GUIDE
Sunday, 7 May 2023 – Saturday, 14 October 2023
A Prayer for the Diocese
God of infinite compassion and gentleness,
you call us to be your people
in every place to which you lead us.
In this our earthly pilgrimage
walk alongside us as our guide,
sustain us by your Word and holy sacraments.
Raise our eyes to see your glory
in all you have made
and to be your new creation,
through Jesus Christ our ascended Lord.
Amen
+ Michael Cyprus and the Gulf
Introduction
Welcome to this instalment of the diocesan prayer guide and directory.
The largest part of every week’s suggested intercessions and thanksgivings comes out of and has in most cases been written from within our parishes and chaplaincies. They – priests and people – ask the rest of the diocese, and all who use the guide, to be with them in prayer.
Additionally, at the start of each week I, as bishop, make a prayer request for one or other aspect of the life of the wider diocese and indeed sometimes of our Province and of the whole Anglican Communion, and at the same time mention is made of those ministries that serve our diocesan life across or beyond our parishes and chaplaincies.
I hope this framework will help the diocese and all its friends know that the voice of prayer is never silent, nor dies the strain of praise away.
As we are bound together in worship, service, and solidarity with one another and are very much richer for it, so we are one in Christ and find our true identity and life in him.
+ Michael Cyprus and the Gulf
