WCC PRAYERS:
(Week 31: 26 July to 2 August)
Let us pray with the people of the Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago: "Lord, lead us not into imitation. AMEN."
(From "With All God's People", WCC Geneva)
(Week 32: 2-9 August)
Pray with the people of the United States of America: "We pray that our neighbourhoods, cities and nation will become places where justice and peace are honoured and celebrated and humanity revered and dignified. And show us where to make a start; through Christ our Lord. AMEN."
(from "With All God's People", WCC Geneva)
/and/
Pray with the people of Canada: "Jesus, make our hearts ever gentler and more humble, so that we may be present to those You have confided to our care, making us instruments of Your love, which gives life and joy and real freedom." AMEN. (from "With All God's People", WCC Geneva)
(Week 33: 9-16 August)
Pray with the people of Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia: "As the eagle belongs to the air and the dolphin to the sea, so we belong to You, O God; through Christ our Lord. AMEN.
(from "With All God's People", WCC Geneva)
(Week 34: 16-23 August)
Pray with the people of the Pacific islands: Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and the French Overseas Territories of New Caledonia (Kanaky) and French Polynesia (Tahiti): : "O Lord, our palm trees can no longer hide us from the world. Strengthen our hearts that we may look with confidence to the future; through Christ our Lord. AMEN."
(from "With All God's People", WCC Geneva)
(Week 35: 23-30 August)
Pray with the people of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania: "O God, that we may receive Your blessing, touch us and do not look on us in anger; through Christ our Lord. AMEN."
(from "With All God's People", WCC Geneva)
["With All God's People" is a publication of the World Council of Churches, Geneva]
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