General Intercessions for the First Sunday of Lent, Cycle C

Celebrant: As we begin our Lenten journey, we bring our needs, and the needs of the world, before God's throne.

Deacon/Lector:

That through the ministry of the Church, people of all nations will believe and profess that Jesus is Lord, we pray to the Lord...

That governments may foster justice by acknowledging God as supreme over every human law and activity, we pray to the Lord...

For the strength to resist the temptation to discriminate against the poor, the immigrant, the elderly, and the unborn, we pray to the Lord…

For those who are ill, that God's love and our care may bring them healing and strength, we pray to the Lord...

That all who have died may be purified of sin and blessed with the eternal vision of God, we pray to the Lord...

Celebrant:

Father, 
our source of strength in every temptation,
hear our prayers.
Grant that in all our needs,
we may confess Jesus as the only Lord,
who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.