Intercessions.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume II, Issue 6, 1 December 1911, Page 91

Intercessions.

For those about to be Ordained. Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, Who of Thy Divine Providence hast appointed divers orders m Thy Church; give Thy grace, we humbly beseech Thee, to all those who are to be called to any office and administration m the same ; and so replenish them with the truth of Thy doctrine, and endue them with innocency of life, that they may faithfully serve before Thee, to the glory of Thy Great Name, and the benefit of Thy Holy Church. : through Jesus Christ our Lord. For Priests. Grant, we beseech Thee, 0 God, that Thy Priests being enabled by Thy grace to live worthily of Thee, may set before Thy flock the example of a right conversation, and let the everlasting salvation of Thy people be their exceeding great reward; through Jesus Christ our Lord. For partaking of the Divine Nature. 0 God, by Whom the nature of man was wondrously made of an excellent dignity, and still more wondrously was made anew : Grant, we beseech Thee, that as Thy Son Jesus Christ vouchsafed to become partaker of our Humanity, so we may be made partakers of His Divinity, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. A General Intercession. Have mercy, 0 Lord God, upon Thy Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, which Thou hast purchased to Thyself, and which awaits m hope the coming of Thy Kingdom : join together, we beseeca Thee, all her members m love and concord, and m faith m Thee. Grant to all Bishops, Priests, and Beacons, rightly to divide the Word of Truth, and to feed m" holiness Thy flock committed to them. JBless ail Kings and Rulers who

believe m Thy Name, with their subjects : have mercy upon all who are m any danger. Save us from war, pestilence, and famine. 1 Kemeinber the poor, the widow, and the orphan, the sick, the afflicted, atd the dying, and reward with Thy blessing all who minister to their necessities. Give peace to our land, that we may serve Thee with all godly quietness ; bless the years with Thy goodness, giving rain and dew and temperate seasons, and making them fertile with all abundance of the fruits of the earth : for Thou art merciful and compassionate, and from Thee all good things do come : wherefore to Thee we give all thanks and praise, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. For Sufferers. Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour, who for man didgt bear the agony and the

Cross : Draw Thou near to Thy servants who suffer pain of body or trouble of mind, hallow all their crosses m this life, and crown, them hereafter where all tears are tviped away: where with the Father and Btoly Ghost Thou livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen. . Advent. : .>;. • : 0 God, Father of mercies, Who didst so love the world that Thou didst give Thine only-begotten Son to take our nature upon Him, fo* lis men and for our salvation; grant to us who, by His first coming, have been called into Thy kingdoin- of grace, that we may always abide m Him, and be found watching and ready when He shall come again to call us to Thy kingdom of glory, through the same Thy Son, Jesus, Christ pur Lord. Amsw.