Priest:  Spiritually poor and begging like Bartimaeus, we call out to the Lord and ask him to have pity on us and hear our prayers. Let us pray dear friends for the Church of God throughout the world, that she grow in numbers, and her numbers grow in holiness. Let us call upon the Lord. Let[…]

Priest:  We approach the Lord humbly asking that he might hear our prayers and strengthen us to drink the cup that His Son drank. For all consecrated to Christ by ordination or sacred vows, that they continually bear more faithful witness to the Gospel by their way of life, let us pray to the Lord. For[…]

Priest:  Coupled with the wisdom of God and giving up all that is contrary to following Christ, we turn to God in prayer and ask those things of him which permit us to love his commands and live them out.  For the leaders of the Church, that they may faithfully hand on the authentic interpretation of[…]