May all the angels and saints of heaven pray with me to you,
Blessed Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Thank you for all our loved ones
and I pray for our relationship with you, ourselves, each other and others
and in all our needs.
Please bless our day in every way
and may everything we do be an act of love for you.
At this point, I name them all and remember any special reasons for prayer at that time.
The list includes our children and their families, our relatives and friends.
I try to keep a list of people who have asked for special prayers (remembering is a problem, but not for God, of course, thank goodness!).
Then, I pray for families, parents, the sick and their carers, for conversion and peace for the world, for our parish, the Church in England and Wales and for the Church throughout the world, for schools, staff and children, for the elderly and infirm, the dying and the bereaved, for the spreading of the knowledge and love of God, (for a church organisation with which we were involved for a long time, (the SVP)), for our own four countries and all the countries of the world, especially where there is present trouble.
This is why the first cuppa of the day, delivered to me (yes, in bed!!) by H, helps me to run through all these.
If it sounds a madly long list, well, it probably is, but there again, I know that God knows my systematic brain and takes it as God takes all our offerings.
Individual people will have their own ways of praying and that's as it should be.
H's "Help me to get through this day!" is certainly much more accessible, even to me, and probably a relief to God after my lot.
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