As a community, we can support and celebrate with each other through prayer. Join us in praying for those both spoken and unspoken during Sunday liturgy.

Prayers of Thanksgiving. For …

• A quiet, restful week with parents in town, and a good week to be with family (Gideon)
• My wife who got care for her stomach bug and for her healthy recovery (Oliver)
• My cousin who got to bring her baby home, after he was born prematurely at 29 weeks
• Time with both parents during the holidays who have been divorced for several years, and have been active in my life (Alyson)
• Returning from a 5 month journey, seeing many blessings and looking forward to share encouragement with others (Lori)
• My wife and I getting a house and finally finishing working on it (Evan)
• Glen from the ARCH community who has been checking in on me and giving me advice about my first home (Evan)
• A man who plays piano and lives in the dense woods near Riverside, which belong to a volunteer of Mobile Loaves and Fishes. For those using their gifts and living in harmony. (Steven H)

… let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Prayers of Petition. For …

• Healing for a friend who has kids that are similar to my sons’ age and is in the middle of a divorce and is going through his first holiday without his children (Gideon)
• Julia’s health and heart condition as well as our whole family and health (Oliver)
• My cousin’s son, that he may get to stay home without any complications or any more visits to the hospital
• Bearing with one another, for those struggling with addiction and feeling called to be extra loving to those in need
• My friend Cecily, who suffered a stroke and is a photographer. She still has some shaking with her hands and she needs healing in her hands for her profession.
• A friend’s coworker’s daughter, Sophie, who is suffering from cancer and may not make it
• Comfort and God’s presence for a family whose 16-year old daughter passed away this summer (Aaron)
• Healing for my friend Victoria
• God to guide and give the community of Mosaic discernment
• My friend’s mother and his brother who were in a fatal car accident
• Healing and strength fro me and my family after my dad passed away 6 months ago

… let us pray to the Lord. Lord have mercy.

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