Prayers and intercessions:
Father, through your Holy Spirit you gave Christ your Son to us in the flesh, so that we might have life through him. Filled now with that life, we raise our hearts in praise of the Holy Trinity, saying:
– Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Father almighty, eternal God, in the name of your Son send your Holy Spirit upon the Church:
may the Comforter preserve us in unity, harmony and the fulness of truth.
– Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Lord, send your labourers into the harvest to teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
strengthen them all in the faith.
– Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Lord, support all those who suffer persecution on account of their faith in your Son:
give them the Spirit of truth who will, according to his promise, speak through them.
– Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Father almighty, all acknowledge that you, the Word and the Spirit are one:
as we believe in one God, so may we hope in you and love you.
– Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Father of the living, bring those who have died to share your glory:
with your Son and the Holy Spirit may they reign eternally with you in heaven.
– Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.