A Week of Prayers for Lenten Devotions

Leader: Heavenly Father, Your Risen Son claims the Church as his beloved spouse and pours love over all the baptized. Hear our prayers for the church throughout the world. Let this Lenten Season draw us closer to his Sacred Heart in deeper commitment to the mission of proclaiming and living the Kingdom of God.
All: We pray for Our Holy Father, our bishop, our pastor, all ordained and for all in leadership positions in the Catholic Church. May their attempts to promote human dignity and the common good bear fruit in our Lenten prayer and penance. For all the elect journeying to baptism and for the baptized ready to welcome them into the sacramental life of the Church. May our deepened commitment to our baptismal promises bring the light of Christ to the darkness of injustice and cruelty in out world. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever, Amen.