Prayers
All Saints' Church
St Andrews
The following prayers have been suggested for this site by members of the congregation.
Prayer of Charles de Faucald
Father I Abandon myself into Your Hands.
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You may do I thank You -
- I am ready for all - I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me as in all Your creation
I desire no more that this O Lord.
Into Your Hands I commend my soul I surrender
it to You with all the love of my heart -
- for I love You Lord and so need to surrender -
- to abandon myself into Your Hands -
-without reserve and with boundless confidence -
For you are my Father - Abba.
A Prayer for Healing and Reconciliation
Spirit of God - sure consolation of the pilgrim people
guide our steps on our journey through life -
- so that we may walk along paths of peace and
harmony of progress - justice and freedom.
Reconcile sisters and brothers.
Make rancour and hatred disappear
May divisions and barriers be overcome
May rifts be closed - wounds be healed
May Christ be our peace
May His pardon renew our hearts today and always.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord - The Prince of Peace
A Prayer for Healing.
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God
Let your healing flow down upon us/me
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God
Let Your Healing spring up within us/me.
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God
Let Your Healing Love enfold us/me
A Prayer for Mission and Ministry
May the Light of Christ Guide us/me
May the Life of Christ Strengthen us/me
May the Love of Christ Enfold us/me
Prince of peace : A poem by Clare M Ashton
Prince of Peace, Son of God
War dwells in the land you trod
Your chosen people, torn apart,
A peaceful man, it breaks Your heart
Why, oh, why, can we not learn
You have the peace for which we yearn
We turn our backs and walk away
Facing our conflict for one more day
The peace of God is what we desire
Your flame of peace sets us on fire
With love for a God
whom we cannot see
And for his Son
who sets us all free
Show us lord, your waters are calm
Your voice is so gentle, your presence so balm
Lead us out of this eternal strife
And show us the special things in life
And maybe, just maybe, we will see
The peace which we seek
can set us all free
On that happy day, all fighting will cease
And Your Kingdom on earth
will be a kingdom of peace
A prayer by St Anselm
God of love, whose compassion never fails;
we bring before thee
the troubles and perils of peoples and nations,
the sighing of prisoners and captives,
the sorrows of the bereaved,
the necessities of strangers,
the helplessness of the weak,
the despondency of the weary,
the failing powers of the aged,
O Lord, draw near to each;
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
A prayer by St Clement of Rome
O Lord almighty, Father of Jesus Christ our Lord,
grant us, we pray thee,
to be grounded and settled in thy truth
by the coming down of thy Holy Spirit in our hearts.
That which we know not, do thou reveal;
that which is wanting in us, do thou fill up;
that which we know, do thou confirm;
and keep us blameless in thy service;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.