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Intercessions for the Christian People: Prayers of the People for Cycles A, B, and C of the Roman, Episcopal, and Luthern Lectionaries (Rite of Confirmation)

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The language is a little bit stilted, meaning most people don't "pray" this way, but if you are a worship planner looking for a resource for Intercessory Prayers, this is a good resource for you.

Just this morning I was the intercessor at our Episcopal Church. I found that the set of prayers I was forced to read began with "For all in this world who do not know Christ as the faithful Son who did the will of his Father and revealed to us his Father's kindness, that God's love may be known among them..." I'm sure to many this is unexceptionable. But I am a cradle Episcopalian, and to me the greatest thing about our church is that we are not a confessional church. we are free to engage in our own individual spiritual search, and we do not have to look down on or patronize other religions. I find it greatly offensive to say, in essence, "we'll pray for you poor slobs who haven't yet found what we have..." I am a Christian, but I do not believe that I, or my fellow Christians, necessarily have more on the ball spiritually or in terms of eternal truth than our Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist or Hindu brothers and sisters. For God's sake, let's lay off! Who is Gail Ramshaw anyway, to be telling us how to pray? (Yes, I know, she's a Ph.D. professor at LaSalle, a Lutheran, etc...) But I think she is above herself prescribing this sort of prayer. Jesus may be ours, but "Christ," in my opinion, is not limited to any particular religion. We have no need to define Christ in the way she does in this prayer. Get down off your "Christian" high-horse, Gail!