The trivial round Placing names on the prayer list commits the parish to be involved in the lives of those for whom we pray.
The prayers of the people Unlike eucharistic prayers, the Prayers of the People have received little attention.
Praying for the world when bad news abounds On a trip to the Holy Land in 2008, I found myself riveted by an unusual mosaic of Jesus on the Church of All Nations, depicting Jesus as our intercessor, kneeling at the center of the image with two groups of people flanking him.
