All Saints' Prayers
October 2025
Gracious Heavenly Father, thank you for the peace agreement between Israel and Hamas and for the return of Israeli hostages
We pray for lasting peace in the whole region and hope to be restored
For Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace together
For Israelis and Palestinians who have died; for those who have endured relentless violence and conflict
For all who are suffering and mourning, that you would be their comfort, their healer and their safe refuge.
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
Amen
A prayer for Prison Week
Prison Week (12-18 October 2025) aims to encourage prayer and awareness of the needs of those affected by the criminal justice system, including prisoners, their families, victims of crime, and prison staff.
PRISON WEEK 12 - 18 OCTOBER 2025
Gracious Heavenly Father, you offer freedom to all people. We pray for those in prison. Break the bonds of fear and isolation that exist. Support with your love prisoners and their families and friends, prison staff and all who care. Heal those who have been wounded by the actions of others, especially the victims of crime. Help us to forgive one another, to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly together with Christ in his strength and in his Spirit, now and every day. Amen
4 October 2025
On this Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
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O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.
Today's Prayer from All Saints'
We pray for all parts of the world suffering from conflict and violence, remembering especially the people of Gaza and Ukraine. May God turn hearts towards peace and guide world leaders to work for justice and reconciliation.