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Acts 11.1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21.1-6; John 13.31-35

Prayers

Adult & All Age

A gathering prayer

Lord, we come before you,
individual and complex people;
yet all with the same desire
to worship you.
We pray that you will speak your love
deep into our hearts this morning.
Be with us, Lord.
Amen.

Call to worship

based on Psalm 148.13


Let us praise the name of the Lord,
for his name alone is exalted;
his glory is above earth and heaven.
Let us praise the name of the Lord together.

A prayer of approach

Risen Lord, we understand so little
of what your glory really means.
Yet we dare to approach you.
Have mercy on us, and fill us with wonder,
understanding what we need to understand,
and marvelling at that which is beyond understanding.
Amen.

A prayer of confession

Lord, we confess that often we are too tied up in our own lives
to attempt to think creatively, imaginatively, differently;
to begin to pursue all the wonderfully positive
‘what ifs’ there may be around us;
to take the time to see your glory and all that means;
to look for glory in unexpected places.
Forgive us, Lord, as we come humbly to you.
Help us to listen for, and act upon, your Spirit’s promptings.
Amen.

A prayer of praise and thanksgiving

We thank you, Jesus, that you loved us so much
that you died for us and rose again.
We thank you, Jesus, that you gave us your Spirit
to comfort us and to lead us.
We thank you, Jesus, that you gave us
the perfect way to show your love to others,
not with long words
but simply by loving them with your love.
Open our hearts today
so that we can receive your love anew,
and then we can give
far beyond what we would have believed possible.
Amen.

Intercessory prayer

based on Acts 11.15

‘And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them
just as it had upon us at the beginning.’
Lord, we know that we tend to love those like ourselves.
We are prone to think of people who are hard to love
as ‘out there’, not in our backyards.
But they are sometimes much closer than that,
they are in our family.
And, dare we admit, sometimes it is ourselves whom we find difficult to love.
Holy Spirit, fall on us.

We pray now for our families, for our nearest and dearest.
They don’t always choose the lifestyle we would choose for
them, but, Lord, we pray you would help us to walk wisely
alongside them, being there for them, but not in their face.
Help us to remember that you don’t work on just one side of the
equation; you are with them as much as you are with us.
May we all be guided by your Spirit,
as we look for glimpses of your glory in those around us.
Holy Spirit, fall on us.

We pray for those ‘out there’,
that we would not so much seek to bring them in,
as to be ready and willing to be out there
with them at their point of need.
Holy Spirit, fall on us.

Lord, we sometimes walk a difficult path
between being true to ourselves, and not offending others.
We pray for:
those we find difficult to love because they are different,
those we perhaps feel might help themselves more,
those who haven’t had our advantages.
We pray for a spirit of openness
and a willingness to see your glory everywhere.
Holy Spirit, fall on us.
Amen.

A personal prayer

Lord, help me to know when I am not being easy to love,
and help me to do something about it.
Amen.

Ways into prayer

  • Spend some time bringing to mind someone you find it difficult to love.
  • Resolve to show kindness to them in a specific small way this week, and pray for mighty oaks to grow from small acorns.

A prayer for all ages together

Lord, sometimes we find it hard to love other people.
Fill us with your love(mime drinking down a full glass).
We pray that you will help us to understand them.
Fill us with your love.
And see you in them.
Fill us with your love.
And carry you with us, wherever we go.
Fill us with your love.
Amen.

A sending out prayer

based on John 13.35

‘By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,
if you have love for one another.’
Lord, we go out now,
in your name and in your love.
Bless us, Lord.
Amen.

Adult & All Age prayers in Welsh

Gogoniant y Pasg


Ioan 13.31-35

Tudalen / page 37

Galwad i addoli

yn seiliedig ar Salm 148.13

Gadewch i ni foli enw’r Arglwydd,
oherwydd ei enw ef yn unig sydd ddyrchafedig;
ac y mae ei ogoniant ef uwchlaw daear a nefoedd.
Gadewch i ni foli enw’r Arglwydd gyda’n gilydd.


Gweddi ymgynnull

Arglwydd, down ger dy fron di,
yn bobl unigol a chymhleth;
ac eto gyda’r un awydd
i’th addoli di.
Gweddïwn y byddi di’n llefaru geiriau dy gariad
i mewn i’n calonnau’r bore yma.
Bydd gyda ni, Arglwydd.
Amen.


Gweddi ddynesu

Arglwydd atgyfodedig, rydym yn deall cyn lleied
ystyr dy ogoniant di.
Eto rydym yn meiddio dod atat.
Bydd drugarog wrthym, a llanw ni â rhyfeddod,
gan ddeall yr hyn sydd angen i ni ddeall,
a gan ryfeddu wrth yr hyn sydd uwchlaw deall.
Amen.


Gweddi o gyffes

Arglwydd, cyffeswn ein bod yn aml rhy ynghlwm i bethau yn ein bywydau
i geisio meddwl yn greadigol, yn ddychmygus, yn wahanol;
i ddechrau mynd ar ôl rhyfeddodau’r
‘beth os’ a all fod o’n cwmpas;
i gymryd amser i weld dy ogoniant a’r cyfan mae’n ei olygu;
i chwilio am ogoniant mewn mannau annisgwyl.
Maddau i ni, Arglwydd, wrth i ni ddod yn wylaidd ger dy fron.
Helpa ni i wrando ar, ac i weithredu ar ysgogiadau dy Ysbryd.
Amen.


Gweddi o ddiolchgarwch

Diolchwn i ti, Iesu, dy fod yn ein caru gymaint
nes i ti farw drosom ac atgyfodi.
Diolchwn i ti, Iesu, dy fod wedi rhoi dy Ysbryd i ni
i’n diddanu ac i’n harwain.
Diolchwn i ti, Iesu, dy fod wedi rhoi i ni
y ffordd berffaith i ddangos dy gariad at eraill,
nid gyda geiriau hirion
ond yn syml trwy eu caru gyda’th gariad di.
Agor ein calonnau heddiw
fel y gallwn dderbyn dy gariad o’r newydd,
ac yna gallwn roi
ymhell y tu hwnt i’r hyn buaswn yn credu’n bosibl.
Amen.


Gweddïau o eiriolaeth

yn seiliedig ar Actau 11.15

‘Ac nid cynt y dechreuais lefaru nag y syrthiodd yr Ysbryd Glân arnynt hwy fel yr oedd wedi syrthio arnom ninnau ar y cyntaf.’

Arglwydd, gwyddom ein bod yn tueddu i garu’r rhai sy’n debyg i ni.
Rydym yn tueddu i feddwl am bobl sy’n anodd eu caru
fel ‘allan yna’, nid ar drothwy ein drws.
Ond maen nhw’n aml yn nes o lawer na hynny,
maen nhw yn ein teulu.
Ac, os cyfaddefwn ni, weithiau ni’n hunain yw’r rhai a gawn yn anodd eu caru.
Ysbryd Glân, disgyn arnom ni.

Gweddïwn nawr dros ein teuluoedd, ein hanwyliaid.
Nid ydynt bob amser yn dewis y ffordd o fyw y buasem ni’n ei ddewis drostynt,
ond, Arglwydd, gweddïwn y byddi di’n ein helpu i gerdded yn ddoeth
gyda nhw, gan fod yno iddyn nhw, ond nid yn eu hwyneb.
Helpa ni i  gofio nad wyt yn gweithio ar un ochr i’r hafaliad yn unig;
rwyt ti gyda nhw cymaint ag wyt ti gyda ni.
Boed i ni gael ein harwain gan dy Ysbryd,
wrth i ni geisio cipolwg o’th ogoniant yn y rhai o’n cwmpas.
Ysbryd Glân, disgyn arnom ni.

Gweddïwn dros y rhai sydd ‘allan yna’,
fel na fyddwn cymaint yn ceisio eu dwyn i mewn,
ond yn barod i fod allan yna
gyda nhw yn eu hangen.
Ysbryd Glân, disgyn arnom ni.

Arglwydd, weithiau byddwn yn cerdded llwybr anodd
rhwng bod yn driw i ni’n hunain, a pheidio â thramgwyddo eraill.
Gweddïwn dros:
y rhai y cawn yn anodd eu caru am eu bod yn wahanol,
y rhai y teimlwn efallai y gallant helpu eu hunain fwy,
y rhai na chawsant yr un manteision â ni.
Gweddïwn am ysbryd agored
a pharodrwydd i weld dy ogoniant ym mhob man.
Ysbryd Glân, disgyn arnom ni.
Amen.


Gweddi bersonol

Arglwydd, helpa fi i wybod pan nad wyf yn hawdd i’m caru,
a helpa fi i wneud rhywbeth amdano.
Amen.


Gweithgaredd gweddi:

Treuliwch ychydig amser yn dwyn i gof rhywun rydych yn ei gael yn anodd eu caru. Gwnewch benderfyniad i ddangos caredigrwydd iddynt mewn ffordd fechan benodol yr wythnos hon, a gweddïwch y bydd rhywbeth mawr yn tyfu allan o rywbeth bychan.


Gweddi ar gyfer pob oed gyda’i gilydd

Arglwydd, weithiau cawn hi’n anodd i garu pobl eraill.
Llanw ni a’th gariad (meimio yfed gwydriad llawn).
Gweddïwn y byddi di’n ein helpu eu deall.
Llanw ni a’th gariad.
Ac i’th weld di ynddynt.
Llanw ni a’th gariad.
Ac i’th dwyn di gyda ni, ble bynnag yr awn.
Llanw ni a’th gariad.
Amen.


Gweddi i gloi

yn seiliedig ar Ioan 13.35

‘Os bydd gennych gariad tuag at eich gilydd, wrth hynny bydd pawb yn gwybod mai disgyblion i mi ydych.’
Arglwydd, awn allan yn awr,
yn dy enw di ac yn dy gariad di.
Bendithia ni, Arglwydd.
Amen.

Children & Young People

A gathering prayer for children

God, who lives everywhere,
and fills everything,
we have seen you already this morning;
at home and on our way to church.
Your light shines on and out of all creation.
We are here to learn and to worship you.
Amen.

A prayer of confession for children

Holy God,
we are sorry that we find it hard
to love other people as Jesus did.
Teach us how to love,
even the people who are unkind to us.
Amen.

A prayer of praise and thanksgiving for children

Children shake percussive instruments at the end of each line.*

We worship you, God, when we see your glory in the world;*
when we see the extraordinary detail in the smallest of insects;*
when our own paintings and Lego™ buildings teach us about you as maker;*
when Christians love one another, and show your love to the world.*
We worship you.
Amen.

Intercessory prayer for children

Help us, Jesus, to love each other.
For the glory of God.

To make our church a good place to be
For the glory of God.

To show other people we follow you
For the glory of God.

And to bring your message to the world
For the glory of God.
Amen.

A sending out prayer for children

Jesus, you said to your disciples,
‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
But wherever we go, you come with us.
We pray for your love in our lives this week,
through the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Children and Young People Prayers in Welsh

Gogoniant y Pasg


Ioan 13.31-35

Tudalen / page 34

Gweddi ymgynnull

Dduw, sy’n byw ym mhob man,
ac yn llenwi pob peth,
rydym wedi dy weld eisoes y bore yma;
gartref ac ar ein ffordd yma.
Mae dy oleuni yn disgleirio ar ac allan o’r holl gread.
Rydym yma i ddysgu ac i’th addoli di.
Amen.


Gweddi o fawl

Y plant yn ysgwyd offerynnau taro ar ddiwedd pob llinell.*

Addolwn di, Dduw,
pan welwn dy ogoniant yn y byd;*
pan welwn fanylder eithriadol
y trychfilod lleiaf;*
pan fydd ein darluniau ein hunain
a’n hadeiladau Lego™
yn ein dysgu ni amdanat fel creawdwr;*
pan fydd Cristnogion yn caru ei gilydd,
ac yn dangos dy gariad i’r byd.*
Addolwn di.
Amen.


Gweddi am faddeuant

Dduw sanctaidd,
mae’n ddrwg gennym ein bod yn cael trafferth
i garu eraill fel y gwnaeth Iesu.
Dysg ni sut i garu,
hyd yn oed y bobl sy’n angharedig wrthym.
Amen.


Gweddi dros eraill

Ymateb:Er gogoniant i Dduw.

Helpa ni, Iesu, i garu ein gilydd.
Er gogoniant i Dduw.
I wneud ein heglwys yn le da i fod ynddi…
I ddangos i eraill ein bod yn dy ddilyn di…
Ac i ddod â’th neges di i’r byd…
Amen.


Gweddi i gloi

Iesu, dywedaist ti wrth dy ddisgyblion,
‘Ble rwyf i’n mynd, ni allwch ddod.’
Ond ble bynnag yr awn, rwyt yn dod gyda ni.
Gweddïwn am dy gariad yn ein bywydau’r wythnos hon,
trwy’r Ysbryd Glân.
Amen.

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