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Prayerful Concerns of Our Parish Community – Pentecost
You will find the Prayers of the Faithful from this weekend's Masses for Pentecost (May 27-28, 2023). We hope you find them helpful in your prayerful reflections this week. Spirit of the living God, from Holy Wisdom brooding on the waters of creation in the beginning...
Pray for Peace in Sudan
The accelerated violence and armed conflict in Sudan since mid-April 2023 is causing immeasurable horrors for our sisters and brothers who are displaced, fleeing their homes or trapped. Please pray for an end to suffering and loss of life. The Jesuit Refugee Services...
Prayerful Concerns of Our Parish Community – 7th Sunday of Easter
We hope you find these Prayers of the Faithful from the 7th Sunday of Easter (May 20-21, 2023) to be helpful in your prayer and reflection this week. God, we are nearing the end of the long Easter season, a time when Jesus readied his friends to continue his mission...
Prayerful Concerns of Our Parish Community – Ascension Day
We offer these Prayers of the Faithful for Ascension Day, Thursday, May 18, 2023 On this day we affirm that Jesus has not gone away from us, but is closer to us than ever. In Jesus’ name let us pray for our needs and the needs of all people. That the compassion of...
Learning about Portland’s Working Waterfront
Caring for - and About - Our Common Home The Social Justice and Peace Commission invites you to take yourself on a self-guided tour of the working waterfront on Saturday, June 3rd. The event will take place from 11 AM to 3 PM on the Waterfront. Don’t miss this...
Prayerful Concerns of Our Parish Community – 6th Sunday of Easter
We share these Prayers of the Faithful from the weekend of the 6th Sunday of Easter (May 14, 2023) for your further reflection this week. Jesus has not left us. He has sent the Holy Spirit to be with us always. Through the power of the Spirit let us give voice to the...
A New Understanding of Confirmation in the Restored Order
In just two weeks, we will celebrate Confirmation and First Eucharist with 19 young people in our parish. The Diocese of Maine is one of fourteen dioceses in the U.S. that practice the “restored order” which joins preparation for Confirmation with First Eucharist for...
Acute and Chronic Stress: Tools to get Relief
Imagine Yourself in this Situation You are driving to Mass and the traffic light for Ocean Ave has turned green. As you turn onto Ocean Ave, from the corner of your eye you see a young girl riding her bike into the crosswalk. You slam on the brakes and barely avoid...
Prayerful Concerns of Our Parish Community – 5th Sunday of Easter
We post these Prayers of the Faithful from the weekend of the 5th Sunday of Easter (May 6-7, 2023) with the sincere hope that they are helpful to you in your reflections and prayer this week. Loving God, as it was for the earliest disciples of the Risen Christ, our...
Prayerful Concerns of Our Parish Community – Good Shepherd Sunday
We provide these Prayers of the Faithful from the 4th Sunday of Easter -- Good Shepherd Sunday April 29-30, 2023 -- for your own prayer life and reflections. God, these Easter weeks we wonder at Jesus’ resurrection, at the hope you have given us. We remember the...