July
Canada Day, July 1
Almighty God, whose wisdom and whose love over all, accept the prayers we offer for our nation. Give integrity to it’s citizen’s and wisdom to those in authority, that harmony and justice may be secured in obedience to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
St Thomas the Apostle, July 3
Almighty and everliving God, who strengthened your apostle Thomas with faith in the resurrection of your Son, strengthen us when we doubt, and make us faithful disciples of Jesus Christ our risen Lord; who with you, O Father, and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns eternally.
Thomas More, July 6
Almighty God, who strengthened Thomas More to be in office a King’s good servant but in conscience your servant first, grant us in all our doubts and uncertainies to feel the grasp of your holy hand and to live by faith in your promise that you shall not let us be lost; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Benedict of Nursia, July 11
Eternal God, you endowed your holy servant Benedict with gifts of discernment and power to be a true and faithful guide in the way of Christian perfection. Instill in our hearts the virtues of stability and concord, that our prayers may be fixed on you and our judgements may be formed according to your great commandment of love; through Jesus Christ our Lord; who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Henry, July 13
Almighty God, teach us to follow the example of your servant Henry that we may proclaim your Gospel, rebuke injustice, and bear whatever reproaches the world shall heap upon our faithfulness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
St. Mary Magdalene, July 22
Almighty God, whose Son restored Mary Magdalene to health of mind and body and called her to be a witness of his resurrection, forgive us and heal us by your grace, that we may serve you in the power of his risen life; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
St. James the Apostle, July 25
Almighty God, we remember today your servant James, the first apostle to give his life for faith in Jesus Christ. Pour out on all your people that spirit of self-denying service which is the mark of true leadership. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Anne, July 26
Lord God, the Source and Goal of all creation, we bless you for your servant Anne, whose daughter Mary was the mother of our Lord. Grant us grace in our succeeding generations to honour the gift of life, that young and old together may learn the love whose fruit is life eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
William Wiberforce, July 29
O God, the Source of life and liberty, let your bountiful mercy continually renew in your Church the never-failing gift of love, that following your servant William Wilberforce, we may have grace to redeem the needy from oppression and power to maintain the cause of those who have no helper; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
