Modlitwa za Kościół Anglikański

Kościół angli­kań­ski prze­ży­wa obec­nie jeden z naj­więk­szych kry­zy­sów w swo­jej histo­rii. Doty­czy on sto­sun­ku do homo­sek­su­ali­zmu i osób homo­sek­su­al­nych. Dla­te­go ks. dr Tre­vor James z Nowej Zelan­dii uło­żył spe­cjal­ną lita­nię w inten­cji swo­je­go Kościo­ła.

Eku­me­nicz­na Agen­cja Infor­ma­cyj­na Ekumenizm.pl zachę­ca naszych Czy­tel­ni­ków, szcze­gól­nie zna­ją­cych język angiel­ski, do jej odma­wia­nia w inten­cji bra­ci angli­ka­nów.

Let us pray.

ILet us ask the holy, bles­sed and glo­rio­us Tri­ni­ty­To send mer­cy and gra­ce upon our church and espe­cial­ly­Upon our Pri­ma­tes gathe­red in con­fe­ren­ce at this time.

God the Father,have mer­cy upon us.

God the Son,have mer­cy upon us.

God the Holy Spirit,have mer­cy upon us.

Holy, bles­sed and glo­rio­us Trinity,have mer­cy upon us.

IIWe repent our failu­re to hono­ur you O Lor­dand seek rene­wal of our lives and church;good Lord, deli­ver us.

From all evil and mischief;from envy, hatred and malice;and from all evil intent,good Lord, deli­ver us.

From sloth, worl­dli­ness and love of money;from the cru­el­ty of into­le­ran­ce­and from failu­re to discern your pre­sen­ce­go­od Lord, deli­ver us.

From nar­row­ness of mind;from all that defa­ces your image;good Lord, deli­ver us.

Hear our pray­ers, O Lord our God.Hear us, good Lord.

III­Re­mem­be­ring your boun­dless love for all humanity;especially your saving acts in Jesus Christ,we seek your deli­ve­ran­ce:

By the myste­ry of your holy incarnation;by your birth, chil­dho­od and obedience;by your bap­tism, fasting and temptation,good Lord, deli­ver us.

By your mini­stry in word and work;by your migh­ty acts of power;and by your pre­aching of the kingdom,good Lord, deli­ver us.

By your ago­ny and trial;by your cross and passion;and by your pre­cio­us death and burial,good Lord, deli­ver us.

By your migh­ty resurrection;by your glo­rio­us ascension;and by your sen­ding of the Holy Spirit,good Lord, deli­ver us.

IVWe give thanks to you, Most Holy, for the Church:particularly for this part of the house­hold of faith, the worl­dwi­de Angli­can Communion.We pra­ise you O God

We remem­ber gra­te­ful­ly some of tho­se who have given leader­ship­from the See of Can­ter­bu­ry­We pra­ise you O God

For Augu­sti­ne, first Arch­bi­shop of Canterbury,We pra­ise you O God

For Anselm, the sub­tle theologian,We pra­ise you O God

For Tho­mas a Bec­ket, martyr,We pra­ise you O God

For Tho­mas Cran­mer, Litur­gist and martyr,We pra­ise you O God

For Wil­liam Laud, Martyr,We pra­ise you O God

For Fre­de­rick Tem­ple, reformer,We pra­ise you O God

For Wil­liam Tem­ple, Theologian,We pra­ise you O God

For Micha­el Ram­sey, Scho­lar and Visionary,We pra­ise you O God

VFor the gifts of your Spirit;for the diver­si­ty of our callings;In hope and won­der, we pra­ise you.

For the Saints in eve­ry age­who reflec­ted you in the­ir lives and ever since,In hope and won­der, we pra­ise you.

For all who have sto­od firm in faith and love,In hope and won­der, we pra­ise you.

For wri­ters, arti­sts and musi­cian­swho­se works have reflec­ted your truth and glory;In hope and won­der, we pra­ise you.

For scien­ti­sts and thin­kers, mystics and visionaries;for all who have dwelt on your mystery;In hope and won­der, we pra­ise you.

For the suc­ces­sion of quiet and gra­cio­us souls,whose pre­sen­ce has swe­ete­ned and sanc­ti­fied the world,In hope and won­der, we pra­ise you.

VIO God, Cre­ator of all that is and is to be,

In this time of our need,Hear us, good Lord.

O God the Son, resto­rer of all cre­ation

In this time of our need,Hear us, good Lord.

O God the Spi­rit, gro­und of all holi­ness,

In this time of our need,Hear us, good Lord.

O Holy, Bles­sed and Glo­rio­us Tri­ni­ty,

In this time of our need,Hear us, good Lord.

Uphold and govern the Pri­ma­tes Conference;direct it into love and truth;and grant it that uni­ty which is your will.

In this time of our need, Hear us, good Lord.

Give our Pri­ma­tes such a sen­se of your love,and such a vision of your pur­po­se for all cre­ation­that they may rece­ive new under­stan­ding of your mer­cy­and, resi­sting schism, bol­dly proc­la­im the gospel.

In this time of our need,Hear us, good Lord.

Enli­gh­ten Rowan, 104th Arch­bi­shop of Canterbury,with your spe­cial grace;grant to him wis­dom, know­led­ge and understanding;empower him with such gifts of recon­ci­lia­tion and love­that, embra­cing dif­fe­ren­ce and diversity,our church may joy­ful­ly proc­la­im your word.

In this time of our need,Hear us, good Lord.

Give all our Pri­ma­tes discer­ning and recep­ti­ve minds;where the­re is anger, grant reconciliation;where the­re is pre­ju­di­ce, grant openness;where the­re is fear­ful­ness, give serenity;where the­re is ambi­tion, give humi­li­ty.

In this time of our need,Hear us, good Lord.

Endow our Pri­ma­tes with cla­ri­ty of thought,generosity of mind, and cha­ri­ty of speech;grant them gifts of patien­ce and forbearance;may they deli­ght in the tru­thand be sur­pri­sed by the Spi­rit.

In this time of our need,Hear us, good Lord.

Bring into the way of truth all who have erre­dand are deceived.Hear us, good Lord.

Streng­then tho­se who stand; com­fort and help the faint-hearted;raise up the fallen;and final­ly beat down all the powers of darkness.Holy God,Holy and strong,Holy and immortal,Have mer­cy upon us.

Heaven­ly Father,you have cal­led usin the Body of your Son Jesus Chri­st­to con­ti­nue his work of recon­ci­lia­tio­nand reve­al you to humankind.Forgive us the sins that tear us apart;give us the coura­ge to over­co­me our fear­sand to seek that uni­ty­which is your gift and your will;through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Most gra­cio­us God,your son, Our Lord,prayed for his disciples,that they may be one.Bless and guidey­our holy church on earth;strengthen its fellowship;increase its ste­ward­shi­pand susta­in it in mission.May the Holy Spi­rit gover­nand kin­dle the hearts ofthe people of the­An­gli­can Communion,that in all things said and done, we may serve only Christ, crucified,risen and glorified;Christ ali­ve and pre­sent in our day in his body the church.May our uni­ty come from living out of lives, streng­the­ned by word andsacrament,and our love for the Christ that we see in each other.May we be faith­ful to the Risen Christ in who­se name we pray. Amen.