I ask your prayers for God's people throughout the world; for the Anglican Communion, for the Episcopal Church, for Katherine our Primate and for Orris our Bishop; in the Diocese of Long Island, we pray for St. Barnabas’, Brooklyn; St. Bartholomew’s, Brooklyn; St. Gabriel’s, Brooklyn; St. George’s, Brooklyn; St. John’s. Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn; St. John’s, Park Slope, Brooklyn and the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission; we pray for this parish of St. John’s and for all of our people. Let us Pray for the Church.

I ask your prayers for peace and goodwill among all nations; and for the well-being of all people. Let us pray for our President, our Governor, our Mayor and for the candidates for President of our nation. Let us pray for Peace with Justice and Mercy throughout the world, and especially for peace in Georgia, in Kashmir, in Burma, and in Darfur. We continue our prayers today for our own troops serving in places of great danger and especially Christopher Yeh, US Marines, Lt. Col. Andrew Cox, US Air Force, and David Smikle, US Navy, who serve in Iraq; Joseph Moesel, who serves with the British Army on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Let us pray for peace and an end to war.

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I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison. Let us pray for those in Need, those who are injured and for the sick and especially for those for whom our prayers have been requested: Sandra Appiah, Marian Brodsky, Karen Brown, Bayard Buckley; Morgan Burrell; Marilyn Byrd, Evan Coleman, Andrea Coleman, Jennifer Cyrus, Jordan Dilg, Adrienne Ford, Chesterfield Forde. Thelma Forte, Marjorie Fraser, Natalie Franklin, Sean Franklin, Nadirah Grant, Beulah Jacob, Agnes James, Janet Hibbert, Douglas LaPierre, Moreen Legall, William Mason, Brian McAnuff, Roberta McCombs, Sherrell Murphy, Aixas Parkins, Jill Reintjes, Elizabeth Rose, Brian Roxby, Carmen Ruiz, Linda Small, Anthony Sylvestre, Udean Sylvestre-Murray, Darlene Watson, Tana Watson, Lynn Weissman, Emily Willis, Kelon Yearwood. Almida Belgrave, Agnes Blackman, Grace Bond, Leonie Brooks, Eldora Hatcher, Agnes James, Sylvia Pilgrim, Luis Reyes, Sr., Let us pray for those in any need or trouble.

I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

I ask your prayers of thanksgiving for gift of life and join with those who give particular thanks for their birthdays this week: August 17 Shanta Patton, Shanta Carrington, Shannelle Carrington; 18 Giselle O’Brady; 19 Charles Blake, Ronald Blake; 20 Onika Peters, Judy Phillips; 22 Alex Novak; 23 Matthew Esho; Lutina Jacob.

I ask your prayers for the departed. Let us pray for those who have lost their lives in acts of terrorism, warfare or natural disasters this week. Let us pray especially for Egnol Hunte, who died on August 12.

Let us Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored rejoicing in the fellowship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. John our Patron and all the Saints. AMEN.