When are FCA’s General Intercessions available?

Intercessions are normally e-mailed to subscribers Wednesday evening so that they are available by first thing Thursday morning for the coming weekend's liturgies. For the Paschal Triduum, intercessions are sent to arrive on Monday and Tuesday of Holy Week.   Intercessions for holydays arrive two (2) days before the holyday.

Is it possible for me to receive the intercessions earlier?

What makes FCA’s Intercession Subscription Service unique is that it provides general intercessions that are appropriate to the readings of the week AND reflective of the EVENTS of the week.  For that reason, they are composed as close to the weekend as possible—just in time for their early Thursday delivery.  To provide them earlier would negate the very purpose that this service was designed to address.  FCA does make schedule adjustments for all subscribers to accommodate likely parish office holidays.   However, it is not possible to provide the Prayer of the Faithful on different schedules for different needs.

But what if I have to prepare my Prayers of the Faithful early because I’m going to be on vacation?

FCA is happy to send the intercessions temporarily to an alternate address while you are away.

Are FCA's Prayers of the Faithful available in Spanish?

Regretfully, FCA is not able at this time to provide its intercessions in Spanish.  We know that this need is real and growing, and we hope to be able to meet it in the future.  Anyone who is fluent in Spanish and could work for a share of our modest revenue is welcome to contact us about helping us to meet this need.

Liturgy.com and Priests for Life provide Prayers of the Faithful in Spanish as well as English.  Go to Litugy.com and  http://www.priestsforlife.org/intercessions/index.htm.

Frequently Asked Questions About FCA’s

Prayers of the Faithful (General Intercessions)

Does the Subscription Service include intercessions for holydays when they are not "days of obligation"?

Yes, these are included in the Subscription Service. 

How many petitions should there be each week?

The number is not prescribed.  However, general practice suggests four to seven.  FCA always provides more petitions than you can or should use in a single liturgy.  Each parish or community uses pastoral judgment to select and adapt those most meaningful to its assembly.

Will there be an intention for life, vocations, or our military serving in harm’s way every week?

FCA does its best to provide a variety of intentions each week to meet the various needs of its subscribers.  From a practical standpoint, the list of intentions would become unwieldy if we were to include everyone’s favored cause, no matter how worthy.  From a practical standpoint, we know from the comments of “people in the pews” that they become weary of hearing the same cause week after week.  Therefore, our practice is to address these needs on a regular basis, and certainly when called forth by the readings of the day, but not every week..

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The Subscription Service provides Prayers of the Faithful based on the season and readings of the day, and reflective of current issues and events for: every Sunday, every holyday of obligation, Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil, a children's liturgy at Christmas.

Exactly what liturgical celebrations are included in the Subscription Service?

The right to life is a central tenet of Christian teaching and an important issue in the U.S. and world today.  Here at FCA, we embrace the "seamless garment" metaphor of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernadin.  Therefore, although intentions one might label "respect life" do not appear every week, we believe that every intention addressing the quality of life that God desires for all God's children is, indeed, a "life" intention.

Priests for Life offer weekly intercessions on their web site at http://www.priestsforlife.org/intercessions/.

Wouldn’t respect for life be a different case?