Weekly Readings

The readings from the Lectionary for Mass for the coming Sunday can be conveniently found on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' site, http://www.usccb.org/nab/index.shtml.

The readings from the Revised Common Lectionary can be found at The Text This Week.,  http://www.textweek.com/.

Related Links

 

FCA is happy to provide the following links to sites that may be of help or interest to those who prepare the Prayer of the Faithful for their community.

The World Since September 11

The United Methodist Church has links to “Worship Resources for Times of Crisis’ on their Worship page, http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=nav_loc.   They include “Grief and Loss,” “Terrorism and Violence,”, “War,” and “Natural Disasters.”  There is also a wonderful selection of prayers for those in the military at the end of their page on an archived page on War, http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=681; look under “Other Resources.”

The World Council of Churches has a page devoted to Prayers for the Churches of Jerusalem to End the Illegal Occupation of Palestine, www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/international/resourcepack.html..

 

Homily Preparation Assistance

Get extensive links to homily preparation material by subscribing to Deacon Sil's Homiletic Service, http://www.deaconsil.com/.

Prayer Resources to Address Current Events

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has helps on its web site which include prayers for peace  and justice.  See www.usccb.org/sdwp/prayerresources.shtml. 

The Peace and Justice Network of the Mennonite Church has prayers and petitions at peace.mennolink.org/resources_a_prayers.html.

 Prayer for Peace from the World Council of Churches: www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/international/iraqpeaceservice.html.

 From the Royal Army Chaplain in the UK, various prayers in times of war, for peace, troops, loved ones far away, etc. oremus.org/labarum.

 

Prayer Resources for Spanish-Speaking Communities

Prayers of the Faithful in Spanish as well as English can be found at Litugy.com and at http://www.priestsforlife.org/intercessions/index.htm.

Should you discover that any of these links has ceased to work, would you be so kind as to e-mail  comments@fcaministry.com?  Thank you!