The Hidden Depths of the Mass #29

The Eucharistic Prayer – Intercessions

As we conclude the Liturgy of the Word, we offer the Prayers of the Faithful.  Here, we offer explicit intercessions in prayer. 

In the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the Eucharistic Prayers also include intercessory prayer such as when we pray for unity with our pope and bishop.  All the Eucharistic Prayers also include praying for the dead.  Another example is Eucharistic Prayer III when we that the Lord “advance the peace and salvation of all the world.”

Our intercessions are for all people, rich or poor, white, black, or red.  It doesn’t matter where they were born or the language one speaks.  We pray as one body, united in Christ through the Holy Spirit.