Part 1 of the Picture Gallery is here
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Anglican Communion Primates: A Picture Gallery (part 2)
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The Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma)
The Most Revd Samuel San Si Htay
Photo Credit: Crosslinks (full-size image)
God, who taught the hearts of your faithful people
by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit:
grant _______ by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things
and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort;
through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
The Most Revd Peter Jasper Akinola DD
Photo Credit: Global South Anglican blog (full-size photo)
Risen, ascended Lord,
as we rejoice at your triumph,
fill _______ and the Primates
with power and compassion,
that all who are estranged by sin
may find forgiveness and know your peace,
to the glory of God the Father.
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The Church of North India (United)
The Most Revd Joel Vidyasagar Mal
Photo Credit: The Tribune (India) (full-size image)
Holy Spirit, sent by the Father,
ignite in _________ your holy fire;
strengthen ________ and the Primates with the gift of faith,
revive your Church with the breath of love,
and renew the face of the earth,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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The Church of Pakistan (United)
The Rt Revd Dr Alexander John Malik
Photo Credit: The Anglican Communion Website (full-size photo)
Holy God,
faithful and unchanging:
enlarge ________’s mind with the knowledge of your truth,
and draw him more deeply into the mystery of your love,
that he may truly worship you,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
The Most Revd James Simon Ayong
Photo Credit: The Anglican Communion Website (full-sized photo)
Almighty and eternal God,
you have revealed yourself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
and live and reign in the perfect unity of love:
hold ___________ firm in this faith,
that he may know you in all your ways
and evermore rejoice in your eternal glory,
who are three Persons yet one God,
now and for ever.
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The Episcopal Church in the Philippines
The Most Revd Ignacio Capuyan Soliba
Photo Credit: Anglican Communion Website (full-size photo)
O God, the strength of all those who put their trust in you,
mercifully accept our prayers and,
because through the weakness of our mortal nature
we can do no good thing without you,
grant ________ the help of your grace,
that in the keeping of your commandments
he may please you both in will and deed;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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L’Eglise Episcopal au Rwanda
The Most Revd Emmanuel Musaba Kolini
Photo Credit: Global South Anglican blog (full-size photo)
God of truth,
help _________ to keep your law of love
and to walk in ways of wisdom,
that he may find true life
in Jesus Christ your Son.
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The Scottish Episcopal Church
The Most Revd Idris Jones
Photo Credit: Church of Ireland Gazette (full size image) (alternate image, Wikipedia, by Stewart D. Macfarlane)
Lord, you have taught us
that all our doings without love are nothing worth:
send your Holy Spirit
and pour into _______ and the Primates’ hearts
that most excellent gift of love,
the true bond of peace and of all virtues,
without which whoever lives is counted dead before you.
Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ’s sake,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
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Church of the Province of South East Asia
The Most Revd Dr John Chew
Photo Credit: Global South Anglican blog (full-size photo)
O God, the protector of all who trust in you,
without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy:
increase and multiply upon ____ and the Primates your mercy;
that with you as their ruler and guide they may so pass through things temporal
that they lose not their hold on things eternal;
grant this, heavenly Father, for our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake,
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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The Church of South India (United)
The Most Revd Badda Peter Sugandhar
Photo Credit: Global South Anglican blog (full-size photo)
Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for _______ and the Primates,
that in their vocation and ministry they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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The Church of the Province of Southern Africa
The Most Revd Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane
Photo Credit: Anglican Communion Website (full-size photo)
Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in ______’s heart the love of your name,
increase in him true religion,
nourish him with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep him in the same;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
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Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America
The Most Revd Gregory James Venables
Photo Credit: St. James Oklahoma City (full-size photo)
Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
_________ and the Primates’ hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
they may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
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The Episcopal Church of the Sudan
The Most Revd Joseph Biringi Hassan Marona
Photo Credit: Global South Anglican blog (full-size photo)
Almighty God, who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open _______’s heart to the riches of your grace,
that he may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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The Anglican Church of Tanzania
The Most Revd Donald Leo Mtetemela
Photo Credit: Anglican Communion Website (full-size photo)
Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of ______ and the Primates;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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The Church of the Province of Uganda
The Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi
Photo Credit: Anglican Communion Website (full-size photo)
Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give _________ patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring his prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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The Episcopal Church in the USA
The Most Revd Katharine Jefferts Schori
Photo Credit: Episcopal News Service (full-size photo)
O God, you declare your almighty power
most chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
mercifully grant to ________ such a measure of your grace,
that she, running the way of your commandments,
may receive your gracious promises,
and be made a partaker of your heavenly treasure;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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The Church in Wales
The Most Revd Dr. Barry Cennydd Morgan
Photo credit: The Anglican Communion website (full-size photo)
God of constant mercy,
who sent your Son to save us:
remind _______ of your goodness,
increase your grace within him,
that his thankfulness may grow,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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The Church of the Province of West Africa
The Most Revd Justice Ofei Akrofi
Photo Credit: Anglican Communion Website (full-size picture here)
Almighty God,
who called your Church to bear witness
that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
help _________ to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
through him who was lifted up on the cross,
and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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The Church in the Province of the West Indies
The Most Revd Drexel Wellington Gomez
Photo Credit: Global South Anglican blog (full-size photo)
Almighty God,
you search us and know us:
may ________ rely on you in strength
and rest on you in weakness,
now and in all his days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Acknowledgements and Notes:
Acknowledgements and Notes:
A Note on the Blog Formatting and Possible Display Problems:
Note: we designed this post on the assumption that most blog readers would not display the text full screen, but have a left-hand favorites or bookmarks window open. If the formatting is difficult to read (i.e. the pictures crowd on top of one another or cascade in diagonal format across the page), try changing the width of your display page (making it narrower). We will have a better-formatted PRINTABLE version of this online tomorrow.
Photo Credits:
We would like to express our thanks to ENS, ACNS, and Global South Anglican blog for permission to use photos from their websites. We have attempted to provide detailed photo credits for all pictures, with links to their original context.
A note on the prayers:
All the prayers here are from the Church of England Common Worship website, from the page of Collects and Post-Communion prayers. Prayers have been usually been very slightly adapted to make them appropriate to use as intercessions for others. There was no attempt to pick a prayer for a specific primate, so nothing should be inferred from what prayer is listed for a particular bishop. Instead, prayers were chosen that focused on themes of guidance, mission and evangelism, the empowering of the Holy Spirit, leadership, servanthood, faithfulness to Christ — which we considered important themes and prayer needs for all the Primates, thus we intended the prayers to be interchangeable for any Primate.
Attribution and Contact info:
This compilation of photos and prayers was prepared in January 2007 by the Lent & Beyond blog team (http://lent.classicalanglican.net) to faciliate intercession for the Anglican Primates in the lead up to the February 2007 Primates meeting in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Please feel free to distribute it widely as long as proper attribution is given. For more information, contact us at: AnglicanPrayer@gmail.com
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The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia
The Anglican Church of Australia
The Church of Bangladesh
Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
The Episcopal Church of Burundi
The Anglican Church of Canada
The Church of the Province of Central Africa
Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America
Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo
The Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
The Church of Ireland
The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Communion in Japan)
The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & The Middle East
The Anglican Church of Kenya
The Anglican Church of Korea
The Church of the Province of Melanesia
La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico
