Pray as a conclusion to your reflection on the Sunday scriptures. Consider what concerns or people you wish to pray for with the group and what actions you feel the Spirit prompts you to do. Use a Prayer of the Faithful format.
LEADER: Teach us to recognize the abandoned and include the excluded in our social and economic life.
Take turns voicing your concerns. Respond to each.
ALL: Teach us wisdom of heart, O God, and prosper the work of our hands.
LEADER: Each of us will take with us one of the pieces of paper with a scripture phrase on it that another of us remembers and values. Keep it to reflect on this week.
Exchange a sign of peace.