Intercession (Form III)

The Deacon or other minister sings or says:

With all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to the Lord, saying, "Lord, have mercy" [or "Kyrie eleison"].

The People kneel. The Deacon or other minister continues:

For the peace of the world, for the welfare of the holy Church of God, and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

For  , our Pope,  , our bishop, and for all bishops, priests and deacons, and all God's holy people, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

For our President, for the leaders of the nations, and for all in authority, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

For all children, born and unborn, for parents, and for all families, [especially  , for whom we offer this Mass], let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

For seasonable weather, and for an abundance of the fruits of the earth, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

For deliverance from all danger and violence, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, [especially  ], let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

For the poor and the oppressed, for the unemployed and the destitute, for prisoners and captives, and for all who remember and care for them, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

For the faithful departed of this parish [or community], [for  , for whom we offer this Mass] and for all who have departed this life in the hope of the resurrection, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

That we may end our lives in faith and hope, without suffering and without reproach, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy [Kyrie eleison].

In the communion of the blessed ever-Virgin Mary, [of Saint  ] and of all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and one another, and all our life, to Christ our God.
To thee, O Lord our God.

The Celebrant concludes with this Doxology, or one of these Collects:

For thine is the majesty, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, now and for ever. Amen.

The Mass continues with the Penitential Rite.