May joy be our default
Lord, saturate us with your joy. Let it radiate from us. May joy be our default.
We pray not for mere ‘happiness', nor a saccharine facade, but a foundational joy that trusts in your redemptive love and unconditional forgiveness. Help us to hold onto joy, even amidst pain or turmoil, knowing that you are with us, and that you declare us ‘very good’. May we be emboldened knowing that “the joy of the Lord is our strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10)
We pray for those we know who are sick or in need of our prayers.
We pray for those in Long Term Care.
Parish Cycle of Prayer
We pray for Anglican Elder Care groups – facilitators, participants & volunteers; local health centres in St. Martin’s; Opawa, Rudolph Steiner and St. Martin’s schools.
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
We pray for the Ministry Unit of Shirley Burwood Marshland. We pray for Cathedral Grammar School and the Bishop’s Chaplain to Retired Clergy, Spouses and Clergy Widow(er)s.
Anglican Elder Care Group Coordinator.
Recent Prayers
We continue to cry out for a cessation of violence in Gaza
Send down upon your disciples the Holy Spirit who enlightens, strengthens, and saves our souls.
Upcoming services
Noteworthy
We live in a society that has in many ways abandoned its traditional patterns of mourning.
Upcoming events
Community Fair bringing affordable toys, books, china, vintage clothes and more from the Opawa - St Martins Parish.