Our Prayers

The Canadian Mothers' Union is a society of prayer and mission

crossThe Mothers’ Union Prayer

Loving Lord,
We thank you for your love so freely given to us all.
We pray for families around the world.
Bless the work of the Mothers' Union
as we seek to share your love
through the encouragement, strengthening and support of marriage and family life.
Empowered by your Spirit, may we be united in prayer and worship,
and in love and service reach out as your hands across the world.
In Jesus' name.
Amen

One of our strengths is our strong sense of prayer and we continually pray for one another.

This is evidenced in our Canadian Wave of Prayer, where we pray for different dioceses and members of the society during midday prayers.

crossMidday Prayers

Jesus, Lord of life, by the power of your word and through your actions of love, call us to be your disciples. Give us the strength to be different, to stand up for justice and peace and be signs of your reconciling love for all.

God of grace, enable your servants to carry out your mission on earth, through the work of Mothers’ Union worldwide. Today we pray for the people and the work of*

We pray for all our members. May God be with them in every part of their lives, encouraging and leading them, sheltering and strengthening them so that they may work to your praise and glory.

Faithful and loving God, who called Mary Sumner to work for the renewal of family life, inspire us to follow her example and respond to your call to new adventures, new possibilities and new visions for the work of the Mothers’ Union around the world.

May we always see the world through the eyes of Christ, speak to those we meet with the words of Christ, and take with us on our journey the peace of Christ.

Amen.