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Prayer of intercession<\/h3>\n

Jesus, Saviour,
\nMan of sorrows and acquainted with grief,
\nwe come to you
\nfor you alone can make us whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus, Saviour,
\nwounded for our transgressions,
\nbruised for our iniquities,
\nwe come to you
\nfor you alone can make us whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus, Saviour,
\nwe come as a church broken by factions,
\nweak in our mission,
\nwavering in our faith.
\nWe come to you
\nfor you alone can make us whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus, Saviour,
\nwe come as people of the world,
\ntorn by war,
\nruined by greed,
\nspoilt by selfishness.
\nWe come to you
\nfor you alone can make us whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus, Saviour,
\nwe come as members of a family,
\ninsensitive to each other,
\nblind to tears and deaf to cries.
\nWe come to you
\nfor you alone can make us whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus, Saviour,
\nwe come with the sick at heart,
\nwe come with the ill in mind,
\nwe come with the diseased in body.
\nWe come to you
\nfor you alone can make us whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 
\nfrom The Open Gate: Celtic Prayers for Growing Spiritually<\/a><\/em>
\nby David Adam, p.64-5
\n <\/p>\n\n

 
\nFrom the blog<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘He suffered’ Series – posted during Holy Week 2018
\nscheming<\/a> | criticism<\/a> | collusion<\/a> | anguish<\/a> | treachery<\/a> | abandonment<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Photo: Irene Bom)   Prayer of intercession Jesus, Saviour, Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, we come to you for you alone can make us whole. Jesus, Saviour, wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, we come to you for you alone can make us whole. Jesus, Saviour, we come as a church … Continue reading “Man of Sorrows”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,203],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-11241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","category-prayer-of-intercession","tag-sorrow"],"yoast_head":"\nMan of Sorrows - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A prayer by David Adam to Jesus, Saviour, Man of Sorrows and acquainted with grief, who alone can make us whole.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/03\/30\/man-of-sorrows\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man of Sorrows - 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Here are a few examples from the Psalms: Psalm 27:7 Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me. Psalm 55:2 ... hear me and answer me.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "prayer of intercession"","block_context":{"text":"prayer of intercession","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer-of-intercession\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/shadows_on_tiles.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/shadows_on_tiles.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/shadows_on_tiles.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/shadows_on_tiles.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16743,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/20\/sowing-and-reaping\/","url_meta":{"origin":11241,"position":5},"title":"Sowing and reaping","author":"Irene Bom","date":"October 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Mosaic wall, Scots International Church Rotterdam Prayer of Intercession (inspired by 2 Corinthians 9:6) In humility of heart let us pray to God the Father of all. \u00a0 Lord, in your word you teach us that sparse sowing means meagre reaping; give us generous hearts as we respond to your\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bible"","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sicr_mosaic_wall_autumn_leaves.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sicr_mosaic_wall_autumn_leaves.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sicr_mosaic_wall_autumn_leaves.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sicr_mosaic_wall_autumn_leaves.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Irene Bom","author_link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/author\/irenebom-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":2,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/\" rel=\"category tag\">prayer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer-of-intercession\/\" rel=\"category tag\">prayer of intercession<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"(Photo: Irene Bom)   Prayer of intercession Jesus, Saviour, Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, we come to you for you alone can make us whole. Jesus, Saviour, wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, we come to you for you alone can make us whole. 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