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The Church of England website reproduces the intercessions pages on Common Worship and has a page on which it puts current intercessionary prayers, which links to a multi-denominational page on prayers.
The Diocese of Bath and Wells offers training in leading intercessions
Here is a link to the Daily Prayer provided by the official Church of England web site.
David Adam has written three helpful books, one for each of the church years A-C. They are a good starting point when trying to formulate intercessions and set the mood. Celtic prayers are 'deceptively simple' and will not always suit a particular service (eg one from the BCP). Year A
Angela Ashwin's 'Book of a Thousand Prayers' is probably my most well-thumbed anthology. Although I very often change the wording, you are pretty hard to please if you cannot find the basis here of some useful prayers.
Latin: O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:veni, et salva hominem,quem de limo formasti. English: O King of the Gentiles and their desired One, the Cornerstone...
I fear for Anglicanism, or at least the liberal, discerning version that we practice in our rainy corner of Northern Europe. Above all I fear for its relevance. More Britons play chess each week than go...
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