Lord, you have willed to save men
and have founded the Church as a communion
of brothers and sisters united in your Love.
Continue to walk in our midst
and call those whom you have chosen
to be the voice of your Holy Spirit
and leaven of a more just and fraternal society.
Obtain for us from the heavenly Father
the spiritual guides which our communities need:
true priests of the living God who,
illuminated by your Word, will be able to speak
of you and teach others to speak with you.

Make your Church grow by means
of a flourishing of consecrated persons,
who will give all things over to you
so that you might save all.
May our communities celebrate the Eucharist
in song and praise, as thanksgiving to your glory and goodness,
and may they know how to walk the paths
of the world to communicate joy and Peace,
precious gifts of your salvation.

Look, O Lord, upon the whole human family
and show your mercy to the men and women who
in prayer and righteous living seek you without
yet having encountered you:
show yourself to them as the way
which leads to the Father, as the truth which makes us free,
as the life which has no end.
Grant to us, Lord, to live in your Church
in a spirit of faithful service and of total gift,
so that our witness will be credible and bear fruit.

Amen.