OPENING
PRAYER
Leader: In the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
L: Come
Holy Spirit, live within our lives.
All: And strengthen us by your love.
L: Send
forth Your Spirit and new life will be created.
All: And the whole face of the Earth will be
renewed.
All: Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
L: Let us reflect on the words of
Our Lord Jesus Christ, recalling His unity and presence among us: “Where two or
three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them”.
Lighting
of the candle. (Followed by a short silence)
All: Lord Jesus, deepen our Vincentian spirit
of friendship during this meeting, make us responsive to the Christian calling
to seek and find the forgotten, the suffering or the deprived so that we may
bring them Your love. Help us to be
generous with our time, our possessions and ourselves in this mission of
charity. Perfect in us Your love and
teach us to share more fully in the Eucharistic Sacrifice offered for all.
All: Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our
death, AMEN.
All: Pray for us.
All: Pray for us.
L: Blessed Rosalie Rendu,
All: Pray for us.
L: San Roque
All: Pray for us.
