Let us turn to God with hearts filled with gratitude and praise
as we celebrate the anniversary of the Lord's incarnation.
Praise to you, O Blessed Trinity, ageless yet known in time.
Continue to be with us as we travel in this world toward you,
and as we celebrate this Holy Year.
Praise to you, God our Father:
you nurture us as our Mother and forgive and welcome us,
in your loving mercy.
Guide and protect us on our pathway to you.
Praise to you, O Jesus, Light of the nations,
you became one with us,
and we are joined with you in one body.
We profess your presence among us now,
as did the disciples on the road to Emmaus.
May we recognize you in our brothers and sisters,
especially in the poor, rejected, and destitute.
Praise to you, O Holy Spirit, whom we have received as a gift,
for our Christian calling.
Give us the grace, now and in the future,
to share the fire within us and to honor God in one another,
whose temples we have become.
In this year of grace, as a Pilgrim Church, we call upon you,
O Triune God,
through Mary, our Mother, and Lady of Grace,
Saint Augustine, and Saint Monica,
to revitalize our baptismal consecration
and to mirror in our lives what we believe.
Amen.
Augustinian Guild
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PRAYER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL
II
Blessed are you, Father, who, in your infinite love,
gave us your only-begotten Son.
By the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate
in the spotless womb of the Virgin Mary
and was born in Bethlehem two thousand years ago.
He became our companion on life's path
and gave new meaning to our history,
the journey we make together in toil and suffering,
in faithfulness and love,
towards the new heaven and the new earth
where You, once death has been vanquished, will be all in all.
Praise and glory to You, Most Holy Trinity,
you alone are God most high!
By your grace, O Father, may the Jubilee Year
be a time of deep conversion and of joyful return to you.
May it be a time of reconciliation between people,
and of peace restored among nations,
a time when swords are beaten into ploughshares
and the clash of arms gives way to songs of peace.
Father, grant that we may live this Jubilee Year
docile to the voice of the Spirit,
faithful to the way of Christ,
diligent in listening to your Word
and in approaching the wellsprings of grace.
Praise and glory to You, Most Holy Trinity,
you alone are God most high!
Father, by the power of the Spirit,
strengthen the Church's commitment
to the new evangelization
and guide our steps along the pathways of the world,
to proclaim Christ by our lives,
and to direct our earthly pilgrimage
towards the City of heavenly light.
May Christ's followers show forth their love
for the poor and the oppressed;
may they be one with those in need
and abound in works of mercy;
may they be compassionate towards all,
that they themselves may obtain indulgence
and forgiveness from you.
Praise and glory to You, Most Holy Trinity,
you alone are God most high!
Father, grant that your Son's disciples, purified in memory
and acknowledging their failings, May be one,
that the world may believe.
May dialogue between the followers
of the great religions prosper, and may all people discover
the joy of being your children.
May the intercession of Mary,
Mother of your faithful people,
in union with the prayers of the Apostles,
the Christian martyrs,
and the righteous of all nations in every age,
make the Holy Year a time of renewed hope
and of joy in the Spirit
for each of us and for the whole Church.
Praise and glory to You, Most Holy Trinity,
you alone are God most high!
To you, Almighty Father,
Creator of the universe and of mankind,
through Christ, the Living One, Lord of time and history,
in the Spirit who makes all things holy,
be praise and honour and glory
now and for ever.
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