Lord Jesus,
     What weaknesses did you see in us that made you decide
to call us, in spite of everything, to collaborate in your mission?
     We give you thanks for having called us, and we beg you not
to forget your promise to be with us to the end of time.
     Frequently we are invaded by the feeling of having worked
all night in vain, forgetting, perhaps, that you are with us.
     We ask that you make yourself present in our lives and
in our work, today, tomorrow, and in the future yet to come.
     Fill with your love these lives of ours, which we put
at your service.
     Take from our hearts the egoism of thinking about what is
“ours,” what is “mine”, alwaysaexcluding, lacking compassion and joy.
     Enlighten our minds and our hearts, and do not forget to
make us smile when things do not go as we wished.
     At the end of the day, of each one of our days, make us feel more
united with you and better able to perceive and discover around us
greater joy and greater hope.
     We ask all this from our reality. We are weak and sinful men,
but we are your friends.                         Amen