In the May issue of St George's News I mentioned a special Millennium prayer composed by Veritas, the Catholic organisation, which I hope you will use for the rest of the year.
Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of time and eternity,
prepare our minds
to celebrate with faith
the Jubilee of the year 2000.
Fill our hearts
with joy and wonder as we
recall that precious moment when you
were
conceived in the womb of the virgin Mary,
that moment when you
became our brother.
Praise and glory to you, O Christ, today and for ever.
Lord Jesus, bring us with you and your mother
on your journey to
Bethlehem, the place where you were born.
May we travel with you, firm in
the faith,
loyal to the truth, obedient to the will of the Father,
along
the one true path that leads to life.
Praise and glory to you, O Christ, today and for ever.
Jesus, at your birth the angels sang:
Glory to God in the highest
and peace to his people on earth.
Two thousand years later, we need to hear
that song again.
We need to pray for peace in our hearts, in our
families,
in our country, in our sad and wonderful world.
Praise and glory to you, O Christ, today and for ever.
With the shepherds from Bethlehem and the wise men from the
east,
we kneel before your manger, Lord Jesus.
We commit ourselves once
again to the great missionary work
bringing you to those who have never
heard your name.
And we reach out the hand of friendship to those who
are
worshipping you in different churches
and searching for Christian
unity.
Praise and glory to you, O Christ, today and for ever.
Lord, your mother Mary kept all these things and treasured them in
her heart,
Open our hearts to the richness of our faith.
Open our minds
to its meaning.
We adore you and bless you as our Lord and Saviour,
Son
of God and son of woman, the way, the truth and the life,
the one mediator
between us and God.
Praise and glory to you, O Christ, today and for ever.
With my blessing and prayers. Your priest and friend,
Fr Malcolm Ferrier
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