Jesus, Lord, you gave your life so that ours might be possible.
So that the Gospel may become the leaven of a new humanity,
strengthen us in the hope of a world to be built with you.
Those who are not against you are with you: help us to see the good
that is accomplished in silence and selflessness,
all the initiatives that prevent us from giving up
and keep our hope alive for the world to come.
Bless all human solidarity,
bring fruit to the actions of so many men and women
who tenaciously try to fight poverty, disease and ignorance.
Give reason to their hope in a world yet to be born.
Send your Spirit upon the Church
that she may have the courage to reform herself in the light of the Word she proclaims
and which never ceases to work in her.
Strengthen her in the hope of the world to come.