Isn’t our greatest desire to live and see in order to believe?
Lord God, who calls us to grow continually in hope.
To live and believe in order to love, whatever our strengths and weaknesses,
to become and become again this Church in which the fruits of the Gospel ripen.
You who give us desire and assurance, bring about growth again and again,
that we may be instruments of justice and peace, as you hope we will be, God of the living,
in the work of creation in the Spirit of Jesus Christ for all ages and all times.