Blessed are you, our God, for this day that you give us to live in communion with each other and with you. Help us to leave behind the past that hinders or disturbs us and to turn, in silence and hope, towards the newness that you want to create with us.
Grant us today to welcome without exclusion, to give without reserve, to forgive tirelessly. May our actions and our decisions our words, our thoughts be illuminated by the light of your Kingdom, revealed in Jesus Christ, our Lord.