We ask for your blessing,
on those who undertake, imagine, create the unprecedented, so that better times may come for all,
Send your blessing,
on those who tirelessly bet on fraternity, weave links, build bridges. Send your blessing on all the little hands of hope,
Send your blessing,
on those who resist violence and injustice, who move the lines around them, on all those who refuse to give up when faced with the way things are,
Send your blessing,
on the poorest, who still find the energy to share, Send your blessing on the poorest of the poor, who still find the energy to share, to hope, to dare to sow life despite the heavy uncertainties,
Send your blessing,
but also on those who tremble, because war is there, because disease threatens, because bread, rice and millet are missing from their children’s tables,
Send your compassion, and arouse ours.