Prayer

Working Draft of The Great Novena Prayer

God Our Father, we love and adore You. We give You thanks for inviting and inspiring us as Your beloved sons and daughters. Please watch over us as we make this prayer and as we seek to do Your Will.

Jesus, we surrender ourselves to You. Take care of everything. Son of God, we trust in You. 

In this Great Novena leading to the 2,000th anniversary of Your death, resurrection, and the birth of Your Church at Pentecost, we trust in Your merciful, personal love. Help us to make a sincere gift of ourselves to others by wholeheartedly embracing the Great Commission with great prayer, great faith, great love, and great service.

Come, Holy Spirit, renew the face of the earth, the face of this land. Give us the gift of communion in Your Church so we can inspire solidarity in the world, starting with our beloved Archdiocese of Louisville. Help us make Catholic Disciples in all our families, homes, parishes, and communities. In Your goodness, may we come to see as You see, to pray as You pray, and to love as You love. 

We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.