Christ Our Savior,

As our Lenten journey brings us

closer to Easter,

We see with a deeper awareness

our world’s desperate need

to experience

the healing power of your

justice and peace.

Make us sacraments of your mercy

and instruments of your compassion.

Show us how to be better stewards

of your people;

through our families,

our brothers and sisters

with whom we share your Eucharist,

our neighbors, and the stranger.

Show us how to carry the cross

so that by dying to ourselves

we may give new life to others.

And strengthen our faith, so that

we may proclaim your Easter triumph

more confidently,

every day,

in word and deed.

Amen.