Lord Jesus Christ, you
have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly father, and have told us that
whoever sees you sees him. Show us your face and we will be saved.
Your loving gaze
freed zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress
and Magdalene from seeking happiness
only in created things ; made peter weep after his betrayal, and assured
paradise to the repentant thief.
Let us here, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you
spoke to the Samaritan woman: “if you knew the gift of God”
You are the visible face of the invisible father, of the God who
manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the church be your
visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified
You willed that your ministered would also be clothed in weakness in
order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let
everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God.
Send your spirit and consecrate everyone
of with its anointing , so that the jubilee year of Mercy may be a year of
grace from the Lord , and your church , with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good
news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore
sight to the blind.
We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of Mary,
Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the father and the Holy Spirit
forever and ever. Amen
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