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 hear, 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 ministers
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
every one of us
with His anointing,
so that the
Jubilee 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
for ever and
ever. Amen.
Pax et bonum
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