10/16/25

NIGHT PRAYER: Thursday 10/16


 
Tonight's prayer is not in the usual format. The video below brings us  Archbishop Timothy Broglio's comments on the fifth anniversary (10/3/2020) of Pope Francis' encyclical letter Fratelli Tutti, a letter on fraternity and social friendship. Archbishop Broglio was the Archbishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA before becoming the current president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  His words and the papal letter he recalls are particularly poignant for current events.
 
I invite you to watch the video and then to reflect on the two prayers following it, prayers which Pope Francis wrote and with which his letter ends. 
 
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A Prayer to the Creator

Lord, Father of our human family,
you created all human beings equal in dignity:
pour forth into our hearts a fraternal spirit
and inspire in us a dream of renewed encounter,
dialogue, justice and peace.
Move us to create healthier societies
and a more dignified world,
a world without hunger, poverty, violence and war.

May our hearts be open
to all the peoples and nations of the earth.
May we recognize the goodness and beauty
that you have sown in each of us,
and thus forge bonds of unity, common projects,
and shared dreams. Amen.

An Ecumenical Christian Prayer

O God, Trinity of love,
from the profound communion of your divine life,
pour out upon us a torrent of fraternal love.
Grant us the love reflected in the actions of Jesus,
in his family of Nazareth,
and in the early Christian community.

Grant that we Christians may live the Gospel,
discovering Christ in each human being,
recognizing him crucified
in the sufferings of the abandoned
and forgotten of our world,
and risen in each brother or sister
who makes a new start.

Come, Holy Spirit, show us your beauty,
reflected in all the peoples of the earth,
so that we may discover anew
that all are important and all are necessary,
different faces of the one humanity
that God so loves. Amen.

 
Protect us, Lord while we're awake
and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
 
Amen.

Make Me A Channel of  Your Peace
 
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