
Core Value Number Three: The Spirituality of the Blood of Christ impels our mission to the margins of our Church and world.
Prayer to St. Gaspar for a New Creation
St. Gaspar,
We give thanks to God
for the divine inspiration that ignited your heart to start a new adventure in renewal and reconciliation
for the Church and for the world.
We seek your intercession now
to stir into flame the same fire of desire in our minds, our hearts, our souls
to become a New Creation in the United States.
St. Gaspar,
you believed in the power of the blood of Christ to flood the world with forgiving love.
Help us to be ministers of mercy, ambassadors of reconciliation, missionaries of God’s redeeming grace that seeks to draw all peoples near
to that place where all are one.
St. Gaspar,
through the bond of charity,
you gifted us with a compassionate presence to recognize the dignity and dreams
of each and every human being. Open our eyes and our hearts to respect and reverence
all persons as brothers and sisters in the blood of Christ.
St. Gaspar,
give us good courage to stand in solidarity
with all who are on the margins,
all who are displaced or deemed replaceable, all who are left out or put aside,
all who long for connection and communion. Trusting in your spirit stirring in our souls, may your dream of “a thousand tongues”
to proclaim the Precious Blood of Jesus come true in all who boldly follow the Way; the Truth, and the Life.
+Amen.