PRAYER FOR

RENEWAL OF VOW
(for all covenanted
disciples)
 ABBA FATHER,
YOU CALLED US
TOGETHER BY NAME AND
FAVOR US TO BE YOUR
PEOPLE. YOU TOUCH OUR
SPIRITS WITH YOUR
GLORY, FORM OUR
MINDS WITH YOUR
 AND MOLD OUR
HEARTS WITH
YOUR LOVE. YOU SET US
FREE AND SAVE US BY
OUR FAITH IN YOUR SON,
JESUS CHRIST. YOU MAKE
US WHOLE AND FILL US
BY OUR TRUST IN YOUR
 HOLY SPIRIT. YOU
GRANT US POWER
WITH YOUR GIFTS,
WHICH WE YIELD TO
YOUR WORD AND YOUR
SPIRIT – TO GIVE FREELY
AND FULLY OF
OURSELVES AND TO LOVE
 AS WE SEEK AND
PROCLAIM YOUR
KINGDOM. YOU SUMMON
US TO YOUR PRESENCE
AS A COMMUNITY OF
FAMILIES, AND A
COMMUNITY OF
PERSONS, WALING THE
 ONE WITH THE
PEOPLE OF THIS
LAND, CONSECRATED BY
THE CROSS TO YOUR
NAME. WE ARE YOUR
OPEN VESSELS OF CLAY,
REFINE US WITH YOUR
CLEANSING FIRE.
 WE HUMBLE
OURSELVES BEFORE
YOU, WE SEEK YOUR
GRACE AND MERCY THAT
YOU MAY HEAL OUR
LAND AND PEOPLE,
BESIEGED BY DESPAIR
AND IGNORANCE,
 AND DISASTER,
BURDENED
BY INJUSTICE AND
GREED. ANOINT US,
LORD…. TO BE YOUR
FAITHFUL UNDER
SHEPHERDS; YOUR
WITNESS TO THE DEAF
 BROKEN AND THE
WOUNDED,
COUNSELLORS TO THE
POOR AND THE LOST. LET
US BE YOUR LIGHT, YOUR
CHRISM, YOUR SALT. WE
ASK FOR YOUR
STRENGTH AND POWER,
 WE ASK FOR
YOUR GUIDANCE
AND LIGHT…. -TO BLESS
OUR MISSION AND
MINISTRY AS SERVANTS
OF YOUR PILGRIM
CHURCH IN OUR WORK
OF A RENEWED
 - TO RESTORE
THE FILIPINO
FAMILY IN WHOLENESS
AND VIGOR OF SPIRIT AS
YOUR SANCTUARY OF
LIFE AND LOVE, AS YOUR
SCHOOL FOR WISDOM
AND WORK;
 - TO FORM
UNIONS OF
HOUSEHOLDS: BASIC
COMMUNITIES OF FAITH,
NOURISHED BY YOUR
WORD IN JUSTICE,
SUSTAINED BY YOUR
SPIRIT IN PEACE.
 - TO STRENGTHEN
THE FILIPINO
PARISH AS OUR CENTER
OF WORSHIP AND
WITNESS, TO REVIVE THE
HEARTS OF OUR PEOPLE
BY THE POWER OF THE
GOSPEL OF CHRIST;
 - TO RELEASE, BY
OUR SHARING
AND STEWARDSHIP THE
WEAK, THE CRUSHED
AND THE HUMBLE FROM
THE YOKE OF POVERTY
AND OPPRESSION, TO
RECEIVE THE FULLNESS
 - AND TO RAISE
IN YOUR NAME AN
ARMY OF PRAISERS AND
INTERCESSORS TO WAGE
A WARFARE OF PRAYER
FOR THE RENEWAL OF
YOUR CHURCH AND
NATION. AND WE BLESS
 FOR MARY,
VIRGIN MOTHER
OF CHRIST AND MODEL
OF THE CHURCH FOR
HER PROTECTING AND
NURTURING CARE.

ALL THESE WE ASK…

 IN THE NAME OF
YOUR SON JESUS
CHRIST AND BY THE
POWER OF YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT, FOR YOU ARE
OUR ONE GOD FOREVER
AND EVER.