Intention: For the unity and well-being of our parish, that we might do the will of God.
Please pause now to add your own intention.
Leader: Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful,
Response: And kindle in them the fire of your love.
Leader: Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created,
Response: And you shall renew the face of the earth.
Leader: Piety is the honor and reverence given to someone who is in any way responsible for our existence and our well-being. The gift of piety moves our hearts, first of all, to filial honor and reverence for God because he is our creator and redeemer. The devotional life of the Church is an expression of our honor and reverence for God and for all that belongs to heaven. Piety also extends to our earthly parents, and to our spiritual and material good. May the Holy Spirit renew the gift of piety within our hearts and homes, our parishes and communities, so that by our example of honor and reverence we may be a model to others of a life lived in and for God.
Leader: Let us pray. Gracious Lord, you have fashioned everything out of nothing, giving life and breath to all that exists. You order everything according to your loving providence, and establish the relationships by which our lives are nurtured and ordered. Confirm in us the gift of piety, so that by our honor and reverence for you and for those you have given to us, we may bear witness to the working of the Holy Spirit, and become instruments of a new Pentecost in our time. We make our prayer through Christ our Lord. AMEN.
Leader: Mary, Model of Piety,
Response: Pray for us.
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