SCJ Philippine District

Lord,
Your Vicar on Earth, John Paul
the Second, has gone home to you.

Please receive him with compassion
for all the things that he has suffered;
with mercy for all the things he may have done wrong;
and with love for all the beautiful work he has done
for you through the long years.

He was filled with a special love for this nation,
the Philippines;
And all of us Filipinos were filled
with a special love for him.

Please give us the grace to live according to
the beautiful d directives he gave to us:

* To live by the Gospel of Life,
and not to be overhelmed by the culture of death;

* To recognize that the poor are our brothers
and sisters, that we are all the children of God.

Grant us the grace to share with them
all that we have and all that we are.

Grant us the grace to reach out to our fellow Filipinos,
whether they are Muslim or Buddhist
or Hindu or Christian.

Give us the grace to live with them in a
state of reconcilliation, unity and peace.

AMEN

By James B. Reuter, SJ