Prayer to Imitate Christ

            
On May 2, 2020, the Most Chaste Saint Joseph said:

"Pray like the first companions of Christ, who, gathered around Him - Jews, pagans, atheists, fishermen, prostitutes, scholars and soldiers, poor people and tax collectors, doctors and lepers - learned to love one another as He loved them."

 

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Lord,

may my eyes contemplate the world with Your Eyes;

may my heart feel life as does Your Heart;

may my soul live upon Earth and beyond it, as does Your Soul;

may my days be an eternal reflection of Your Mercy

so that I may see my neighbor as You see me,

so that I understand my neighbor as You understand me, 

so that I may be patient with my neighbor as You are with me, 

so that I may speak to my neighbor as You speak to those who are Yours,   

so that I may act with my neighbor as You act with those who are Yours, 

and so that I may deliver to them all that You may wish to deliver.

 

Therefore, Lord,

may I love as You love,

serve as You serve

and live as You live,

eternally.

 

Amen.