St. Vincent de Paul Blessed Sacrament

+ LIVE: Sunday Mass, the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

+ Pope Francis has designated today as the first World Day of Prayer for Grandparents and the Elderly. The day was borne of the pandemic, and how many elderly suffered and died alone. It highlights the need for us to stay close to the elderly in our families so that they are not alone and feel connected, as well as to allow the younger generations to learn from their wisdom. Pope Francis is granting a plenary indulgence today for “devoting adequate time to actually or virtually visit elderly people in need or in difficulty (such as the sick, the abandoned, the disabled and other similar cases).”

Prayer for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

I thank You, Lord,
for the comfort of Your presence:
even in times of loneliness,
You are my hope and my confidence,
You have been my rock and my fortress since my youth!
I thank You for having given me a family
and for having blessed me with a long life.
I thank You for moments of joy and difficulty,
for the dreams that have already come true in my life and for
those that are still ahead of me.
I thank You for this time of renewed fruitfulness to which You
call me.
Increase, O Lord, my faith,
make me a channel of your peace,
teach me to embrace those who suffer more than me,
to never stop dreaming
and to tell of your wonders to new generations.
Protect and guide Pope Francis and the Church,
that the light of the Gospel might reach the ends of the earth.
Send Your Spirit, O Lord, to renew the world,
that the storm of the pandemic might be calmed,
the poor consoled and wars ended.
Sustain me in weakness
and help me to live life to the full
in each moment that You give me,
in the certainty that you are with me every day,
even until the end of the age.
Amen.

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