Jesus Christ, Lord of time and space, faithful friend, companion on our journey, cornerstone, beginning and end of our lives… We are your friends in need of your tenderness; we have lost the security, peace, and brotherly harmony among us. We suffer from believing we are in the world as only children.
We have become prisoners of the walls we have built. Once again we ask you, “send your Spirit,” to renew in us the “sense of togetherness,” the spark that can ignite once more the light to halt the night of conflicts. Give us courage, so that to the logic of conflict we may oppose the sign of fraternity.
Father, peace needs fraternity and fraternity needs encounter. Therefore, we ask you today for the grace to build bridges in a world that builds walls, to go beyond the limits of bonds that recognize only what is similar; opening ourselves to a world of brothers equal in dignity, walking a common path.
Amen.