Holy Spirit, eternal Spring of joy and peace,
it is You who open the heart and the mind to the divine
call;
it is You who make effective every impetus
towards good, towards truth, towards charity.
Your 'inexpressible groans'
rise up to the Father from the heart of the Church,
which suffers and struggles for the Gospel.
Open the hearts and minds of young men and women,
so that a new flowering of holy vocations
may show forth the fidelity of your love,
and all may know Christ,
the true light of the world
to offer to every human being
the sure hope of eternal life. Amen.
Magnificat
My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior.
He looks on his servant in her nothingness;
Henceforth all ages will call me blessed.
The Almighty works marvels for me.
Holy his name!
His mercy is from age to age on those who fear him.
He puts forth his arm in strength and scatters the proudhearted.
He casts the mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly.
He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty,
He protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy,
The mercy promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children forever.
Confiteor
I confess to almighty God,
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have sinned through my own fault in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done,
and in what I have failed to do;
and I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin,
all the angels and saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.