From today’s Liturgy of the Hours:
Prayers and Intercessions
Blessed be the Architect of our salvation. It is his will that mankind should be made a new creation in him, that the old order should pass away and that all things should be renewed. Sustained by this living hope, let us pray:
- Renew us, Lord, in your spirit.
Lord, you promised us a new heaven and a new earth: constantly renew us through your Spirit,
so that we may rejoice forever in your presence in the heavenly Jerusalem.
Grant that we may work with you and fill this world with your Spirit,
so that the earthly city may reach its fruition in justice, love and peace.
Make us reject all idleness and apathy
but rejoice in the gifts of heaven.
Free us from evil,
and defend us from trivial distractions that obscure our sight of what is good.
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those that trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
O God of mercy and compassion, your children have been sanctified by penance: now enlighten their hearts.
Give them the desire to worship you,
and listen with kindness to their petitions.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
Amen.