Africa
Visiting Haïti in 1983, Brother Roger stayed at Cité-Soleil,
a slum in Port-au-Prince.
Proposed prayer – March 12, 2010
N.B. This prayer does not have any Alleluias because it is the Lenten season.
Song: Jésus le Christ
Psalm
Bonum est confidere (1x after each verse)
Put your hope in the Lord,
both now and evermore.
Lord, my heart is not proud,
nor haughty my eyes;
I am not intent on great things
or achievements sublime.
No, my soul lies at rest,
as quiet as a child;
my soul is as still as a babe
at its mother’s breast.
From Psalm 131
Reading
If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is glorified, all the members share its joy. Now you are the Body of Christ and each of you is a member of it.
1 Corinthians 12:26-27
Song: In manus tuas Pater
Silence
Intercessions
Kyrie eleison
1. Holy Spirit, Spirit of peace, by our prayer make us attentive to those around us.
2. Holy Spirit, Spirit of life, lead us in this Lenten season to solidarity and sharing.
3. Holy Spirit, Spirit of wisdom, inspire the hearts of those who exercise a responsibility for the peoples of the earth.
4. Holy Spirit, Spirit of love, assist all those in Haiti who are undergoing suffering, loneliness and famine.
5. Holy Spirit, Spirit of kindness, support the people of Chile who have also undergone a trial, and all those across the world who are victims of natural disasters.
6. Holy Spirit, Spirit of strength, give courage to the youth of Haiti so that they may keep alive hope for a better future and commit their energies to building it.
Our Father
Prayer
God our hope, we entrust to you all the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. When we are dismayed by the incomprehensible suffering of the innocent, enable us to be witnesses to compassion
Songs:
C’est toi ma lampe
Ad te Jesu Christe
Jesus, remember me
Dona la pace Signore
After one of the songs at the end of the prayer, this excerpt from a message received can be read.
"I have never seen such fervor before. In all the churches and street corners in Haiti you could see large crowds praying, singing the Lord’s praises. It is as if Christ were there, present, to heal Haiti. Your prayer is the best thing that you can offer the Haitian people at present." (Jean-Paul, from Haiti)