Christ Jesus, you send us out to proclaim the good news of your love by our lives, to announce your peace and your compassion to the people you entrust to us. When we meet refusals and discouragement lies in wait for us, help us to turn towards God to tell him everything that is in our hearts. And then we understand: You have already gone ahead of us and you will give us all that we need in order to go forward. May your kingdom come!

God of love, by the resurrection from the dead of Jesus your Son, you tell us that everything you have created is good. Your "yes" is greater than all our refusals. Then you bring to birth in us the trust that nothing can separate us from your love. Our hope will not disappoint us, because by your Holy Spirit you dwell within us.

Faithful God, you who created all things, when we look towards the face of Jesus, whom you have sent to us, it is you that we see. And you invite us too, created in your image, to become like you. When we hear Christ say to us, "I have come not to be served but to serve", we understand: every step on the way of giving ourselves for others brings us closer to you.