Behold, I Make All Things New!

Last week we rolled out our theme for this year. This week we started the school year! And this weekend, I’d like to roll out a prayer rooted in our theme, to be prayed after each Mass.

The theme this year came from a desire to draw together the diocesan them for renewal in the mercy of God and the USCCB’s call for a Eucharistic Revival.

It is in the Holy Mass, that the Lord makes all things new. He heals our wounds, He unites us to His Cross, and He gives us His divine life.

As a priest, the moments when I put myself on the altar, to give my life to Him have been the most profound experiences of what it means to be a priest. Jesus wants us all to give our lives back to Him freely. We give Him our lives, He gives us His. Pretty good trade for us!

This is what drew me to the picture we used for the theme, that you might see the Mass from the priest’s perspective, and maybe it can help inspire a deeper appreciation of what, how, and when the Lord makes all things new.

Below is the prayer, which will be in our liturgy programs, and we will get cards printed of it too.

pax,

Father John Mosimann

My Lord and my God, you take the bread and wine we offer, and through the priestly prayer of consecration, make them your Flesh and Blood, which was born of the Virgin Mary, hung upon the cross, rose from the dead, and sits at the right hand of Father.

Your body is true food, and your blood is true drink. Renew my heart and mind, in love of the Most Holy Eucharist, and draw all God’s children to your wedding feast.

May the Heart of Jesus, in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored, and loved, with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even until the end of time.