O Most Holy Trinity,
womb of love that creates, unites and enlivens,
we entrust to you the Eighteenth General Chapter
of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
our religious Family.
Father of mercy,
You created the world with wisdom and love
and made us capable of knowing and loving You
with the freedom of the children of God;
fill us with joy in knowing that we are Your daughters
and give us the desire to enter into communion with one another.
Son and Redeemer of mankind,
luminous Face of the Father,
in your gentle and humble heart
You have taught us the Gospel of reconciliation;
help us to respond to the love
with which you have “loved us first”
by showing heartfelt charity to the poor among us.
Spirit of truth,
sanctify the Church with abundant fruits of goodness;
sustain us in our prayer for this General Chapter,
teach us to love with the Heart of Christ
and to see with the eyes of our Foundress.
Blessed Clelia Merloni,
intercede for us,
so that we might remain Apostles of the love of God
“not only in name but in the true spirit of the first Apostles.”
Amen.
