Heritage Day Prayer

Praise to you, God of all times and seasons,
for you are faithful from age to age in your great love for us.

                              We thank you for inspiring and enlivening a century
                              and a half of worship and work at St John's Abbey
                              and St Benedict's Monastery.  We praise you for 
                              making the College of St Benedict and St John's
                              University places for seeking truth and learning wisdom.

Strengthen our efforts to build a community that
cares for body, mind, and spirit under your guidance.
By your Holy Spirit, bring our individual talents
together for the common good.  Help us to honor you,
O God, in all people, and to glorify you in all things,
so that your justice and peace will renew our world.

                             May the holy Cross of Jesus Christ be our light of life 
                             on these campuses as we journey to our heavenly home. 
                             There let us celebrate your goodness with St Benedict
                             and St Scholastica and with all our ancestors in the faith.

Praise and glory be yours, God of endless ages,
both now and for ever.

                             Amen

                                                                             Michael Kwatera, OSB