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In God’s Hand

Beside the candles – a symbol of growing unity – we have this carving called In God’s Hand – a symbol of Hope and Trust for our EU Province.

God’s hand supports three people – holding the new EU Province established from 2 provinces/ 1 region, comprising 5 countries – all represented here today.

We find even our EU Province on the Easter Candle displayed in the three drops of blood – life giving in the Risen Lord.

How much life and hope holds the future if we open our hearts and reach out to the Other!

How powerful can this message of Hope and Trust and Life be by simply being present to one another with compassion and care knowing that it is God who carries and accompanies us into the future.

Sr. Walburga Ballhausen, CPS

As we step into the Jubilee Year from December 2024 to 2025,

let us invite God the Holy Spirit to enable us to be real pilgrims of Hope

in our communities and among the people we serve.

Father in heaven,

may the faith you have given us

in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,

and the flame of charity enkindled

in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,

reawaken in us the blessed hope

for the coming of your Kingdom.

May your grace transform us

into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.

May those seeds transform from within both humanity

and the whole cosmos

in the sure expectation

of a new heaven and a new earth,

when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,

your glory will shine eternally.

May the grace of the Jubilee

reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,

a yearning for the treasures of heaven.

May that same grace spread

the joy and peace of our Redeemer

throughout the earth.

To you our God, eternally blessed,

be glory and praise for ever.

Amen (more…)