Opening Prayer
God of mystery, beyond and within us, You chose Mary as the finest among us. Her innocence and openness allowed You to find and create a new dwelling place among us. She is presented in the Temple, as the finest offering of our people. And You create a new Temple of her and within us. Her youth proclaims your hopeful and powerful initiative. We rejoice that through Mary, You chose to make us Your Temple, the living Body of Your Christ. Give us the faith, which Jesus asked for, that we may be Your mother and brothers and sisters. Give us the faith to follow you, in the glory of your presence and in the darkness when You seem absent. Help us not to rest on our laurels and inherited faith, but to continue to grow and seek you and Your will.
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