Oblate Bicentenary Prayer

OMI BICENTENARY PRAYERGod our Father, we thank you for the gift of the charism whichyou have given us through St. Eugene de MazenodYou have called us to a missionary life in order to preach the Gospel to the most abandonedandEvangelizare pauperibus misit me.Pauperes evangelizanturAt this time of celebration of the 200th anniversary of our foundation,we ask you for the grace of finding in your Son,Jesus Christ, the center of our life and of our mission.We hear the call to a profoundpersonal and communal conversion.Help us to become the salt of the earthand the light of the world,so as to proclaim in today’s worldthe values of your Kingdom in word and deed.We beg you, Lord, to send upon us your Spirit.Help us to be yours, inflamed with your love,sparing no effort to extend your Kingdomand totally committed to the good of today’s poor.We ask this through the intercessionof Mary Immaculate, our Mother,and of Saint Eugene de Mazenod.Amen.