Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane
Archdiocese of Brisbane

PrayerFIRE: The Spiritual Powerhouse Driving the Jesus Communion Mission Vision
Prayer
It is prayer that puts the evangeliser in touch with the real movement of growth in the kingdom, and with the divine source of energy and initiative. Extending God’s Kingdom is part and parcel of the Christian life and is carried forward with and through prayer.

Evangelisation is unthinkable without prayer and inseparable from prayer.


PRAYERS

PrayerFIRE Prayer

PrayerHoly Spirit of Fire
Open our hearts
and the hearts of all people
to know You,
the original heart on fire.

Holy Spirit of Fire
Fire us with your energy and passion
for living the good news of Jesus
in our homes, workplaces and society.

Holy Spirit of Fire
Give us courage to face
the challenge of the Gospel
to our ways of thinking, being and acting.

Holy Spirit of Fire
Unite us with the great company of saints
strengthening and sustaining our zeal
for the life and mission of our Church
in this time and place.

Holy Spirit of Fire
Set our hearts on fire. Amen.


Mary MacKillop

PrayerPrayer Holy God, source of all goodness,
You show us in Mary MacKillop a woman of faith
Who lived by the power of the cross.
Teach us to embrace what she pioneered:
new ways of living the gospel
that respect and defend the human dignity of all in our land.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.


St Teresa’s Prayer

PrayerChrist has no body now but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth but yours
Yours are the eyes
with which he looks
with compassion on this world.
Yours are the feet
with which he walks to do good
Yours are the hands
with which he blesses all the world.