Renewal of the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation
(By Fr. Rusty Shaughnessy)

Jesus, I know that I am yours and you are mine forever.  I thank you for sending your Spirit to me that I might have the power to live this new life in you.  Stir up your Spirit in me.  Release your Spirit in me.  Fill me with the fullness of your Spirit that I might experience your presence and your power in my life, that I might find new meaning in the Scriptures, that I might find new meaning in the Sacraments and that I might find delight and comfort in prayer.

Jesus, release within all of us your Spirit.  We desire to love as you love especially the people you call us to share life with as well as the weak, the poor and the needy.  We desire to be peacemakers, to be reconcilers, to be able to forgive as you have forgiven us.  We desire to be your hands, your heart, your flesh, your Spirit, your Body the Church.

Release within all of us the gifts of your Spirit, so that our lives will reflect your goodness, your truth, your power.  So that together we may experience the peace, love, joy that you have promised us. 

Fill us with your Spirit, Jesus. 

We wish to receive all that you have to give us.