Prayer composed by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa

Spirit Paraclete,
you who have raised up in the Church
the Charismatic Renewal,
fall again with power
upon all those who are organizing
the upcoming meetings of the CHARIS International Service in Rome
and upon all those who will participate.

Let the whole “current of grace”
come forth enlivened with new momentum.

With your holy anointing,
enable all of us to proclaim the good news to the poor
and to heal afflicted hearts.

Purify what is unclean in the Charismatic Renewal,
Heal what is wounded in it,
Warm what is chilled,
Straighten what is astray.

Bring together the scattered children of God
and Christians divided among them.

Renew our courage,
fill our loneliness in the world,
create in us intimacy with God!

Come, Holy Spirit, from the pierced side of Christ on the cross!
Come from the mouth of the Risen One!
Come and renew the face of the Church. Amen.

His Em. Card. Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa O.F.M. Cap.

Ecclesiastic Assistant of CHARIS