We thank you, Father,
for your people
whom we have served in any parish;
for the sick in our hospitals
who have given us a value
and a meaning of life;
for all our students,
who for all their littleness
spoke to us of God;
for our benefactors
whose love, support, and service
have maintained us through beginnings,
depressions and celebrations:
for the poor, the homeless
the neglected, the lonely
who provided us with occasions
to penetrate the ambiguities of life;
for our failures
which forced us back into your path.
For the exhilarating truth
that you are always near.
We praise you, Father
for the space and time to grow in you;
for friends who challenge us
to reach beyond our grasp;
for the light of Christ;
shining through the friends we meet:
for the Benedictine tradition
of prayer and work.
Finally, our prayers and thanks
for the mystery of your call.