PRAYER OF CATECHISTS O God Teach us to pray for what we truly need. Teach us to make peace when conflict consumes us. Teach us to be gentle in judgment when disputes divide us. Teach us to be docile to your spirit rich in sympathy, and kind in word and deed. Teach us to welcome others as you welcome us, with gentle patience, with mercy and with love. Teach us to serve you by serving all in the name of Jesus who was, who is and who will be Lord forever and ever. Amen