Lord God Almighty, Father of the poor, you give us the grace to celebrate this year the 350th anniversary of the death of Saint Vincent and Saint Louise.  We thank you for this immense grace.  Through their intercession grant that we allow ourselves to be transformed more fully by the Spirit you gave them.  May the Spirit of Charity so fill our hearts and minds that our love for our brothers and sisters, who are marginalized and rejected by society, be gentle, attentive, compassionate, pro-active, and inventive unto infinity.

Make us rediscover the audacity of Vincent and Louise, the diligence and sweetness of an ever-renewed love of the poor that may help them change their lives in earnest.

Help us make our faith strong and humble in a world that seems so far away from you yet that thirsts so much for you.  Make us become a sign of hope for many, as were Vincent and Louise, companions in life.

May this jubilee year be for our Vincentian Family a year of grace and conversion, and for those we love a year of many blessings.