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For Greater Adhesion to the Magisterium

Almighty and Loving God,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

you made my heart

and you taught my heart to seek you.

When I looked to the majesty of the heavens,

to the glory of the sky,

to the mysteries of the deep,

and the beauty of your creation,

I found your traces,

but still did not hear your voice.

You broke that silence,

you spoke to me through the prophets and Apostles,

you opened your heart and mind to me

through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

You called me not servant, but friend,

and adopted me as your child in your Son,

you told me about yourself,

of your plan for my salvation,

of your love.

You gave me a Church,

Your Church remembers your Word through the Holy Spirit.

I remember what the Church has taught me.

I remember your deeds, your words,

I remember the gifts you have given me,

especially your revelation, your sacraments, your grace.

I celebrate this memory whenever I turn to the Eucharistic Sacrifice,

and I obey the loving command of your Son,

“do this in remembrance of me.”

Let me be faithful to the Catholic Church,

Let me see your Spirit preserving her in all truth,

Let me embrace your teachings as she hands them on to me,

Let me adhere to the living tradition of the New Covenant,

Let me live a life faithful to the Catholic Church,

so to die a death faithful to the Catholic Church.

This I ask through Christ our Lord,

together with the intercession of his Mother, Mary.

Amen.