Friend and Lord Jesus Christ

This is a prayer for World Youth Day Madrid, Spain, held in August 2011. Though I will not be able to go as I barely have enough money to survive on let alone save to go overseas, I went to the last World Youth Day in 2008, Sydney. I loved it, it was great and I got quite a lot out of it, including friendships (which are mostly simply gone as I had a period of inactivity, many people I haven't managed to find again due to moving away etc;).

This is a nice prayer anyways, applicable for anytime, particularly for young people such as myself! Have a read and meditate on it, you should enjoy you as I did I trust :-)

Source: WYD 2011 Madrid

Friend and Lord Jesus Christ, How great You are! With Your words and Works You have revealed to us Who God is, Your Father and our Father, and Who You are: our Savior. You call us to be with You.

We wish to follow You wherever You go. We thank You for Your Incarnation. You are the Eternal Son of God, but You humbled Yourself and became man. We thank You for Your Death and Resurrection. You obeyed the Father's will to the extreme

and for this reason You are the Lord of all persons and things. We thank You for having remained amongst us in the Eucharist. Your Presence, Your Sacrifice, Your Banquet

Invite us to remain always united to You. You Call us to work with You. We wish to go wherever You send us: to announce Your name, to heal in Your Name, to bring all of our brothers to You.

Grant us Your Holy Spirit, to enlighten and strengthen us. The Virgin Mary, the Mother You gave us on the cross, always encourages us to do what You say. You are our Life. May our thoughts,

our love and our actions always be rooted in You! You are our Rock. May our faith in You always be the solid foundation of our life!

We pray for Pope Benedict XVI, for the Bishops and for all those who are preparing the next World Youth Dayin Madrid. We pray for our family and friends and especially for all the young people who will get to know you in this encounter, thanks to the firm and joyful testimony of the faith.