A Prayer for Our Community
Notre Dame, our Mother,
in sharing your name, we claim that we are family.
Each of us is made uniquely in God’s image,
and we seek unity with God, ourselves and others.
Help us to be worthy of your name,
and reflections of your household.
We ask you to implore the Holy Trinity,
that we might be one with our sisters and brothers.
Please bid our Father, to open our minds;
that each of us will come to know the unity
of which God is source and destiny.
Ask your Son to infuse our hearts with courage,
to act against ignorance, intolerance and injustice.
Call upon the Holy Spirit,
that we might celebrate the diversity in our midst.
Move us to welcome and value
lesbian and gay members of this family.
Inspire us to include all creation
into the circle of God’s love and our community.
By our Baptism and new life in Christ,
direct our journey back to the Father’s Son and Creator,
and draw us together as companions on the way.
We offer this prayer for our Notre Dame family,
that we might ever more reflect
the richness and unity to which we are called.
Because God has created all people in His image and likeness:
I will strive to acknowledge the goodness and worth in
lesbian, gay and bisexual members of the Notre Dame family.
I will stand with Christ, in community,
with all my brothers and sisters.
Because words have the power to build up and tear down
individuals and communities:
I will not participate in nor tolerate the telling of jokes or using of
degrading language about any member of this community.
I will stand with Christ, in community,
with all my brothers and sisters.
Because my lesbian, gay and questioning peers
are often the victims of rejection and abuse:
I will strive to be a peacemaker.
I will stand with Christ, in community,
with all my brothers and sisters.
Because I stand to learn much from someone who has a different
experience and perspective of life from mine:
I will attempt to be open-minded
and keep an open heart before all people I meet.
I will stand with Christ, in community,
with all my brothers and sisters.
Because we call Notre Dame a family:
I will stand with Christ, in community,
with all my brothers and sisters.