May we all be one (cf. Jn. 17:21)
Prayer in Preparation for the General Assembly

We praise and thank You, loving Father, for making us Your beloved children. We love You and desire to please You with all our hearts. Confirm in us a childlike confidence in Your love, which is infinite, personal, tender, unconditional and unmerited. Father, may Your love be victorious in us, that we may abide in You and live for the praise of Your glory. (cf. Jn. 15, Eph. 1)

Please forgive us Father, for so often not believing in and accepting Your merciful love.

We bless and adore You, dear Jesus, for calling us to intimate union with You. Teach us, loving Savior, to be sensitive and responsive to the movements of Your Sacred and Eucharistic Heart, and to surrender silently to Your loving embrace which is sweet, chaste and eternal. Help us to walk as children of the light, in all goodness, justice and truth. (cf. Eph. 5:8)

Have mercy on us, Lord Jesus, for the times we have not lived in the truth and have failed to love and reverence You in our neighbor.

Spirit of Love and Truth, Who make us one with Jesus and the Father and with one another, we invite You into our hearts. Take possession of us and heal us. Grant us Your gifts of wisdom and knowledge; enlighten the eyes of our hearts that we may know the hope of Your call. (cf. Eph. 1)

Divine Advocate, forgive us for the times we have lacked the docility and humility to allow You to guide our lives.

Oh Mary, Morning Star announcing the dawn of the New Evangelization, thank you for being our Mother and for helping us to say "yes" to Jesus. Please share with us your immaculate charity, purity and simplicity, and keep us always in the refuge of your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart.

Saint Joseph, loving Guardian of the Redeemer, intercede for us that we may walk in a manner worthy of our calling, with humility, meekness and patience, supporting one another in love, careful to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. (cf. Eph. 4)

We entrust to you, Most Holy Family, this time of transition in the Apostolate for Family Consecration. Help us to grow in faith and courageously face the challenges we meet with joy and hope in our hearts. Please guide our General Assembly, the preparations, participants and the election of the new president.

May we all be one and live in communion with the Holy Trinity, the Holy Family and with one another as brothers and sisters in Christ’s Church, as we seek to fulfill the mission You have entrusted to us in all compassion, kindness, forbearance and mutual forgiveness. (cf. Jn. 17, Col.3) May the Divine Will be perfectly accomplished in us, the entire AFC Family and in each of God’s children as we offer everything that we are and have all for the Sacred and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, all through the Sorrowful & Immaculate Heart of Mary, all in union with
St. Joseph. Amen.