Year of the Youth

December 16, 2010 – December 16, 2011

“Stand firm in faith …

Do all your work in love!”
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth

Almighty Father, God

of life and love,
Through time and
ages, You love us.
You trust and choose
usto participate in
Your saving work.
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth
Bless us, Your young
people, with Your
grace. Give us the gift
of living life to the full
by encountering Your
Son in a personal way
and sustaining a
relationship with Him,
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth
by learning what life
truly is from His words
and works, from His
filial relationship with
You, and by living in
true and fruitful
communion with You
and with one another.
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth
Empower us through
Your Holy Spirit
to stand firm in faith.
May we bring our
fellow young people
closer to You
so that together,
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth

we become agents of
change and builders of
a society of justice and
solidarity, love and
peace.
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth
Enable all of us:
Your young people,
together with those
ministering to us
in the church, in
families and in society,
of justice and solidarity,
love and peace.
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth

Enable all of us:

Your young people,
together with those
ministering to us
in the church, in
families and in society,
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth
to make a decisive
response to our
universal vocation: to
live fully and fruitfully
by doing everything in
love as we follow Jesus
Christ along the pathof
genuine trust in You.
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth

In communion with the

rest of the Church,
we pray that this CBCP
Year of the Youth
become a kairos time
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth

for the youth ministry

of your Church
and a new springtime
for us, Filipino youth:
a special period of
growing in Your grace
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth

through our living in

youthful holiness
and through our effort
to reach out as a
Church to those
waiting for Your love.
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth
Together with our
Blessed Mother, our
model in giving oneself
entirely to Your will,
we lift this prayer to
You in Jesus Christ,
Your Son, our Friend,
Brother and Lord,
Prayer of the Youth on the Occasion of the
CBCP Year of the Youth

In the power of the

Holy Spirit, now and
forever. Amen.