O Lord, as You touched St. John of God, touch us, transform us, to make us today other Johns of God, living in contact with you, and knowing how to give ourselves to others.

O Lord, let us believe in the greatness of our life; let us enjoy the greatness of our life. We do not need others to tell us, or to exhort us to live it. We know already. But what we do need is to live it, to experience it.

Touch us, O Lord so that everything we do is motivated by expectation, by hope, by the desire to build up a better world. Let us not allow ourselves to remain pinned down by the reality of each day. which conditions and prevents us from living. Let us be aware that we have been transfigured with You and that we are now Your icons, the icons of John of God.

Br. Pascual Piles, OH
Prior General