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by OAR

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1. Lord Jesus, you are, with us, the vine cherished by the Vine-dresser,
The Church born afresh each springtime
With the sap of new graces and charisms.
The vine that nourished the search for truth
Of Augustine our Father and his first monks.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED.

2. Lord Jesus, you who with your word
Moved the hearts of the first Recollect friars
To accept with such joy being pruned
So that every branch might produce
Richer and more abundant fruit.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED.

3. We are branches at risk of drying
When separated from one another and from you.v Increase our desire to be with you,
Prolong that hour of prayer
So that as you bring to a close
Your sorrowful time of prayer with the Father
You may find our spirit awake and enriched,
Able to guide in this world’s dark night
Our brothers and sisters so easily led astray
By other wayward lights.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED.

4. Like Mary, may our Augustinian Recollect sisters always be.
While not at work in the fields
Or preaching in the temple,
Defending the poor or serving the brothers,
But in silent contemplation may they win the Father’s grace
For those who struggle, preach, defend and serve.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED.

5. Lord Jesus, with you we are that vine
That each morning the Vine-dresser comes to see.
Nourish with the sap that gives strength and love
The new brothers and sisters come to join this vine
With dawning awareness of the call
To follow the sure footsteps of Augustine
And the demanding non-conformism of the Recollection.
As they grow, still unsure of their offering,
Take away their fears, give them courage and perseverance.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED.

6. Lord Jesus, with you we are that vine
That at the midday hour
The Vine-dresser seeks out beneath the blazing sun
Discouraged by wrinkles and hardened bark.
Then with strength renewed by that inner freshness
And the joyful expectation of being weighed down
By abundant fruit.
Men and women, Augustinian Recollects
Who follow you in consecrated life
And the laymen and women who make you present
To transform the world from within.
All whose one desire is to remain in you
Despite the weakness and the fall.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED.

7. Never allow them to become dry for the fire.
Give them always the sap
That will make them your Good News
To reach the farthest rivers and roughest roads,
The classroom, pulpit, temple and home,
Hospital, convent, wherever may be found
The forgotten, the migrant, the old and the sick,
All who yearn for your love and care,
For whom everything we do seems so little.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED.

8. Lord Jesus, together with you in your Church
We are the Vine
Branches that wait and long for the evening visit
Of the Vine-dresser.
Some now old who welcome the loving touch
Of the evening sun
Like men who at harvest’s end
And with the wine-press full
Look forward to drinking the new wine.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED.

9. Lord Jesus, you who are the true Vine,
In the dark night care for those branches
That wounded by the wind and the cold
But always faithful to you and your Church,
Give unceasing witness to your law and your love.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED.

10. Lord Jesus, may you be blessed
By those who produced fruit in plenty
To the glory of the Father.
Mary, consoler and bringer of light.
Joseph her husband.
Augustine our Father.
Martyrs of the East and the West.
Nicholas and Rita, Thomas and Ezekiel.
And all the Saints
Who help us preserve that joy you offer us now
And which will one day overflow.

LORD, MAY YOU BE BLESSED FOR EVERMORE.