Adrian Dominican Sisters Ask
Prayers for General Chapter 2010
The Adrian Dominican Sisters are asking for your prayers for the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we prepare for our next General Chapter, February 18-27, 2010. During this General Chapter, approximately 300 delegates will gather in Adrian to elect the new leadership, a new Prioress and General Council; to review the state of the Congregation; to legislate for the common good; and to set the direction of the Congregation for the next six years.
O Holy One,
stirred by your Wisdom
and companioned by your Love
we ask you to beckon us,
your Adrian Dominican sisters,
to see ever more clearly
where your creation suffers.
We implore you to embolden us
to set out in haste
along courageous paths
that lead toward greater life.
We beg that you beckon us
to brazenly enter into those places
where peacemaking
will one day quell discord,
where dignity and respect
will finally eclipse poverty
where justice and virtue
will topple racism
where truth
will unbind all enslaved by dishonor
and where healing of Earth
will at last come to pass
as your people stand
as one in right relationship.
Impassion us
to open our eyes
to see where your Word
must be preached.
It is time now to set out in haste…
Donna Markham, OP
Based upon Luke 1:39 and Vision 2004
Please click here for a printable version of the official General Chapter 2010 Prayer, composed by Sister Donna Markham, OP, Prioress of the Congregation. This is the prayer that Adrian Dominican Sisters and Associates have been asked to pray in the days leading up to General Chapter and throughout those sacred days as well.