Official Prayer

Our Lady of the Visitation, 

you who arose and went with haste towards the mountain to meet Elizabeth, 

lead us also to meet all those who await us  

to deliver them the living Gospel: 

Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord!

We will go in a hurry, with no distraction or delay,

but with readiness and joy. 

We will go peacefully, because those who take Christ take peace, 

and well doing is the best wellbeing. 

Our Lady of the Visitation, 

with your inspiration, this World Youth Day 

will be the mutual celebration of the Christ we take, as You once did. 

Make it a time of testimony and sharing, 

fraternization, and giving thanks, 

each of us looking for the others who always wait. 

With you, we will continue on this path of gathering, 

so that our world will gather as well, 

in fraternity, justice and peace. 

Help us, 

Our Lady of the Visitation, 

to bring Christ to everyone, obeying the Father, in the love of the Spirit!