2023 GRADUATES BLESSING

Do you have a son, daughter, loved one, family friend that you would like to add to our list of graduates (high school or college)? Please fill out the webform below and we will add them to this special blessing. 

SUBMIT REQUEST BY JUNE 4, 2023

WE OFFER A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR ALL GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 2022!
 

Blessing of Graduates

Let us unite our hearts in prayer
and entrust to the hands of the Lord
those who will be graduated tomorrow.

May God who began this good work in you
carry it through to completion,
enabling you to use your talents to the fullest.

May God give you the grace to make wise choices
and to be faithful to your commitments,
always confident in the support of those who love you.

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers,
half-truths, and superficial relationships,
so that you will live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice,
oppression, and exploitation of people,
so that you will work for justice, equality, and peace.

May God bless you with tears to shed for those who
suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war,
so that you will reach out your hand
to comfort them and change their pain into joy.

May God bless you with the foolishness to think
that you can make a difference in the world,
so that you will do the things
which others tell you cannot be done.

May your integrity be a gift to the world
and may the Spirit of God be with you always.

- Fr. Michael Graham SJ, Offered at Baccalaureate Mass at Xavier University 2015