Like every other sunday, we place on the altar our lives, with its worries, projects, dreams and fears. We pray....because you, Lord, make us grown up.

* We ask you Father to help us to accept our frailties, our weaknesses, our fragility and what we lack, so we can become feel more human and confident,

BECAUSE YOU, LORD, MAKE US GROWN UP.

* We also place today in our offerings our dreams for a more just society, a happier family and a world more humane, so you can help us achieve it,

BECAUSE YOU, LORD, MAKE US GROWN UP.

* May we live engaged in improving our family, our neighbourhood, the people and organizations that surround us,

BECAUSE YOU, LORD, MAKE US GROWN UP.

* That we may be thankful for any detail or service that others give us,

BECAUSE YOU, LORD, MAKE US GROWN UP.

* That each one of us may occupy the place that you have chosen for us, as your children,

BECAUSE YOU, LORD, MAKE US GROWN UP.

All this and all that we carry in our hearts, we present to you, trusting in the strength that you provide us. Amen.

Mari Patxi Ayerra

Traducción de Hugo Castelli