6th Asian Youth Day Prayer

Dear Jesus and Good Lord,

How wonderful is your love for me! Deep down in my heart, I know you to be the best friend forever!

I do not know why, but I do feel an intimacy with you!

Please help me Lord, to be more intimate with you and to know the power and mystery of your love.

You love me, and so you carried the cross; you love me, and so you died on the cross; you love me, and so you want to give me a share in the joy and glory of your resurrection.

Help me to carry my cross daily and follow you.

Give me courage to be a martyr in my thoughts, in my desires, in what I do and think.

Make my faith and trust in you strong and constant.

Help me, dear Jesus, to see and experience how the glory of the martyrs shines on me as an Asian.

Through the intercessions of the Asian martyrs, enable me, as well as all the Asian young Christians, to herald your Good News anywhere we go, under all circumstances.

This I ask of you, my dear Savior and friend, through your Most Holy Name! Amen!

Source: ayd2014.org