God our Father,
we bless you and give you thanks for your Son Jesus,
the gift of your love for the world.
Watch over your Church
as it celebrates in joy and hope
the 49th International Eucharistic Congress.
Renew our faith in the Holy Eucharist,
the memorial of your Son's death and resurrection.
May your Holy Spirit shed its light upon us
and grant us strength to serve as faithul witnesses to the Gospel.
Nourish us with your Word and your Bread of Life
so that untied with Mary,
the Mother of your Divine Son
and Mother of the Church,
we will bear much fruit for the salvation of the world.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

[Source: Sunday Bulletin of June 15, 2008; Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.]