Catholic Education WA
Acknowledgement and prayer for Polycom Meeting
Acknowledgement of Country
As we gather today on Wadjuk Noongar country, we honour and pay our respects to elders past and present.
We also acknowledge the traditional owners of the other parts of this state from where participants are joining us today.
May the sacred land be always etched into our hearts and our history.
May we all strive to listen and learn from each other as we walk together in a spirit of faith and reconciliation.
In this year of Mercy we pray...
Give us willing feet and gentle hands.
Bless us with listening ears
and searching eyes.
Endow us with understanding minds.
Ordain us with compassionate hearts.
In our acts and in our words
Make us vessels of your mercy
To reach out to the broken
On behalf of the Father
Who wipes away our debts,
As lovingly as he wipes away our tears
And calls his children home.
Help us lift your people in body and spirit.
And so make every year a year of mercy.
Amen