Loving Lord,
You invited your apostles to go with you to a deserted place to rest for a while. As Bishop Gruss and the priests of the Diocese of Saginaw leave for their retreat, we ask you to help them experience You as Your apostles did.
We pray that the fruit of this retreat will continue to grow and be reflected in each of their ministries during this retreat as well as upon their return.
Help them to listen fully and to prayerfully discern what You are speaking to them. May they emerge renewed and reenergized with Your love and a greater desire to be on mission for You and with You here in the Diocese of Saginaw.
Amen.