The range of emotions that most of us have felt in the past two weeks over what has been covered by the media about our Church is vast: Anger, Shame, Sorrow, Disgust and Dismay to name a few. What can the average person do to make any difference? As someone who has read extensively on the subject, I can say that the answers are not so simple, but the response each individual person can make is very powerful.
Prayer and Fasting for reparation. This can be done at home, at work and of course in church.
Offering prayers for the victims and reparation for the damage done them. The multitude of prayer is not so much important as the sincerity behind them.
We can offer our presence at Mass, pray a favorite devotion or novena (Stations of the Cross are not just for Lent).
Spend time at Adoration or make a visit to church instead of a recreational activity.
Whatever we do we should do it sincerely and make part of our everyday lives. As St. Paul said in Ephesians chapter six, "With all prayer and supplication, pray at every opportunity in the Spirit. To that end, be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones."
A Prayer of Reparation
Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly and I offer You the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended, and by the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg the conversion of poor sinners. Amen.