Prayers for Vocations
Parents’ Prayer For Vocations
Loving God,
You have given us the privilege, as well as the
responsibility of being loving parents. In the Name of
Jesus, we ask You to guide us as we invite our children to
hear Your call to service and leadership in our Church as a
priest, brother, or sister. May our children respond with
deep faith and generosity to the needs of Your people. Help
us to be a source of encouragement to our children by our
own desire to be committed people who serve with love and
enthusiasm. Amen.
Prayer for Vocations
Heavenly Father, bless
Your Church with an abundance of holy and zealous priests,
deacons, brothers, and sisters. Give those You have called
to the married state and those You have chosen to live as
single persons in the world, the special graces that their
lives require. Form us all in the likeness of Your Son so
that in Him, with Him, and through Him we may love You more
deeply and serve You more faithfully, always and
everywhere. With Mary, we ask this through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
World Day of Prayer for Vocations – May 2006
by
Pope Benedict XVI
O Father, raise up among
Christians
abundant and holy vocations to the priesthood,
who keep the faith alive
and guard the blessed memory of your Son Jesus
through the preaching of his word
and the administration of the Sacraments,
with which you continually renew your faithful.
Grant us holy ministers of
your altar,
who are careful and fervent guardians of the Eucharist,
the sacrament of the supreme gift of Christ
for the redemption of the world.
Call ministers of your
mercy,
who, through the sacrament of Reconciliation,
spread the joy of your forgiveness. |
