A novena inspired from Pope John Paul II - Day Two

Day Two
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
from the XXXIII World Day of Prayer for Vocations

The Christian vocation a gift of God is the heritage of all. Whether married or ordained, priests or religious, all are chosen by God to proclaim the Gospel and to communicate salvation; not alone, however, but in the Church and with the Church. “The work of evangelization is not an individual activity; it is essentially ecclesial”(Evangelii nuntiandi, n. 60). Along with God’s universal call to live and witness to the proclamation of salvation there are particular vocations with specific responsibilities within the Church; these are the fruit of a special grace and require an additional moral and spiritual commitment. They are the vocations to the priesthood, the religious life, to work of the missions and to the contemplative life.

We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

Pause for a moment to ask for Pope John Paul’s intercession.

Please pray the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be.

Prayer
Look, O Lord, upon the whole human family
and show Your mercy to the men and women who
in prayer and righteous living seek You without
yet having encountered You:
show Yourself to them as the way
which leads to the Father, as the truth which makes us free,
as the life which has no end.
Grant us, Lord, to live in Your Church
in a spirit of faithful service and total gift,
so that our witness will be credible and bear fruit. Amen!