A novena inspired from Pope John Paul II - Day Four

Day Four

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

The vocation to be “holy, as he is holy”(Lev.11,44) is brought about when God is given the place which is His due. In our time, which is secularized yet also fascinated by the search for the sacred, there is a particular need of saints who, by living intensely the primacy of God in their lives, make visible His loving and provident presence. Holiness, a gift to be constantly requested, constitutes the most precious and effective response to the modern world’s hunger for hope and life. Humanity needs holy priests and consecrated souls who live out daily the total gift of self to God and neighbor; of fathers and mothers who can give witness within the home to the grace of the sacrament of matrimony, reawakening in all those with whom they come into contact the wish to carry out the Creator’s plan for the family; of young people who have personally discovered Christ and have been so attracted by Him as to move their contemporaries to the cause of the Gospel.

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
Holy Father,
You call us to be holy
as You are holy.
We pray You, never allow Your Church
to lack holy ministers and apostles
who, with the Word and the Sacraments,
may open the way to the encounter with You.
Merciful Father,
give to lost humanity
men and women who,
through the witness of a life transfigured
to the image of Your Son,
may walk joyfully
with their other brothers and sisters
towards our heavenly homeland. Amen.