In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
from the XXXVIII World Day of Prayer for Vocations
from the XXXVIII World Day of Prayer for Vocations
In their encounter with the Eucharist, some men discover that they are called to become ministers of the Altar, other people, that they are called to contemplate the beauty and depth of this mystery, others that they are called to pour out again its impelling force of love on the poor and weak, and others again that they are called to grasp its transforming power in the realities and gestures of everyday life. Each believer finds in the Eucharist not only the interpretative key of his or her own existence, but the courage to actualize it, indeed to build up, in the diversity of charisms and vocations, the Body of Christ in history. In the account of the disciples of Emmaus(Lk 24,13-35), Saint Luke lets us glimpse what happens in the life of the person who lives in the Eucharist. When “in the breaking of the bread,” done by the “stranger,” the eyes of the disciples are opened, they realize that their hearts were burning in their breasts while they were listening to Him explaining the Scriptures. In those hearts that burn we can see history and the discovery of every vocation, which is not a transient emotion, but an ever more certain and strong recognition that the Eucharist and Passover of the Son must become ever more the Eucharist and Passover of His disciples.
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 Mary, Mother of all who are called,
make all believers have the strength
to answer the divine call with generous courage,
and let them be joyful witnesses of love toward God
and their neighbor.
Young daughter of Zion, Star of the morning,
who guides the steps of humanity
through the Great Jubilee toward the future,
direct the young people of the new millennium
toward Him who is “the true light
which enlightens all men.”(Jn1,9) Amen.
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 Mary, Mother of all who are called,
make all believers have the strength
to answer the divine call with generous courage,
and let them be joyful witnesses of love toward God
and their neighbor.
Young daughter of Zion, Star of the morning,
who guides the steps of humanity
through the Great Jubilee toward the future,
direct the young people of the new millennium
toward Him who is “the true light
which enlightens all men.”(Jn1,9) Amen.
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