In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
from the XXXIX World Day of Prayer for Vocations
The Church is the “home of holiness” and the charity of Christ, poured out by the Holy Spirit, is her soul. In her, all Christians help one another to discover and fulfil their own vocation by listening to the Word of God, in prayer, by assiduously participating in the Sacraments and incessantly seeking the face of Christ in every brother and sister. In this way each person, according to each one’s gifts, advances along the path of faith, keeping hope alive and acting through charity, while the Church “reveals and experiences anew the infinite richness of the mystery of Jesus Christ”(Christifideles laici, 55) and assures that the holiness of God is manifested within each state and situation of life, so that all Christian may become laborers in the vineyard of the Lord and build up the Body of Christ. Every vocation in the Church is at the service of holiness. Some however, such as the vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life, are at the service of holiness in a thoroughly unique manner. It is these vocations that I invite everyone to pay particular attention today, by intensifying their prayers for them.
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, look upon this humanity of ours,
that is taking its first steps along
the path of the Third Millennium.
Its life is still deeply marked by
hatred, violence, and oppression,
but the thirst for justice, truth and grace
still finds a space in the hearts of many people,
who are waiting for someone to bring salvation,
enacted by You through Your Son Jesus.
There is the need for courageous heralds of the Gospel,
for generous servants of suffering humanity.
Send holy priests to Your Church, we pray,
who may sanctify Your people
with tools of Your grace.
Send numerous consecrated men and women,
that they may show Your holiness in the midst of the world.
Send holy laborers into Your vineyard,
that they may labor with the fervor of charity
and, moved by Your Holy Spirit,
may bring the salvation of Christ
to the farthest ends of the earth. 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 Father, look upon this humanity of ours,
that is taking its first steps along
the path of the Third Millennium.
Its life is still deeply marked by
hatred, violence, and oppression,
but the thirst for justice, truth and grace
still finds a space in the hearts of many people,
who are waiting for someone to bring salvation,
enacted by You through Your Son Jesus.
There is the need for courageous heralds of the Gospel,
for generous servants of suffering humanity.
Send holy priests to Your Church, we pray,
who may sanctify Your people
with tools of Your grace.
Send numerous consecrated men and women,
that they may show Your holiness in the midst of the world.
Send holy laborers into Your vineyard,
that they may labor with the fervor of charity
and, moved by Your Holy Spirit,
may bring the salvation of Christ
to the farthest ends of the earth. Amen
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