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Date this page was last updated 27 Sep 2007 Prayer for Vocations
O Jesus, Good Shepherd, bless our parishes with numerous
priests, deacons, men and women religious, consecrated laity and missionaries,
according to the needs of the entire world, which You love and wish to save.
We especially entrust our community to you; grant us the spirit of the first
Christians, so that we may be a cenacle of prayer, in loving acceptance of the
Holy Spirit and his gifts. Assist our pastors and all who live a
consecrated life. Guide the steps of those who have responded generously
to Your call and are preparing to receive Holy Orders or to profess the
evangelical counsels. Look with love on so many well-disposed young
people, and call them to follow You. Help them to understand that in You
alone can they attain complete fulfillment. To this end, we call on the
powerful intercession of Mary, mother and model of all vocations. We
beseech you to sustain our faith with the certainty that the Father will grant
what you have commanded us to ask. Pope John Paul II |
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