A PRAYER FOR FAMILIES

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the eternal Father and Mary Immaculate, we bring to You in prayer the young people of our Church.  Give them hearts open to hear Your voice.  Help them to be generous in responding to Your call.  Give them the grace to persevere in overcoming all the pressures in our world that keep them from embracing and truly living their vocation.  Graciously grant to parents a living faith and an ardent love, which will inspire them to encourage their children to live holy lives.  May parents genuinely encourage and foster the God-given vocation of their children and help them to respond generously.  Let them rejoice when a child of theirs is called by You to be a priest or religious.  May the example of Your life and that of Joseph and Mary help encourage parents and children to form holy families and let Your grace sustain them.  Amen. 

DAILY PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

Heavenly Father, Your divine Son taught us to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into His vineyard.  We earnestly beg You to bless our Archdiocese and our world with many priest and religious men and women who will love You fervently, and gladly and courageously spend their lives in service to Your Son’s Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.   We pray that their lives may always be centered on our Eucharistic Lord; that they be always faithful to the Holy Father; and that they may be devoted sons and daughters of Mary, our Mother, in making You known and loved; and that all may attain Heaven.  Bless our families and our children and choose from our homes those whom you desire for this holy work.  Amen.