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Vocation Prayers
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Dear Father,
Shine your light upon me so that I may see my true vocation. Give
me the grace to hear your word and be an example to others of your
love for us.
I pray for all in Priesthood, Consecrated life, Marriage and
Single life, and for all who are listening to your call, that they
may answer you in their vocation.
Thank you for sending your son Jesus -
Lord of the Harvest - help me to follow His example. May I freely,
courageously and lovingly respond.
Amen.
"There is one thing I ask of the
Lord;
for this I long,
To dwell in the house of the Lord,
all the days of my life..."
Psalm 23
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Lord, I thank you for the gifts you have given me, especially
for life, love, family and friends.
Help me to know myself better and to know my talents, as I
pray, study and decide on my life's work.
Help me to see and understand the path you open for me. Help
me choose a life's work which will be in response to my
potential and your love for me.
If I am being invited to follow you as a priest, brother,
sister, give me a generous heart to respond to your
challenging call and the strength to follow you wherever you
lead me.
Amen
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Lord,
my God,
my one hope,
hear me,
that I be not unwilling,
through weariness,
to seek you,
but that I may always ardently
seek your face.
Give me the strength to seek,
since you have made me
in order to find you,
and have given me the hope of
finding you more and more.
My strength and my weakness
are known to you:
preserve the one
and heal the other.
My knowledge and my ignorance
are known to you:
where you have opened to me,
receive me as I enter;
where you have closed to me,
open to me as I knock.
May I remember you,
understand you,
love you.
Increase these things in me
until you have wholly renewed me.
St Augustine |
To Know One's Vocation
Lord, my God and my loving Father,
you have made me to know you,
to love you, to serve you,
and thereby to find and to fulfill myself.
I know that you are in all things,
and that every path can lead me to you.
But of them all, there is one especially
by which you want me to come to you.
Since I will do what you want of me,
I pray you, send your Holy Spirit to me: into my mind,
to show me what you want of me; into my heart,
to give me the determination to do it,
and to do it with all my love, with all my mind,
and with all my strength right to the end.
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Prayer of Thomas Merton
My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me
Nor do I really know myself,
And the fact that I think
I am following your will
Does not mean that I am
actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire
to please you
Does in fact please you.
And I hope that I will never do anything apart from that
desire.
And I know that if I do this,
You will lead me by the right road
Though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always though,
I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
And you will never leave me
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A Prayer of St Francis
Great and glorious God, and my
Lord Jesus Christ
Enlighten the darkness of my mind.
Give me a right faith
a firm hope
and a perfect charity.
Grant that I may know you, Lord
in order that I may always
and in all things act
according to your most
holy and perfect will. Amen
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Vocation
Prayer for Parents
Loving God,
You have given us the privilege as well as the responsibility
of being loving parents. In the name of Jesus, we ask you to
guide us as we invite our children to hear your call to
service and leadership in our Church.
May our children respond with deep faith and generosity to the
needs of God's people.
Help us to be a source of encouragement to our children by our
own desire to be committed people who serve with love and
enthusiasm.
Amen
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Vocation Prayer for Families
Loving
God, each member of our family is a special gift from you.
You have given each of us gifts and talents so that we may
enjoy life but also so we can share with others. Generous
and loving people are needed for service and leadership in
our Church.
Help us to know how to encourage and support each other so
that we can respond generously to this need. We know that
you will be with us, invite us to become the kind of
people you desire us to be. Help us to trust in you and in
each other.
Amen.
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With
acknowledgement to the
Catholic Archdiocese of
Melbourne |
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ADVENT |
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The Church's year is divided into seasons. We are now in the
season of ordinary time, characterised by the priest (usually) wearing green
vestments at Mass.
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"I have come that they may have life, and have it
to the full."
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John 10:10 |
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here for an explanation of what happens at Mass
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Lord, I offer you my seeking;
show me the way.
I offer you my doubts;
lead me to trust in you.
I offer you my hurts;
heal me.
I offer you my fears;
give me hope.
I offer you my loneliness;
welcome me.
I offer you my heart;
warm it with love.
I offer you my journey;
lead me home where
I can live in your justice, peace and love. |
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