GENERAL INTENTION
Because we can all experience the mercy of God, who never tires of forgiving.
MISSIONARY INTENTION
So that families, especially those who are suffering, find in the birth of Jesus a sign of sure hope.
INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS
Because we welcome the invitation to the revolution of tenderness that the Son of God addressed to us in his incarnation.
INTENTION OF THE PIOUS UNION
«For children without families»»
«Hello Jesus! Here we are in front of you, no one is missing. We are children without families. In the sense that ours is unknown to us, absent, broken, due to drama or desperation, due to loneliness or abandonment. We are witnesses of pain and loss, but also of the miracle that can always happen when someone - a man and a woman - gathers us to hold us close to their chest, like fragrant bread that has just come out of the oven. Without saying: "Who is this?". We are without family and difficulty is our daily grace; for some it is also the surprise of a couple who bends over our fragility to make us experience what is good and true in their life, without asking for anything in return, as a pure gesture of love that brings nothing except the emotion of learn to call ourselves children. Whoever welcomes us learns another thing: reality changes outline, everything takes on new value: it is You, Jesus, who manifests Yourself in their eyes. Yes, because we are your presence. We are Christmas every day and whoever bends over this manger in Bethlehem gets up with a different look, capable of welcoming the destiny of another."
Prayer to enhance daily life
Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you through the immaculate heart of Mary, Mother of the Church, in union with the Eucharistic Sacrifice, the prayers and actions, the joys and sufferings of this day, in reparation for sins, for salvation of all men, in the grace of the Holy Spirit, to the glory of the divine Father. In particular according to the Pope's intentions.