December

GENERAL INTENTION

So that the scourge of child soldiers is eliminated from every part of the world.

MISSIONARY INTENTION

So that the people of Europe may rediscover the beauty, goodness and truth of the Gospel, which gives joy and hope to life.

INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS

So that, in the territories invaded by organized crime, families and civil society are able to save children from the tentacles of the mafia.

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,
prayers and actions,
the joys and sufferings of this day,
in reparation for sins,
for the 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.