Apostolate of prayer (41)
GENERAL INTENTION
So that political responsibility is experienced at all levels as a high form of charity.
MISSIONARY INTENTION
So that Christians in Latin America, faced with social inequalities, can bear witness to love for the poor and contribute to a more fraternal society.
INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS
Because we fulfill the duty of announcing the Gospel to those who do not know Jesus Christ and have always rejected him.
«Prayer for young people»
Jesus, for two thousand years, you have been in the hearts of many young people who feel the profound desire to look into your eyes and scrutinize the panoramas of history made up of people who lived in the warmth of your "good news" that God loves us. Jesus, there are many young people who, in the light of your truth, express the aspiration to build authentic relationships, to know true love, to dream of founding a united family that guarantees a peaceful and happy future. Jesus, who worked alongside Saint Joseph in the laboratory of Nazareth, ensure that young people can find a job that gives them dignity, joy of living and being useful; he ensures that no one loses their enthusiasm in search of a greater life. Jesus, you are the answer to our desire for the infinite. Maintain in all of us the generosity of a youthful heart that knows how to repeat with conviction: "Our heart is restless until it rests in You". Jesus, let us follow "the imprint of the God of life" on the paths of our human adventure, convinced that eliminating God to make man live is blindness! God is the source of life and eliminating him is equivalent to "the creature vanishing".
GENERAL INTENTION
So that migrants and refugees are welcomed and treated with respect in the countries they arrive in.
MISSIONARY INTENTION
So that the personal encounter with Jesus arouses in many young people the desire to offer him their existence in the priesthood or in consecrated life.
INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS
So that the heart of the Christian message is announced, rather than some doctrinal and moral aspects.
INTENTION OF THE PIOUS UNION
«For the confirmed kids»
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the children who in this season have received or will receive the sacrament of confirmation. Light the fire of your love in them. Today the Church needs a perennial outpouring of the Spirit, a daily Pentecost. May the light of your love come like a strong wind in the sails of our life. These young confirmed people need, like all of us, fire in their hearts, courageous words on their lips, generous prophecy in their gaze so that they can see far into the future. We all need to feel caressed by a warm wave of the Spirit and thus become generous workers on the construction site of the world and builders of your Kingdom of love, justice, holiness and peace.
Prayer intentions for the month of December 2014
Written by Super UserDecember 2014
GENERAL INTENTION
So that the birth of the Redeemer brings peace and hope to all men of good will.
MISSIONARY INTENTION
For parents to be authentic evangelizers, passing on the precious gift of faith to their children.
INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS
So that the desire to joyfully proclaim Christ, the light of the people, may grow in believers.
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 intentions for the month of October 2014
Written by Super UserGENERAL INTENTION
MISSIONARY INTENTION
INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS
INTENTION OF THE PIOUS UNION
«For priestly and religious vocations»
Prayer intentions for the month of September 2014
Written by Super UserGENERAL INTENTION
MISSIONARY INTENTION
INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS
INTENTION OF THE PIOUS UNION
«Prayer for the summer and holiday period»
GENERAL INTENTION
For the media to be instruments at the service of truth and peace. MISSIONARY INTENTION For Mary, Star of evangelization, to guide the mission of the Church in announcing Christ to all people. INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS So that the Church and society do not disappoint the hope and trust of young people in the future.
MISSIONARY INTENTION
For Mary, Star of evangelization, to guide the mission of the Church in announcing Christ to all people.
INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS
So that the Church and society do not disappoint young people's hope and trust in the future.
INTENTION OF THE PIOUS UNION
«Prayer from prison»
Crucified Lord, look at us, we are those like you. Condemned.
On the gallows and behind the bars of shame. Even awaiting execution, by poison, by rope around the neck, by firing squad or electric chair. This is enough for you: like You, nailed to the cross. Unlike you, we are more often guilty, even if there is no shortage of innocent people among us. Friend, if you knew the immense mystery of detention, where I am! If I saw and heard what I see within these dark walls. And I think bitterly of my loved ones. Who unjustly suffer because of me. “I know the devil that was inside me, I was linked to Evil, my life was one of violence. But since I met the Lord, nothing has managed to make me commit an act of violence: in these 14 years on death row, Jesus, with his forgiveness, has entered my heart! If you decide that you must kill me, do so based only on the brutality of my Crime, but please do not rely on me as a future risk to society, because I have changed now... I love you all, I hope my death gives you peace, of again I ask for forgiveness from the families I have affected, now I go to meet Jesus, I wait for you all in Heaven, He has already prepared a place for me".
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- GENERAL INTENTION For the wisdom and experience of older people to be recognized in the Church and in society.
- MISSIONARY INTENTION For priests, religious and lay people to collaborate generously in the mission of evangelization.
- INTENTION OF THE BISHOPS So that consecrated people bear witness to the wisdom of poverty and are a sign of contradiction in a society that thrives on efficiency and success.
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."
Offer prayer
Divine Heart of Jesus,
I offer you by means
of the Immaculate Heart
of Maria,
Mother of the Church,
in union with the Sacrifice
eucharistic,
prayers and actions,
the joys and sufferings
of this day:
in reparation for sins, for salvation
of all men,
in grace
of the Holy Spirit,
to the glory of the divine Father.
Amen.
General Intention
«So that authentic economic development is promoted, respectful of the dignity of all men and all peoples»
Missionary intention
«So that Christians of different confessions can walk towards the unity desired by Christ»
Intention of the Bishops
«For the Church and society to invest in the family, as a heritage and an effective response to the current crisis»
Intention of the Pious Union
«For unwanted children and mothers in difficulty due to pregnancy»
Lord, I need to pray to you. Lord, I am a child, not yet born and already crucified. Like you, not wanted, not believed, not loved by men. You fled away from the ferocity of a king who feared you as a rival and did not hesitate to stop the lives of all the children among whom you could hide, by slaughtering them. Mary's arms and Joseph's strong shoulders carried you to safety. Since then, those little innocents have been close to you, from the day of your birth, even on the calendar. Yet, I am there. And please, I speak to You and I speak to each and every one. And I pray to you for each and every one. I don't judge mom: she is left alone. I don't judge the dad: he is afraid of life. I don't judge anyone: they have lost track of you and, believing they are chasing the best, they go around the nothingness of everything.
General Intention
«Children who are victims of abandonment and all forms of violence can find the love and protection they need»
Missionary intention
«Let Christians, enlightened by the light of the incarnate Word, prepare humanity for the advent of the Savior»
Intention of the Bishops
«May the Church be the family in which all men feel expected and welcomed to encounter the love of God the Father and experience salvation»
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 Bethlehem manger gets up with a different look, capable of welcoming the destiny of another."