PRAYER FOR
VOCATIONS 
FATHER OF COMPASSION AND MERCY,
LOOK BENEVOLENTLY UPON YOUR CHILDREN,
AND GRANT US YOUR ABUNDANT GRACE.WE TRUST THAT YOU CONTINUE TO CALL
NUMEROUS PRIESTS, DEACONS,
SISTERS AND BROTHERS
TO SERVE YOUR CHURCH.GRANT, WE BEG YOU,
THAT MORE OF YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS
WILL LISTEN FOR YOUR VOICE
AND GENEROUSLY RESPOND TO YOUR CALL
TO SERVE THE CHURCH.GIVE TO PARENTS THE GENEROSITY AND FAITH
TO ENCOURAGE THEIR CHILDREN
TO BE OPEN TO YOUR DIVINE CALL.WE ASK THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN.
Imprimatur:
+Edward P. Cullen, D.D., Bishop of Allentown
PRAYER FOR PRIESTLY VOCATIONS
Lord Jesus Christ,
You have promised to be with us
even until the end of time.We thank you for
Your Presence in the Most Holy Eucharist
Your guidance through our Mother the Church
Your wisdom in Your Sacred Word.Grant, we beg You, that more and more
young men of our Diocese may hear Your voice,
and respond generously to Your call
to be Priests after your own Heart;
that Your presence in the Tabernacle may be ever near us,
Your Church may always lead us,
And Your Word be ever proclaimed among us.
PRAYER OF THE SICK FOR VOCATIONS
Loving Father, Your ways are so far beyond my understanding. You know my pain, my sufferings; You know my loneliness and my fears. I offer them all to you. Grant me the grace to endure and to persevere. Increase my faith, strengthen my hope and fill me with your love.
Your Son, Jesus Christ, the eternal High Priest, offered his whole life, even unto death, to save each one of us. In union with Him, I lift up my sufferings to You Heavenly Father, and unite them with the sufferings of your only begotten Son, for an increase of vocations to the Holy Priesthood. May your sons and daughters always have the solace of the sacraments, and the comforting presence of Jesus, through the hands of your Priests. Amen.
PRAYER FOR PARISH PRIESTS BY SAINT JOHN VIANNEY
Dear Saint John Vianney, your childhood dream was to be a Priest, to win souls for God. You endured years of toil and humiliation to attain the Priesthood. You became a Priest truly after God's own heart, outstanding in humulity and poverty; prayer and mortification. Totally devoted to the service of God's people. The Church has exalted you as model and patron saint of all Parish Priest, trusting that your example and prayers will help them to live up to the high dignity of their vocation to be faithful servants of God's people, to be perfect imitators of Christ the Savior Who came not to be served but to serve, to give His Life in ransom for many.Pray that God may give to His Church today many more Priests after His own Heart. Pray for all the Priests under your patronage, that they may be worthy representatives of Christ the Good Shepherd. May they wholeheartedly devote themselves to prayer and penance; be examples of humility and poverty; shining modelss of holiness; tireless and powerful preachers of the Word of God; zealous dispensers of God's Grace in the Sacraments. May their loving devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist and to Mary His Mother be the Twin Fountains of fruitfulness for their ministry. Amen.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Eternal God...
Bless your Church with holy and faithful priests,
deacons, brothers and sisters.Give those you have called to the married state
and those you have chosen to live as single persons in the world,
the special graces that their lives require.Form us all in the likeness of your Son so that in him,
with him and through him
we may love you more deeply and serve you more faithfully,
always and everywhere.With Mary we ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
PRAYER OF POPE BENEDICT XVI
FROM THE MESSAGE FOR 43RD WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
2006
O Father, raise up among Christians
abundant and holy vocations to the priesthood,
who keep the faith alive
and guard the blessed memory of your Son Jesus
through the preaching of his word
and the administration of the Sacraments,
with which you continually renew your faithful.
Grant us holy ministers of your altar,
who are careful and fervent guardians of the Eucharist,
the sacrament of the supreme gift of Christ
for the redemption of the world.
Call ministers of your mercy,
who, through the sacrament of Reconciliation,
spread the joy of your forgiveness.
Grant, O Father, that the Church may welcome with joy
the numerous inspirations of the Spirit of your Son
and, docile to His teachings,
may she care for vocations to the ministerial priesthood
and to the consecrated life.
Sustain the Bishops, priests and deacons,
consecrated men and women, and all the baptized in Christ,
so that they may faithfully fulfil their mission
at the service of the Gospel.
This we pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Mary, Queen of Apostles, pray for us.
PADRE DE COMPASIÓN Y MISERICORDIA,
MIRA CON BONDAD A TUS HIJOS,
Y CONCÉDENOS TU GRACIA ABUNDANTE.CONFIAMOS QUE CONTINUES LLAMANDO
NUMEROSOS SACERDOTES, DIÁCONOS,
HERMANAS Y HERMANOS
PARA SERVIR A TU IGLESIA.CONCÉDENOS, TE ROGAMOS,
QUE MÁS DE TUS HIJOS E HIJAS ESCUCHEN TU VOZ
Y GENERESOMENTE RESPONDAN A TU LLAMADO
A SERVIR A LA IGLESIA.DALE A LOS PADRES LA GENEROSIDAD Y FE
PARA QUE ANIMEN A SUS HIJOS
A QUE ESTÉN ABIERTOS A TU DIVINO LLAMADO.TE PEDIMOS ESTO POR CRISTO NUESTRO SEÑOR. AMÉN.
Officina de Vocaciones, Diócesis de Allenown
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Allentown
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