Prayers for Vocations Day

For the Church
Loving God, in the name of Jesus, we ask you to send your Holy Spirit to us so that men and women among us respond to your call to service.
We pray for those considering marriage, but especially those who hear your invitation to be a priest, deacon, sister, or brother.
May those who are opening their hearts and minds to your call be encouraged and strengthened through our prayers and support. 
Amen.


Heavenly Father, call many holy young people to consecrated lif for the sake of you kingdom. Call an abundance of virtuous  men to serve  in ordained ministry as laborers for your harvest. Call numerous others to faithful, chaste, and fruiful love in the sacrament of marriage, as signs and witnesses of Christ's love for his Church. Through baptism you have called all your children, in whatever state of life, to love and serve you. Fill us with your Holy Spirit and grant us each the grace to follow you in perfect obedience and charity. With Mary and Joseph as our models and intercessors, we ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Me, Personally [by Cardinal John Newman]

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission—I never may know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his—if, indeed, I fail, He can raise another, as He could make the stones children of Abraham. Yet I have a part in this great work; I am a link in a chain, a bond of connexion between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good, I shall do His work; I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it, if I do but keep His commandments and serve Him in my calling. Amen.--John Henry Cardinal Newman

Lord Jesus, up until now You have been quietly preparing me to be Your disciple. Now the time of preparation is ending. I seem to hear You say to me as You said once to Peter: "Will you also go away?" Peter replied, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."

I stand with Peter. Through prayer and counsel, show me, Lord, where it is in Your vineyard that You want me to serve. Then give me strength to be fruitful.

Mary, Mother and Model, help me to respond in generous love to the call of you divine son. Amen. 

For more see: USCCB Prayers for Vocations

Thanks for Family and Friends

Blessed are You, loving Father,
For all your gifts to us.
Blessed are You for giving us family and friends
To be with us in times of joy and sorrow,
To help us in days of need,
And to rejoice with us in moments of celebration.

Father,
We praise You for Your Son Jesus,
Who knew the happiness of family and friends,
And the love of Your Holy Spirit.
Blessed are you for ever and ever.

Amen.

A Special Prayer for Peace

Lord,

The plight of our country is deep and the suffering of Christians is severe and frightening.

Therefore, we ask you Lord to spare our lives, and to grant us patience, and courage to continue our witness of Christian values with trust and hope.

Lord, peace is the foundation of life; Grant us the peace and stability that will enable us to live with each other without fear and anxiety, and with dignity and joy.

Glory be to you
Forever. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Jude, My Special and Powerful Patron

Prayer To Saint Jude

Most holy Apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally, as the patron of difficult cases, of things almost despaired of, Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone.

Intercede with God for me that He bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and  sufferings, particularly -

(insert request here)

- and that I may praise  God with you and all the saints forever. I promise, O Blessed Saint Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor granted me by God and to always honor you as  my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you.

Amen

May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, and loved in all the tabernacles until the end of time. Amen.

May the most Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised and glorified now and forever. Amen

Saint Jude pray for us and hear our prayers. Amen.

Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Blessed be the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Blessed be Saint Jude Thaddeus, in all the world and for all Eternity.

Our Father.

Hail Mary.

Catholic Climate Pledge

I/We Pledge to:
PRAY and reflect on the duty to care for God's creation and protect the poor and vulnerable.
LEARN about and educate others on the causes and moral dimensions of climate change.
ACCESS how we--as individuals and in our families, parishes, and other affiliations--contribute to climate change by our own energy use, consumption, waste, etc.
ACT to change our choices and behaviors to reduce the ways we contribute to climate change.
ADVOCATE for Catholic principles and priorities in climate change discussions and decisions, especially as they impact those who are poor and vulnerable.

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Pledge of Commitment to Protect and Heal God's Creation
The following pledge of commitment  may be read in unison or alternation.

We have come to renew our covenant with God and with one another in Christ Jesus, our Lord. We have come to protect God's creation.

We have come as followers of Jesus to commit ourselves anew to one another and to heal injustice and poverty.

We have come to stand together against all threats to life.

We have come to discover some new beauty every day in God's creation: the sunrise and sunset, birds, flowers, and trees, rainbows in the sky, the stars, the many forms of life in the forest.

We have come to listen to the "music of the universe"--water flowing over rocks, the wind, trees bending in the wind, raindrops pattering on the roof.

We will remember always that God speaks to us through the beauty of his creation, and we will try our best to answer God's call to reverence all that he has created.

source: http://catholicclimatecovenant.org/

Prayer for our Family

Blessed are you, loving Father,
Ruler of the universe:

You have given us
Your Son as Your Leader,
And have made us temples
of Your Holy Spirit.

Fill our family
with Your light and peace.
Have mercy on all who suffer,
And bring us to everlasting
joy with You.

Father,
We bless Your Name
for ever and ever.

Amen.

Mary Rosary

Memorare (Remember O Most Gracious Virgin Mary)

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,

that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection,

implored your help or sought your intercession,

was left unaided.

Inspired with this confidence,
I fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother;
to you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate,
despise not my petitions,
but in your mercy hear and answer me.

Amen.

Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen)

HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Pray for us Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.

Oratio sequens post Salve, Regina dici potest: (The following prayer may be added after the "Hail, Holy Queen)"

Let us pray. O GOD, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.