Prayers for Vocations

Prayers for Vocations

 Here are some more prayers for Vocations. Again please pray them, not only this week but everyday. Thank You in advance. 

Until tomorrow, God Bless, and may  those people who are called hear the voice of God. 

Prayer #7

Gracious God,

You have called me to life

and gifted me in many ways.

Through Baptism You have sent me

to continue the mission of Jesus

by sharing my love with others.

Strengthen me to respond to

Your call each day.

Help me to become all You desire of me.

Inspire me to make a difference in

others' lives.

Lead me to choose the way of life

You have planned for me.

Open the hearts of all to listen

to Your call.

Fill all with Your Holy Spirit that

we may have listening hearts and

the courage to respond to You.

Enkindle in my heart

and the hearts of others the desire

to make the world a better place

by serving as

Lay Minister, Sister, Priest,

Brother or Deacon.

Amen.

Prayer #8

Father, we're your people, the work of your hands.

So precious are we in your sight that you sent your Son, Jesus.

Jesus calls us to heal the broken-hearted,

to dry the tears of those who mourn, to give hope to those who despair,

and to rejoice in your steadfast love.

We, the baptized, realize our call to serve.

Help us to know how.

Call forth from among us priests, sisters, brothers and lay ministers.

With our hearts you continue to love your people.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God forever and ever.

Prayer #9

Loving God,

your Son, Jesus, has shown us that an open heart finds the way.

Help me to find my way in this world.

Keep my heart open to following Jesus' way of serving

others in love.

Give me the courage to accept the guidance you offer me

through my family, my friends, and my parish community.

Through the Holy Spirit, you call me to a particular way of

life.

If it is the way of a priest, sister, brother or deacon, then

help me to walk it in joyful service to your people.

With you, my God, I know I can find my way.

Amen.

Prayer #10

O God, Who wish all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of Your truth:

send, we beg You, laborers into Your harvest,

and grant them grace to speak Your word with all boldness; 

so that Your word may spread and be glorified,

and all nations may know You, the only God,

and Him Whom You have sent,

Jesus Christ Your Son, Our Lord,

Who lives and reigns world without end. Amen.

Prayer #11

Loving God,

Is it I, Lord?

Are you calling me to a vocation

of ministry in the Church as

Priest, Sister, Brother or Deacon?

Or if I am already living out a life's

vocation, are you asking me to help

call others to the ministry of

leadership in the Church?

We do need men and women to help

lead us as Church, Lord. We are your

people of the valley, prairie and pines,

the Diocese of ______________

Speak to us Lord.

Open the minds and hearts of many

men and women to live your Word

and build your Kingdom.

Speak to me Lord.

Plant your Word within me so that

whatever you call me to be or do

I may say Yes, Here I Am Lord.

Lord here I am!

What would you like me to

do with my life?

(Pause to listen to God for a moment)

Teach me to do your

will, Lord.

And let your Holy Spirit

guide me!

Prayer #11

O Father, you desire all of us to be happy.

Stir up the grace of a religious vocation in the hearts

of many men and women.

Grant to them the willingness and generosity

to give of themselves,their lives, their time and their

talents to the service of Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our Lord and

Savior, and to His Holy Church.

May more men and women go forth as priests, deacons,

brothers and sisters to bring the truths of our Catholic faith

to all others so that soon they, too, may know You better

and love You more...

and serving You, be truly happy. Amen.

Prayer #12

Father you call each one

of us by name and ask us

to follow you.

Bless your church by

raising up dedicated and

generous leaders from our

families and friends who

will serve your people as Sisters, Priests,

Brothers, Deacons, and Lay Ministers.

Inspire us as we grow to

know you, and open our hearts

to hear your call.

We ask this in

Jesus name

Amen.

Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop

Lectionary: 486

Reading 1

PHIL 2:5-11

Brothers and sisters:

Have among yourselves the same attitude 

that is also yours in Christ Jesus,

Who, though he was in the form of God,

did not regard equality with God

something to be grasped.

Rather, he emptied himself,

taking the form of a slave,

coming in human likeness;

and, found human in appearance,

he humbled himself,

becoming obedient to death,

even death on a cross.

Because of this, God greatly exalted him

and bestowed on him the name

that is above every name,

that at the name of Jesus

every knee should bend,

of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and every tongue confess that

Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.

Responsorial Psalm

PS 22:26B-27, 28-30AB, 30E, 31-32

R. (26a) I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.

The lowly shall eat their fill; 

they who seek the LORD shall praise him:

“May your hearts be ever merry!”

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

All the ends of the earth

shall remember and turn to the LORD;

All the families of the nations

shall bow down before him.

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people. 

For dominion is the LORD’s,

and he rules the nations.

To him alone shall bow down

all who sleep in the earth.

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

To him my soul shall live;

my descendants shall serve him.

Let the coming generation be told of the LORD

that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born

the justice he has shown.

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

Gospel

LK 14:15-24

One of those at table with Jesus said to him,

“Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.”

He replied to him,

“A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many.

When the time for the dinner came,

he dispatched his servant to say to those invited,

‘Come, everything is now ready.’

But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves.

The first said to him,

‘I have purchased a field and must go to examine it;

I ask you, consider me excused.’

And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen

and am on my way to evaluate them;

I ask you, consider me excused.’

And another said, ‘I have just married a woman,

and therefore I cannot come.’

The servant went and reported this to his master.

Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant,

‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town

and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

The servant reported, ‘Sir, your orders have been carried out

and still there is room.’

The master then ordered the servant,

‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows

and make people come in that my home may be filled.

For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’”