CLARETIAN VOCATION DAY PRAYER VIGIL.pptx

Prayer for Vocation

1. CLARETIAN VOCATION DAY PRAYER VIGIL

2. ALL: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. A: A:

3. ALL: WE NEED TO TRUST YOU MORE, SWEET JESUS! GIVE US THE GRACE TO ALWAYS DECIDE FOR YOU! MAKE OUR HEARTS BEAT WITH THE CERTAINLY THAT, IN ORDER TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS, WE MUST GO WITHOUT FEAR, DRIVEN BY LOVE! A.: L1: L2:

4. ALL: CHRIST JESUS, SO THAT WE DON’T GET LOST IN THE ROUGH WAVES OF THE BOAT OF OUR LIFE, TEACH US TO LISTEN WELL TO WHAT YOU SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS, O DIVINE HELMSMAN! L3: TWO SHORT TESTIMONIES

5. ALL.: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT A: A: ALL: GLORY BE TO YOU, O LORD. A.:

6. A.: “IN THOSE DAYS MARY AROSE AND WENT WITH HASTE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY, TO A TOWN IN JUDAH, AND SHE ENTERED THE HOUSE OF ZECHARIAH AND GREETED ELIZABETH. AND WENT ELIZABETH HEARD THE GREETING OF MARY, THE BABY LEAPED IN HER WOMB. AND ELIZABETH WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND SHE EXCLAIMED WITH A LOUD CRY, “BLESSED ARE YOU AMOMG WOMEN, AND BLESSED IS THE FRUIT OF YOUR WOMB! AND WHY IS THIS GRANTED TO ME THAT THE MOTHER OF MY LORD SHOULD COME TO ME? FOR BEHOLD, WHEN THE SOUND OF YOUR GREETING CAME TO MY EARS, THE BABY IN MY WOMB LEAPED FOR JOY. AND BLESSED IS SHE WHO BELIEVED THAT THERE WOULD BE A FULFILMENT OF WHAT WAS SPOKEN TO HER FROM THE LORD.” AND MARY SAID, “MY SOUL MAGNIFIES THE LORD, AND MY SPIRIT REJOICES IN GOD MY SAVIOR, FOR HE HAS LOOKED ON THE HUMBLE ESTATE OF HIS SERVANT. FOR BEHOLD, FROM NOW ON ALL GENERATIONS WILL CALL ME BLESSED; FOR HE WHO IS MIGHTY HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR ME, AND HOLY IS HIS NAME. AND HIS MERCY IS FOR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

7. A: THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD. HE HAS SHOWN STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM; HE HAS SCATTERED THE PROUD IN THE THOUGHTS OF THEIR HEARTS; HE HAS BROUGHT DOWN THE MIGHTY FROM THEIR THRONES AND EXAALTED THOSE OF HUMBLE ESTATE; HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS, AND THE RICH HE HAS SENT AWAY EMPTY. HE HAS HELPED HIS SERVANT ISRAEL, IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MERCY, AS HE SPOKE TO OUR FATHERS, TO ABRAHAM AND TO HIS OFFSPRING FOREVER. AND MARY REMAINED WITH HER ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND RETURNED TO HER HOME.” ALL: PRAISE TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST. MOMENT OF SILENCE

8. A: L1: L2: ALL: LIKE DAVID, AND ESPECIALLY LIKE MARY, WE NEED TO WELCOME GOD AND GIVE HIM RIGHTFUL PLACE IN OUR LIVES. WE ARE SMALL AND WEAK, OF COURSE. BUT GOD CALLS US TO WELCOME HIM, TO RECEIVE HIM INTO OUR HOME WITH JOY AND AVAILABILITY. L3:

9. ALL: WE MUST WELCOME HIM WITH THE HONOUR TO WHICH HE IS ENTITLED, WITH JOY, WITH SONGS OF JUBILATION, WITH EXULTATION. MARY WELCOMED THE LORD, NOT TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE. SHE WELCOMED HIM SINGING: “MY SOUL GLORIFIES THE LORD!” L4: L1: ALL: LORD, TODAY I WANT TO PRAY TO YOU WITH FR.CLARET: “LORD, WHO MADE ST. ANTHONY MARY CLARET, OUR FATHER, A ZEALOUS APOSTLE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE SALVATION OF MEN, GRANT US THE ARDENT CHARITY THAT BURN IN HIS HEART, SO THAT WE MAY CONTINUE HIS APOSTOLIC WORK WITH INTENSITY AND EFFECTIVENESS. MAY HIS CHILDREN AND FOLLOWERS MULTIPLY AND BE FAITHFUL TO WORK FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD, SO THAT AT THE MOMENT OF OUR DEATH WE MAY DESRVED TO BE RECOGNIZED AS “ GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS” ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL. AMEN

10. L2: ALL: “ SHE ATTRIBUTES EVERYTHING TO THE GLORY OF GOD, FORGETTING HERSELF. THIS IS THE MEANING OF THE WHOLE SONG. IT IS GOD WHO HAS DONE GREAT THINGS IN HER. IT IS THE WORK OF HIS MERCY.” L3: L4: ALL: THE MAGNIFICANT WILL SERVE US AS A SONG OF THANKSGIVING TO THANK JESUS, HIS SON, FOR COMING AND STAYING WITH US THROUGH THE EUCHARIST AND GRACE. A:

11. A: ALL: MAY THE VIRGIN, FULL OF GRACE, INTERCEDE FOR US! L1: L2: L3: L4: L1:

12. A: ALL:O MOST OF HEART OF JESUS, IN SAYING, AS THE LORD OF THE HARVEST TO SEND LABOURERS INTO HIS HARVEST, YOU HAVE GIVEN US THE CONFIDENCE TO HEED YOU WHEN WE ASK FOR THIS GREAT GRACE. IN ORDER TO OBEY YOUR COMMAND, WE BEG YOU: LORD, SEND LABOURERS INTO YOUR HARVEST.