A prayer for vocations

As we mark National Vocations Awareness Week, January 8-15, we invite you to join us in praying for an increase in vocations to the Redemptorist way of life:

 

Provident God,

you spoke your dream of plentiful redemption

in Jesus Christ.

Your Spirit ignited the heart of St. Alphonsus,

inspiring him to found a family in the Church

dedicated to proclaiming the good news

of plentiful redemption to the most abandoned.

Raise up among us

strong women and men of faith,

afire with love for you

and zeal for the mission of proclaiming your word

among those who do not know you,

or who need to hear your word proclaimed anew.

Guide men to respond with generosity

as vowed Redemptorist priests and brothers,

and women and men to serve in joy and hope

as partners in the Redemptorist mission.

We ask this in the name of Jesus,

your Word, who is our Life.

Amen.