Vocation Prayers for the Church
O Virgin Mary, we commend to you those who seek to follow your Son as priests, brothers and sisters. You know the difficulties, struggles and obstacles they face. Assist them to utter their “yes” to the divine call as you did at the invitation of the angel.
Draw them near to your heart so they may understand with you the joy and beauty that awaits when the Lord calls them into His intimacy. Make them witnesses of His love. Enable them to inspire the Church with their consecration.
May your all-powerful intercession touch the hearts of many that they may respond to the Lord’s call. Repeat to them in the depths of their hearts what you said to the waiters at Cana: “Do whatever Jesus asks.”
Mother of the Word Incarnate, help us to become more aware of the need for vocations...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Mother of God, grant that others, like yourself, may say "yes" to your Son's call to the religious life...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Mother of the Church, may many workers be added to the service of your Son's Church...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Lady of Mercy, enlighten our minds so we my respond to our responsibility as parents to foster vocations in our own homes...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Queen of Heaven, help our young to follow your Son's footsteps...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Blessed Mother, open our hearts and minds to love our priests and religious, to recognize their humanness and their needs as we do our own...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Hail Mary, help our children to bind themselves closer to God, through a vocation in the Church...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Queen of Angels, give our Church true disciples who will serve as priests, sisters, and brothers...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Dearest Mother, keep our young open to hear God's call...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Mother of Love, make us more open to the love our priests and religious have for us...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Our Lady Queen of Heaven, help us to recognize that God alone does not call...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Holy Family, help the families in this parish to discuss vocations to the religious life in a positive, encouraging manner...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Queen of the Rosary, remind us to pray for our religious, and those studying for the religious life, that they will remain zealous and dedicated to their call...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Our Lady of Lourdes, we ask for happiness among priests, seminarians and all those engaged in a special Christian vocation to service...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
O Mother, help us to be a sign of that which we believe; and thereby, be an inspiration to a young man and woman to become a priest or sister or brother...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Our Lady of Fatima, bring an increase in missionary vocations so that the Christian message will be heard by all nations...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Mother of Courage, be with the young man or woman, priest or sister who needs our help in a special way today...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Mary Queen of Peace, may we provide an incentive for those already in religious life to grow in their vocation of service to the Church...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Mother of God, may we recognize our own vocation and the importance of religious vocations to ours...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Our Lady of Mercy, let us as parishioners become aware of the needs of our own priests and respond to them out of love...
O, Mary, intercede for us!
Mother of our Savior, may more young men and women go from this parish as priests, brothers and sisters to bring the truths of our Catholic faith to all others, so that they may know and love your Son...
O, Mary, intercede for us!