Vocation Prayer – 1
You gift me with all the good gifts that make me the person you created me to be. Help me to know and find your will and to trust that you will help me to understand the path you call me to journey in life. Where there is doubt give me courage. Give me a heart open to your quiet voice so I can hear your call to me. Help me to know your faithfulness and help me to be faithful to that which you call me to. Amen.
Vocation Prayer – 2
Jesus, you are the Good Shepherd. You know each of us and You call us by name to serve You in faith. Help us to respond generously to Your voice. Give courage and guidance to those You call to the priesthood and diaconate, to religious life and lay ministry, so that they may respond whole heartedly and serve devoutly.
Vocation Prayer – 3
God our Father, you will all men and women to be saved and come to the knowlege of your Truth.
Send workers into your great harvest that the Gospel may be preached to ever creature and your people, gathered together by the Word of life and strengthened by the power of the Sacraments, may advance in the way of salvation and love.
I ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Vocation Prayer – 4
Loving God, you speak to us through all of life. Help me to trust you and to trust that what you desire for me lies in the deepest part of my heart. And, what you desire is that which allows me to grow and to be the person you created me to be – fully human and fully alive. May I always center my life on you and hear joyfully your call to be your companion. Help me to follow my desire to live my life as best I can and to serve others with the special gifts you have given me. Amen.
Vocation Prayer – 5
Heavenly Father, Lord of the harvest, Call many members of our community To be generous workers for Your people And to gather in Your harvest. Send them to share the Good News of Jesus With all the people on earth.
Father, We ask this prayer Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Vocation Prayer – 6
Eternal God… Bless your Church with holy and faithful priests, deacons, brothers and sisters.
Give those you have called to the married state and those you have chosen to live as single persons in the world,the special graces that their lives require.
Form us all in the likeness of your Son so that in him, with him and through him we may love you more deeply and serve you more faithfully, always and everywhere.
With Mary we ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Vocation Prayer – 7
Heavenly Father, bless your Church with an abundance of holy and zealous priests, deacons, brothers and sisters. Give those you have called to the married state and those you have chosen to live as single persons in the worldthe special graces that their lives require. Form us all in the likeness of your Son so that in him, with him and through him we may love you more deeply and serve you more faithfully, always and everywhere. With Mary we ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Vocation Prayer – 8
Lord Jesus, Grant saintly priests to the world, priests who live close to the Eucharist, who have a deep spiritual life, who work and suffer, yet with a joyful heart, priests who dedicate each minute of their lives for the salvation of souls and Your Kingdom.
Vocation Prayer – 9
Lord, in Your love for the Church, You provide bishops, priests, and deacons as shepherds for Your people, and You call men and women to leave all things to serve You joyfully in religious life.
May those whom You have raised up as servants of the Gospel and ministers for Your altars show forth dedication and compassion.
May those whom You have chosen to serve You as religious provide, by their way of life, a convincing sign of Your Kingdom for the Church and the whole world.
Vocation Prayer – 10
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 once to Peter; “Will you also go away?”
You were saddened then by friends who failed you. But Peter did not fail. “Lord,” he said, “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 faithful.
Mary, Mother and Model, help me to respond in generous love to the call of your Divine Son.
Amen.