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Litany for Vocations

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, but that we all must be involved...
O, Mary, intercede for us!

Mother of the 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!

 
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Vocations Prayers
Litany for Vocations
Prayer to Follow the Call of Christ
Vocation Prayer for Discernment
To Know One’s Vocation
Bringing the Father’s Love to the World
Responding to Baptismal Graces
Send Your Holy Spirit
Strengthen Me
Family Vocation Prayer
Parents Prayer for Vocations
Pope John Paul II’s Prayer for Vocations
Additional Prayers
 
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