Vocation Prayers

Creator God,

Life is your gift to me,
Through Baptism you invite me to share
the gift of my life in service to others.
Be with me as I choose each day to show
Your presence in our world.

Give me the courage and generosity to
respond to Your love, to Your call.

I pray especially for those who serve you as
Priests, Brothers, Sisters, Deacons and
Lay Ministers. Open the minds and hearts of many other
men and women that they may accept
Your challenge to build the Kingdom.

Amen.

Loving God, you have made me in Your image and likeness, and for this I shall praise You forever. Through baptism Your invite me to serve as Your son Jesus served. I offer You this day all that I have and all that I am in union with His saving cross.

Father, in the power of the Spirit, You send us forth to build up Your kingdom. I pray especially for those whom You are calling to serve the church as priests, deacons, sisters and brothers. Help them to hear and answer Your call to discipleship.

The harvest is plenty, but labourers are few. Please provide for us men and women who will help to gather in a great harvest of souls. I make this prayer through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Gracious and loving God,
help the men and women of our parish to hear the
call to serve in the Archdiocese of Sydney

Our needs are great and our people
thirst for your presence.

Open the hearts of many, raise up
faithful servants of the Gospel, dedicated,
holy priests, sisters, brothers and deacons,
who will spend themselves for your people and their needs.

Bless those who are serving now
with courage and perseverance.
Grant that many will be inspired by their
example and faith.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Loving God,

Your Son, Jesus, has shown us that an open heart finds the way.
Help me to find my way in this world.

Keep my heart open to following Jesus' way of serving
others in love.

Give me the courage to accept the guidance you offer me
through my family, my friends, and my parish community.

Through the Holy Spirit, you call me to a particular way of life.
If it is the way of a priest, sister, brother or deacon, then
help me to walk it in joyful service to your people.

With you, my God, I know I can find my way.
Amen.

God our Father,

You will all men and women to be saved
and come to the knowledge of your Truth.

Send workers into your great harvest
that the Gospel may be preached
to every 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.

Heavenly Father,

You so loved the world
that You sent Your only Son, Jesus,
to bring eternal life
to those who believe in Him.

I join Him in His prayer
for laborers in Your harvest.

May Your Holy Spirit
inspire and strengthen
generous men and women
to continue His mission in the World.

May this same Spirit
make known to me Your will
in my regard.

Where You lead, I will follow.

Let it be done to me
according to Your word.

I make this prayer
through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Father, we are your people, the work of your hands. So precious are we in your sight that you sent your Son, Jesus. Jesus calls us to heal the broken-hearted, to dry the tears of those who mourn, to give hope to those who despair, and to rejoice in your steadfast love. We, the baptized, realize our call to serve. Help us to know how. Call forth from among us priests, sisters, brothers and lay ministers. With our hearts you continue to love your people. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.

O God, Who wish all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of Your truth: send, we beg You, laborers into Your harvest, and grant them grace to speak Your word with all boldness; so that Your word may spread and be glorified, and all nations may know You, the only God, and Him Whom You have sent, Jesus Christ Your Son, Our Lord, Who lives and reigns world without end. Amen.

O Father, you desire all of us to be happy.
Stir up the grace of a religious vocation in the hearts of many men and women.
Grant to them the willingness and generosity to give of themselves,
their lives, their time and their talents to the service of Jesus

Christ, Your Son, Our Lord and Saviour, and to His Holy Church.
May more men and women go forth as priests, deacons,brothers and sisters
to bring the truths of our Catholic faith to all others so that soon they, too,
may know You better and love You more...and serving You, be truly happy.
Amen.

Father you call each one of us by name
and ask us to follow you.

Bless your church by raising up dedicated and
generous leaders from our families and friends who
will serve your people as Priests, Sisters,
Brothers, Deacons, and Lay Ministers.
Inspire us as we grow to know you, and open our hearts
to hear your call.
We ask this in Jesus name Amen.

Loving God, in Baptism you ask me to act justly, love tenderly, and walk humbly with you.
Help me to know how to bring justice and love to a world that is desperately in need of you and your values.
Strengthen me, as well as my brothers and sisters, with the courage and generosity to respond to your invitation.
I ask this in the name of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

- from Vocations Website of the Archdiocese of Melbourne

Heavenly Father, help all our young people to know their vocation in life, and assist them to prepare for it.
For your greater glory, and for the service of the Church and all your people, call many to be priests and religious. Give those whom you call grace to respond generously, and to persevere faithfully.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord.
Amen