Most Inspiring Vocation Quote :)

[dakurgie]

OH....one more: "Listen with the ear of your heart..." -St. Benedict

Thanks my favorite, TradMom, thanks for reminding me of it.

Donna

[Sarah147]

Here are some vocation prayer cards I have found:

[b]A Prayer For Vocations
[/b]Lord Jesus Christ,
you are the Savior of the world.
Please manifest in your Church
the Spirit whom you so abundantly
bestowed on your apostles.
Call many to your priesthood
and your religious life.

May zeal for your glory
and for the salvation of the world
inflame those you have chosen.
May they be saints in your likeness.
May your Holy Spirit strengthen them.
May they be priests and religious
according to your own heart!


[b]Vocation Prayer[/b]
Gracious and loving God,
Inspire me, so I may come to know
your will for me.
Guide me, so I may discern
where you are calling me.
Grant me courage and generousity,
so I may walk the journey
you have chosen for me.
I want to become all you desire.

Let me be silent that I may hear.
Let me be open that I may receive.
Let me be free that I may respond.
("My God, I love You!" St. Therese of the Child Jesus)


[b]Vocation Prayer[/b]
O Faithful Father
may you be praised
for the wonders of your love
Grant me the grace
to see Your design
in the pattern of my life.
Strengthen me to trust enough
to give the response
that Mary gave
at the Annunciation.
She left herself totally open
to your will in her life
to the point of total faith
at the foot of the Cross
of Jesus.
Be with me in my life
that I may stand at the foot
of the countless crosses
of those in whom Jesus
is again being crucified.
Lord, that I may see --
see your way for me,
that I may choose wisely
and according to Your will.
I ask this in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[b](A prayer from the Pope)
[/b]"To those of you who think
that Christ may be inviting
you to follow Him in....the
Consecrated Life, I make this
personal appeal: I ask you
to open your hearts generously
to Him: do not delay
your response. The Lord
will help you to know His
will; He will help you to
follow your vocation courageously
....Remember: Christ is calling you; the Church
needs you; the Pope believes
in you and he expects great
things of you."

Pope John Paul II
Youth Gathering
St. Louis
Kiel Center, 1/26/99

Edited July 25, 2010 by JoyfulLife