PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Antiphon: (Leader) “The harvest is indeed great but the laborers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into his harvest.”
(Leader) Who shall be my messenger, who will go on this errand of Mine?
(Response) I am here send me, Lord.
Let us Pray
O God, you desire that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of your truth. Send, we pray you, laborers into your harvest and grant them the grace to speak your word with all confidence; that your words may run their course and be glorified, and that all nations may know you the one true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ, your Son our Lord, who being God lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
St Theresa of the Child Jesus
Pray for us
PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
O Jesus I implore your divine assistance for your faithful and fervent priests; for your unfaithful and tepid priests; for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for your lonely and desolate priests; for your young priests; for your dying priests; for the souls of your priests in purgatory.
But above all, I commend to you the priests dearest to me; the priest who baptized me; the priest who absolved me from my sins; the priest at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me your Body and Blood in Holy Communion; the priest who taught and instructed me; all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way. O Jesus, keep them all close to your Sacred Heart, and bless them abundantly in time and eternity. Amen.
Mary, Our Lady of the Cenacle, pray for us.
Help our seminarians who are preparing for the priesthood. Amen.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
God our Father, look down upon our homes, our families and our communities. Raise up among us worthy priests to teach the gospel to all people, to minister at your altar and to care for your flock. Fill us with your care for your Holy Spirit, and make us faithful and inspiring witnesses to your kingdom. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
Gracious and loving God, we thank you for the gift of our priests. Through them, we experience your presence in the sacraments. Help our priests to be strong in their vocation. Set their souls on fire with love for your people. Grant them the wisdom, understanding, and strength they need to follow in the footsteps of Jesus. Inspire them with the vision of your kingdom. Give them the words they need to spread the gospel. Allow them to experience joy in their ministry. Help them to become instruments of your divine grace. We ask this through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns as our Eternal Priest. Amen.
Mary, Our Lady of the Cenacle, pray for us.
Help our seminarians who are preparing for the priesthood. Amen.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Antiphon: (Leader) “The harvest is indeed great but the laborers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into his harvest.”
(Leader) Who shall be my messenger, who will go on this errand of Mine?
(Response) I am here send me, Lord.
Let us Pray
O God, you desire that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of your truth. Send, we pray you, laborers into your harvest and grant them the grace to speak your word with all confidence; that your words may run their course and be glorified, and that all nations may know you the one true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ, your Son our Lord, who being God lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
(By St Therese of Lisieux)
O Jesus, eternal Priest, keep your priests within the shelter of your Sacred Heart, where none may touch them. Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch your Sacred Body. Keep unsullied their lips, daily purpled with your Precious Blood. Keep pure and unearthly their hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood. Let your holy love surround them and shield them from the world’s contagion. Bless their labor with abundant fruit and may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and consolation here and in heaven their beautiful and everlasting crown. Amen.
St Theresa of the Child Jesus
Pray for us
Mary, Our Lady of the Cenacle, pray for us.
Help our seminarians who are preparing for the priesthood. Amen.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
(By St John Paul II)
O loving and gracious God, Father of all, you bless your people in every time and season and provide for their needs through your providential care. Your Church is continually in need of priests, sisters and brothers to offer themselves in the service of the gospel by lives of dedicated love. Open the hearts of your sons and daughters to listen to your call in their lives. Give them the gift of understanding to discern your invitation to serve you and your Church. Give them the gift of courage to follow your call. May they have the spirit of young Samuel, who found fulfilment in his life when he said to You, “Speak Lord, for your servant is listening.” We ask this through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer. Amen.

PRAYER FOR PRIESTS TO OUR BLESSED MOTHER MARY
(By St John Paul II)
Mother of Jesus Christ and Mother of priests, accept this title which we bestow on you to celebrate your motherhood and to contemplate with you the priesthood of your Son and of your sons, O holy Mother of God. Mother of Christ, to the Messiah Priest you gave a body of flesh through the anointing of the Holy Spirit for the salvation of the poor and the contrite of heart; guard priests in your heart and in the Church, O Mother of the Saviour. Mother of Faith, you accompanied to the Temple the Son of Man, the fulfilment of the promises given to the fathers; give to the Father for his glory the priests of your Son, O Ark of the Covenant. Mother of the Church, with the disciples in the Upper Room you prayed to the Holy Spirit for the new People and their shepherds; obtain for the Order of Presbyters a fullness of gifts, O Queen of the Apostles.
Mother of Jesus Christ, you were with Him at the beginning of His life and of His mission, you sought the Master among the crowd, you stood beside Him when he was lifted up from the earth consumed as the one eternal sacrifice, and you had John close by you, your son; accept from the beginning those who have been called, protect their growth, accompany your sons in their life and in their ministry, O Mother of Priests. Amen.
Mary, Our Lady of the Cenacle, pray for us.
Help our seminarians who are preparing for the priesthood. Amen.
PRAYER FOR FAMILIES
God our Father, look down upon our homes, our families and our communities. Raise up among us worthy priests to teach the gospel to all people, to minister at your altar and to care for your flock. Fill us with your care for your Holy Spirit, and make us faithful and inspiring witnesses to your kingdom. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Leader) Let us commend all directors of priestly vocations, and all those working in houses of priestly formation to the Blessed Virgin Mary:
(All) Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you...” (3 times)
Mary, Our Lady of the Cenacle, pray for us.
Help our seminarians who are preparing for the priesthood. Amen.