Prayer for Vocations # 1

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.

Prayer for Vocations # 3

Let us ask God to grant worthy priests, brothers and sisters to serve His Holy Church.

O God, Who has chosen the apostles to propagate the faith and to establish His Holy Church through the world, we earnestly beseech You to bless this diocese (parish) with many priests, brothers and sisters who will love You with their whole strength and will gladly spend their entire lives in making You known and loved by all men.

Amen.

May, Queen of the Clergy, Pray for us.
St. Joseph, Pray for us.

Prayer for Vocations # 4

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 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.

Prayer for Vocations # 6

O God, You sent Your Son, Jesus, to bring eternal life to those who believe. I join Him in praying for labourers for Your harvest. May Your Holy Spirit inspire men and women to continue his mission through Your priesthood, diaconate, religious life and lay ministry. May this same Spirit make known Your will for my life.

For Vocations

Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the world, we humbly beg of Thee to revive in Thy Church that spirit which Thou didst so abundantly bestow on the Apostles. Call, we pray Thee, very many to Thy priesthood and to the religious life. And may zeal for Thy glory and the salvation of souls inflame those whom Thou hast chosen, may they be saints in Thy likeness, and may Thy Spirit strengthen them. O Jesus, give us priests and religious after Thine own Heart!

Prayer for Vocations #7

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.

The Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life

Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of the world! We humbly beg of Thee to manifest in Thy Church the Spirit Whom Thou didst so abundantly bestow upon Thy Apostles. Call, we pray Thee, very many to Thy priesthood and to the religious life. And may zeal for Thy glory and the salvation of souls inflame those whom Thou hast chosen; may they be saints in Thy likeness, and may Thy Spirit strengthen them. O Jesus, give us priests and religious according to Thine own Heart! 

O Mary, Mother of Jesus! Obtain for fervent souls the grace to hear and the courage to follow thy Divine Son in the path of religious perfection. 

Queen of Apostles, pray for us. 
Queen of Virgins, pray for us.

A Prayer for Wales

O Almighty God, 
Who in Thine infinite goodness 
has sent Thine only-begotten Son into this world 
to open once more the gates of heaven, 
and to teach us how to know, love and serve Thee, 
have mercy on Thy people Who dwell in Wales. 
Grant to them the precious gift of faith, 
and unite them in the one true Church 
founded by Thy Divine Son; that, 
acknowledging her authority and obeying her voice, 
they may serve Thee, love Thee, and worship Thee 
as Thou desirest in this world, 
and obtain for themselves everlasting happiness 
in the world to come. 
Through the same Christ our Lord. 

R. Amen. 

Our Lady, Help of Christians, 
pray for Wales.

Saint David, 
pray for Wales. 

Saint Winefride, 
pray for Wales.