Novena for Oblate Vocations: May 27th Day 7

With St Joseph’s, Llangerfin

Dear friends welcome to Day 7 of our 2023 Novena of prayer for Oblate Vocations. We join our Oblate Parish of St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Llangerfin, Angelsey, Wales for today’s prayer. Thanks to Fr Joe Daly, Pauline Thomas and Paddie Lloyd for leading today’s novena prayers.

The seventh day
VOCATION – THE RESPONSE

Behold the handmaid of the Lord…
Let it be done according to your Word.

Reading # 2: From the Preface to the Rule

How should men who want to follow in the footsteps of their divine Master Jesus Christ conduct themselves if they are to win back the many souls who have thrown off His yoke? They must strive to be saints. They must walk courageously along the same paths trodden by so many before them who handed on splendid examples of virtue. They must wholly renounce themselves, striving solely for the glory of God, the good of the Church, and the growth and salvation of souls.

Prayer
Holy Father,
we come to you because Jesus asked us to pray
that you send workers into your harvest.
Therefore, send us generous young men,
passionate for Jesus, willing to make of their whole life a total oblation to you, to become close to the poorest and most abandoned,
and to proclaim the Gospel.

May they burn with the same fire that you enkindled in Saint Eugene;
may they come to be part of his family and, with all the Oblates, may they continue the work of Redemption.

Mary Immaculate,
Who first gave Jesus to the world, be with us as we pray. Amen

Our Father…

Hail Mary…

Saint Eugene de Mazenod … Pray for us

Blessed Joseph Gerard … Pray for us

Blessed Joseph Cebula … Pray for us

Blessed Francis Esteban and his Companions … Pray for us

Blessed Oblate Martyrs of Laos…Pray for us

Praised be Jesus Christ… and Mary Immaculate

Invitation to join the Novena for Oblate Vocations 2023