Oblate Novena for Vocations: May 29th Day 9

Final Day of Our Novena with Our Lady Immaculate, Darndale-Belcamp

Dear friends welcome to Day 9 and the final day of our 2023 Novena of prayer for Oblate Vocations. We join our Oblate Parish of Our Lady Immaculate, Darndale-Belcamp for today’s prayer. Thanks to Fr Eduardo for leading today’s novena prayers. Thank you all for joining and praying with us this novena for Oblate vocations – today on this feast of Blessed Joseph Gerard, we conclude our novena and continue to pray for vocations to our congregation. God bless you all!

The ninth day

VOCATION – THE ENCOUNTER

Leader: We praise you o Christ and bless you…By your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.

Readings:

Reading # 1: From St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians

When I came among you it was not to preach myself but Jesus Christ… I did not come proclaiming God’s word with any particular eloquence. I was determined to speak only of Jesus Christ and him crucified. As a consequence, your faith rests not on human wisdom, but on the power of God… For the cross of Christ is a stumbling block to the Jews, an absurdity to the Greeks; but to those who are called, the cross is the wisdom and the power of God.

Reading # 2: From the Oblate Rule

The cross of Jesus Christ is central to our mission. Like the apostle Paul, we “preach Christ and him crucified”. If we bear in our body the death of Jesus, it is with the hope that the life of Jesus, too, may be seen in our body. Through eyes of our crucified Savior, desiring that those in whom he continues to suffer will know also the power of his resurrection.

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

Or

Lord Jesus, you redeemed the world by your passion and love. The depth of your love is revealed in your suffering. May there be young men raised up in the Church who are inspired by your love to give themselves, their time and their talents, – indeed, their whole lives – to your service. May your Oblate Congregation grow in numbers and with strength and holiness as it continues to share your love with the poorest and most abandoned. We make our prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our Father…

Mary, disciple of the Lord… Pray for us

Saint Eugene de Mazenod … Pray for us

Blessed Joseph Gerard… Pray for us

Blessed Joseph Cebula… Pray for us

Blessed Francis Esteban and his companion…Pray for us

Blessed Oblate Martyrs of Laos…Pray for us

Praised be Jesus Christ…and Mary Immaculate