Vocation Prayer Drive
February 11 – 19
“May your life in that little corner of the earth be as a bonfire of love,
consuming itself in the love of God and zeal for souls.”
Venerable Mother Luisita
How to Participate in our Prayer Drive
1. During these nine days, pray the novena prayer with our daily intentions that hearts may be set afire (fill out the pledge form below).
2. Enlist the prayers of others… Round up your family members, friends, prayer groups, schools, parishes to make a prayer pledge, too!
Novena Prayer for Vocations
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, set our hearts on fire with love for You in whatever vocation You have given to us. May many good hearts have the courage and the strength to give their Fiat as our Blessed Mother did all the days of their life.
Pledge Your Prayers
This year, we invite you to fill out a “prayer pledge” committing to nine days of prayer for vocations for many holy priests, holy religious, and holy families. We will post daily prayer intention focusing on our theme of setting hearts on fire for the Lord!
Daily Intentions
Day 1 (February 11)
Pray the prayer for vocations with this intention:
To re-ignite souls to love Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament:
Today we pray that God will re-ignite many hearts to love Him and adore Him in the Holy Eucharist.
Tabernacle of Your Soul Lyrics:
Form a rich and beautiful tabernacle in your soul, then never let Him go.
O my Three, Immensity in which I lose myself finding true life in Communion with the God who dwells within.
Heaven is God and God is in my soul.
Communion with the God who dwells within.
Day 2 (February 12)
Pray the prayer for vocations with this intention:
For women to reclaim their belovedness:
Today we pray that women will receive the grace to claim and live from their identity as beloved daughter of the Heavenly Father and to let go of the lies that the world speaks to them about who they are.
“Daughter, your faith has saved you.”
Mark 5: 34
Day 3 (February 13)
Pray the prayer for vocations with this intention:
For men to reclaim their sonship:
Today we pray that men will receive the grace to claim and live from their identity as sons of a Father who loves and protects them and understand deeply in their hearts that they have nothing to prove in order to earn His love.
“This is my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 3:17
Day 4 (February 14)
Pray the prayer for vocations with this intention:
For open hearts:
Today we pray that each person will open their hearts to the God who loves them with a willingness to embrace His call for their life.
“He shall rejoice over you with gladness.”
Zeph 3:16
“Father, they are your gift to me.”
Jn 17:24
Day 5 (February 15)
Pray the prayer for vocations with this intention:
For the courage to engage in the healing process:
Today we pray that young people will courageously put their trust in the Divine Healer who wants to bring wholeness to their souls and that they can embrace His healing and experience the freedom of the sons and daughters of God.
“I have come that they might have life and have it to the FULL.”
John 10:10
Day 6 (February 16)
Pray the prayer for vocations with this intention:
For the grace of perseverance:
Today we pray that all Christians receive the grace of final and faithful perseverance in the holy vocation given to them by our Lord through the intercession of Mother Luisita who prays for this grace for all who approach her with this intention.
“Jesus loves hidden souls. A hidden flower is the most fragrant. I must strive to make the interior of my soul a resting place for the heart of Jesus.”
St. Faustina
Day 7 (February 17)
Pray the prayer for vocations with this intention:
For the humility to bow down to the mystery of God’s plan:
Today we pray for all souls to receive the grace of humility as they stand before the mystery of God’s call for their life and bow down in worship Him.
“Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father’s love – difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul’s miseries, her burdens, her needs – everything, because through them, she learns humility, realizes her weakness. Everything is a grace because everything is God’s gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events – to the heart that loves, all is well.”
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Day 8 (February 18)
Pray the prayer for vocations with this intention:
For the grace to cultivate the Sacrament of the Present Moment:
Today we pray for souls to find God in the present moment and to let go of excessive preoccupation with the past or worry and anxiety about the future, knowing that He holds them in the palm of his hands RIGHT NOW.
“Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand.”
Jeremiah 18:6
Day 9 (February 19)
Pray the prayer for vocations with this intention:
For priests and religious vocations:
Today we pray that God will inspire many young men and women with a burning desire to give themselves to Jesus though the totality of their lives and this being His Heart to all those they serve.
“May your life in that little corner of the earth be as a bonfire of love, consuming itself in the love of God and zeal for souls.”
Mother Luisita