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During this time of Easter the Church anticipates the great gift of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Disciples in the upper room. This gift of the Holy Spirit is offered to each and everyone of us and given in the fullest sense at Confirmation.
Yet, too often we fail to ask the Holy Spirit to inflame in our hearts a greater zeal for living the Christian life. People sometimes ask me why we do not see the great miracles that are written of in the Acts of the Apostles.
The reality is we are not in control of how God will manifest His power in our world. I also think we fail to see how God wants to work in the little things of life. Look through Scripture and see how often God chose the lowest person or the one everyone overlooked to do great things in the world.
Ask the Holy Spirit to place on your heart a person to pray and fast for and then when a name or person comes to you do not hesitate to do just that. It might be a family member, a stranger, or even someone you struggle to tolerate, but will you be faithful to the prompting.
As we await Pentecost let us all pray for a greater outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our own lives.
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Lord give me the gift of a generous heart to follow Your will as I journey the path of life. You set before me the voctions of priesthood, diaconate, religious life, generous single life and marriage. Grant me the grace and generosity I need to answer Your call.
Amen
By offering this prayer from your heart, wherever your path leads, whatever vocation you choose, you will help build a great Church for tomorrow.
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We have put the various prayer calendars for our Religious, Deacons, Priests and Seminarians on the Resource page found below. Let us keep each other in prayer.
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