Open the heart of every family to the faith, to welcoming the word of God, to Christian witness, so that it become a source of new and holy vocations.
Touch the hearts of parents, so that with prompt charity, wise care, and loving devotion they be for their sons and daughters sure guides towards spiritual and eternal values.
Stir up in the hearts of young people a right conscience and a free will, so that growing in "wisdom, age and grace", they might welcome generously the gift of a divine vocation.
Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that all of us, contemplating and imitating the assiduous prayer, generous obedience, dignified poverty and virginal purity lived out in your midst, might set about fulfilling the will of God and accompanying with far-sighted sensitivity those among us who are called to follow more closely the Lord Jesus, who "has given himself for us" (cf. Gal 2:20).
Amen!
Resources
- Letter of Blessed Mother Teresa to a Priest
- Family Vocations Ministry
- Child Safety Programs
- Mater Ecclesiae Fund For Vocations
- Vocational Prayers and Devotions for the Family
- Spiritual Maternity - Congregation for Clergy
- Top 10 Things to Promote Vocations (En Español)
- The Great Adventure
- Theology of the Body product list
- Reading Through the Bible Historically
Helpful links
- Rockford Diocese - Office of Family Life
- Rockford Diocese - Respect Life Office
- Rockford Diocese - Natural Family Planning
- National Coalition for Church Vocations
- Resources for Families
- Praying the Liturgy of the Hours
- For Your Marriage
- Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People
- Official Vatican Website