The December prayer intentions of the Pope have us praying for migrants and for the Light of the Incarnation to radiate from our own faces as witnesses to someone greater than ourselves. These are particularly poignant set of prayer intentions for us in the USA: we are a nation of immigrants; we are a City set on a hill. Our solidarity in prayer if not in other concrete ways ought to remind us of our roots.Let’s us join with Pope Benedict to pray for those who have left their home in the hope of finding work, peace, love and acceptance in other lands. Are we still hospitable children of God?
The general intention
That migrants throughout the world may be welcomed
with generosity and authentic love, especially by Christian communities.
The missionary intention
That
Christ may reveal himself to all humanity with the light that shines forth from
Bethlehem and is reflected in the face of his Church.
Christ may reveal himself to all humanity with the light that shines forth from
Bethlehem and is reflected in the face of his Church.