Tag: pope’s prayer intentions 2010

Pope Benedict’s invitation to prayer for the month of December, these last days of the calendar year for our unity with him before the Throne of Grace. Ask the Sacred Heart of Jesus to hear and answer our prayers:

You & me, all Christians and people of good will ought to have a habit of prayer, of turning to God because prayer has the effect of naturalizing and lifting the soul beyond the temporal. Join me in praying for these two intentions given by the Pope to us when we turn to God.

That through the support of the Christian community,
all victims of addiction may find in the power of our saving God strength for a
radical life change.

Keeping the Pope and his intentions in front of us in prayer and in conversation, October’s intentions are the following:

The general intention

Prayer is realizing that we are in relationship with the Trinity: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Prayer before the Blessed Trinity is what defines us. For the month of September, let us keep in mind and heart the following prayer intentions proposed by the Holy Father:

Saint Alphonsus Ligouri, whose feast is celebrated today, tells in his “Necessity and Power of Prayer,” that “St. Isidore observes, the devil is never more busy to distract us with the thoughts of worldly cares than when he perceives us praying and asking God for grace: ‘Then mostly does the devil insinuate thoughts, when he sees a man praying.'”

We all are united with the Church under the guidance of the Pope, Benedict XVI, in praying for the following intentions in the month of July. The Pope entrusts us with these prayers hoping that all of us, united in faith, hope and charity, would be aware of the needs of Mother Church and the world when we offer our daily sacrifice of prayer to God.

United with Pope Benedict in prayer for the needs of the Church, for the month of June we keep in heart and mind with the Pope the following:

The general intention

That every national and international institution may strive to guarantee respect for human life from conception to natural death.

The mission intention

That the Churches in Asia, a “little flock” among non-Christian populations, may communicate the Gospel well and give joyful witness to their faith.

Jesus told us to ask His Father for that which we need because we radically depend on Him. We are bold to bring to God the Father, in the name of Jesus, under the power of the Holy Spirit, the following needs that Pope Benedict named for the Church:

The general intention

That every tendency to fundamentalism and extremism may be countered by constant respect, by tolerance and by dialogue among all believers.

The missionary intention

That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the Holy Spirit, in faithfully witnessing to the love of God for the entire human race.

United in prayer to God the Father, we ask Him to hear the pope’s prayers for this month, especially,

The general intention

That the world economy may be managed according to the principles of justice and equity, taking account of the real needs of peoples, especially the poorest.

The missionary intention

That the Churches in Africa may be signs and instruments of reconciliation and justice in every part of that continent.