SOME REFLECTIONS ON PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS By the grace of God I have had a grandmother, a mother and a sister who prayed tirelessly for vocations. The dim memories I have of my grandmother, who attended Holy Mass daily, remind me of her ardent desire that God would grant one of her…
On the theme of vocations, the Second Vatican Council has offered us a very rich doctrinal, spiritual and pastoral patrimony. In harmony with its profound vision of the Church, it solemnly affirms that the duty to foster vocations “concerns the whole Christian community” (Optatam totius, 2). Twenty years later, the…
Dear mothers, on the occasion of this Holy Thursday, in which we remember the Institution of the Eucharist and the Priestly Order, I share with you a part of Pope St. John Paul II’s letter to priests, from 1994[1]. “Today we meet one another in the celebration of the…