Today we pray for all women and men Religious. In particular we pray for the orders serving throughout this Diocese, including the Franciscans, Benedictines, Carmelites, Daughters of Charity, Sisters of the Holy Cross, Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood, Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate.
Lord grant us an ever-growing number of answered vocations to the religious life, both active and contemplative. May they serve as a reminder to all of us that we must dedicate all of our lives to You. St. Bernard, pray for them! Mother Mary, watch over them, encourage them all and draw them ever closer to your Son.
