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World Day of Prayer for Vocations – April 21, 2024

World Day of Prayer will be observed on Sunday, April 21, 2024 also known as “Good Shepherd Sunday.” The purpose of this day is to publicly fulfill the Lord’s instruction to, “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest” (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). Please pray that young men and women hear and respond generously to the Lord’s call to the priesthood, diaconate, religious life, societies of apostolic life or secular institutes.

2024 marks the 61th Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations

Read Pope Francis’s message for the occasion, and visit World Day of Prayer for Vocations, May 8, 2022 | and World Day of Prayer for Vocations | USCCB from the U.S. Bishops website for more resources.

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MEMORIAL OF SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA: I long to see you a true servant of Jesus Christ, an observer of his commandments. No one can have the life of grace who is not a keeper of those commandments. Once we see that of ourselves we are nothing at all, we are completely humbled at the knowledge of what our benefactor has done for us. We so grow in love when we recognize God’s great goodness at work in us that we would rather die than transgress our dear Creator’s command. This holy trembling brings us to tremendous love, a love we draw from the fountain of the blood of God’s Son, which was shed for our redemption just to wash away the guilt of sin.I beg you then to make use of these two wings that will help you keep God’s commandments and, once you have managed the commandments, will enable you to fly into everlasting life. The first wing is hatred and contempt for sin and for selfish self-love, the source of every vice. The second wing is being a lover of virtue. Once we see that virtue is essential for us, we love it; we see that God wants us to be lovers of virtue and despisers of vice. Oh how sweet it will be for you to have this virtue! It frees you from slavery to the devil and gives you liberty, delivers you from death and gives you life, relieves you of darkness and gives you light. Sin is just the opposite: it leads one into every sort of misery.I beg you, for love of Christ crucified, let your soul’s eye be directed toward God in all that you do. Oh what great joy and happiness you will feel when the time comes for you to be called by First Truth, knowing you are in the company of the virtues, supported by the staff of the most holy cross from which you have learned God’s holy commandments! -- Saint Catherine of Siena ... See MoreSee Less

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