Exploring the Path to Vocational Call Through Prayer
Delve into the essence of prayer as a path to discovering your vocational calling. Explore different forms of prayer, its significance in discerning one's purpose, and how it deepens the relationship with the divine. Reflect on the evolving perception of prayer and its impact on personal growth and spiritual journey.
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Meeting Programs Call to Holiness PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Opening Prayer - (The Grail Prayer) Lord Jesus, I give you my hands to do your work. I give you my feet to go your way. I give you my eyes to see as you do. I give you my tongue to speak your words. I give you my mind that you may think in me. I give you my spirit that you may pray in me. Above all, I give you my heart that you may love in me your Father and all humankind. I give you my wholeself that you may grow in me, so that it is you, Lord Jesus, who live and work and pray in me. Amen.
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL 1. What is Prayer? 2. Forms of Prayer. 3. Why is Prayer a Path to our Vocational Call? 4. Why do we Pray?
Meeting Programs Call to Holiness PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Definition of Prayer. Saint Therese of Lisieux says that prayer is a "surge of the heart," a look toward heaven, a "cry of recognition and love, embracing both trial and joy." (CCC #2558). The Catechism also gives other definitions: "Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God" (CCC #2559)and a "response of faith to the free promise of salvation and also a response of love to the thirst of the only Son of God." (CCC #2561).
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Definition of Prayer. Saint Augustine says that prayer is "nothing but love", and Thomas Merton describes prayer as the freedom and affirmation growing out of nothingness into love. In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father, with his Son Jesus Christ and with the Holy Spirit. Thus, the life of prayer is the habit of being in the presence of the thrice-holy God and in communion with him. This communion of life is always possible because, through Baptism, we have already been united with Christ. (CCC #2565)
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Reflection 1: How has your definition of prayer changed over the year?
Meeting Programs Call to Holiness PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Forms of Prayer: Prayer of Blessing and Adoration The prayer of blessing is our response to God's gifts as we bless the Almighty who first blesses us and fills us with his gifts. The prayer of adoration is our humble acknowledgement that we are creatures of the Holy Creator. Prayer of Petition and Intercession The different forms of petition can be a petition for pardon or also a humble and trusting petition for all our needs either spiritual or material. Intercession consists in asking on behalf of another. It conforms us and unites us to the prayer of Jesus who intercedes with the Father for all. Prayer of Thanksgiving and Praise Thanksgiving prayer is when the Church gives thanks to God unceasingly, above all in celebrating the Eucharist in which Christ allows the church to participate in his own thanksgiving to the Father. Finally, prayer of praise is that form of prayer that recognizes that God is God. It is a prayer that sings God's praise for his own sake and gives him glory.
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Reflection 2: What are the prayers that you have learned throughout your life? Which prayers have become your favorites? Which prayers that you have forgotten or ignored?
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Why is Prayer a Path to our Vocation Call? All prayer is a consequence of our first vocation, which was baptism. From this initial sacrament, all the other vocations of life spring forth. The universal call to holiness is rooted in our baptism, it is through prayer that we come to know, love, and serve God. The Church gives us many prayers for vocations, but it is important to realize that prayer itself is a vocation. As a Catholic, praying and vocation cannot be separated from one another. Since prayer is considered necessary to discern a vocation, the very act of praying leads us to who God created us to be holy as He is Holy.
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Reflection 3: How do you experience prayer and vocation in your life? How has your experience of prayer as a member of Serra influenced your faith journey?
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Why Do We Pray? We pray because we believe We pray as a response of faith to the reality of God s existence in our lives We pray to express our earnest hope that our salvation is at hand We pray because it is our vocation to meet God and encounter his holy will We pray because God desires our attention in prayer.
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Closing Reflection: Prayer must become the foundation for every choice and every action in our life Once God and his desire for us are encountered in prayer, we must then allow our vocation to emerge by being attentive to the rest of our daily living Prayer alone must become the source of all we choose in life because prayer is the vocation given to us by the will of God. Thus, prayer is a path to our vocational call to holiness which is rooted in our baptism!
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL lessing (Hallowed be Thy Name) B - cclamation (Our Father, who art in Heaven) A - etition (Thy Kingdom come) P - T - hanksgiving (Give us this day our daily bread) I - ntercession (Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil) S - urrender (Thy Will be done on earth, as it is in heaven) ercy (Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sinned against us) M -
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL IN GOD S TIME In God s time, in God s time He makes all things beautiful in His time. Lord, please show me every day As You re teaching me Your way That You do just what You say in Your time. In Your time, in Your time You make all things beautiful in Your time. Lord, my life to you I bring May each song I have to sing Be to You a lovely thing in Your time. Lord, please show me every day As You re teaching me Your way That you do just what you say In Your time, In Your time, In Your time.
PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL Breathe in me O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be Holy. Act in me O Holy Spirit, that my work, too may be Holy. Draw my heart O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is Holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is Holy. Guard me then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be Holy. - St. Augustine
Meeting Programs Call to Holiness PRAYER: A PATH TO VOCATIONAL CALL
