Pray With the Pope: November 2018
Be Driving Saints! General Prayer Intention: In the Service of Peace. That the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict. This is an intention well-suited to the age...
Author: Chris Chatteris
Pray With the Pope: October 2018
What more can we do? General Intention: That consecrated religious men and women may bestir themselves, and be present among the poor, the marginalised, and those who have no voice. October’s prayer intention is...
Pray With the Pope: September 2018
Prayer Intention: That young people in Africa may have access to education and work in their own countries. It is truly extraordinary what risks migrants will take to get into so-called developed countries. Young...
Pray with the Pope August 2018 – Get People to Marry – Its Good for Them
There is a slew of studies which tell us what we already know. They inform us, often in a rather surprised tone, that marriage is good for us. Married people tend to be healthier, happier and even wealthier than people who are cohabiting.
Pray With the Pope July 2018: The Loneliness of Priests Overcome
Intention: That priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests.
Pray with the Pope June 2018 – Why We Must Make a Leap Now
The arresting title of Naomi Klein’s latest book is No Is Not Enough. Klein is often considered to be a hopelessly impractical, radical left-wing social commentator and feminist eco-warrior. Her book is a response to the election of US President Donald Trump, and it is a sustained attack on pretty well all he stands for.
Pray with the Pope: May 2018
The pope’s prayer intention for May is that the lay faithful may fulfil their specific mission, by responding with creativity to the challenges that face the world today.
Pray With the Pope: April 2018
General Intention: That economists may have the courage to reject any economy of exclusion and know how to open new paths. It’s important to know what things are for, especially if we dedicate our lives to them. Today economists are being asked what the economy is for.
Pray With the Pope: March 2018
Pope’s prayer intention: That the Church may appreciate the urgency of formation in spiritual discernment, both on the personal and communitarian levels.
Pray with the Pope: February 2018
General Intention: That those who have material, political or spiritual power may resist any lure of corruption.
Pray With the Pope: January 2018
General Intention: That Christians, and other religious minorities in Asian countries, may be able to practise their faith in full freedom.
Pray With the Pope: December 2017
Use wisdom of the older generations – General Intention: That the elderly, sustained by families and Christian communities, may apply their wisdom and experience to spreading the faith and forming the new generations.
