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Missionary Prayer Intention
28 November 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for December 2009: “That at Christmas the peoples of the earth may recognize in the Word Incarnate the light which illuminates every man and that the Nations may open their doors to Christ, the Savior of the world.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the countries of Christian tradition, no one can deny that Christmas is the most 'intimate' time of year. Without a doubt the dominant materialism tries to increasingly diminish the Ch ...
29 October 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Holy Father's Missionary Intention for November 2009: “That believers in the different religions, through the testimony of their lives and fraternal dialogue, may clearly demonstrate that the name of God is a bearer of peace.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Peace is one of the values most needed by our world. Violent conflicts have taken place in the last century more than in any other previous historical era. Death, destruction, division, h ...
30 September 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for October 2009: “That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may eagerly assume their own missionary responsibility and consider it the highest service they can offer humanity.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Jesus Christ was sent by the Father for the salvation of mankind. “Because God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him ...
1 September 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Prayer Intention for September 2009: “That Christians in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, who often meet with great difficulties, may not be discouraged from announcing the Gospel to their brothers, trusting in the strength of the Holy Spirit.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Over the course of the Church's 20 centuries of history, it has been calculated that an estimated 43 million Christians have died as martyrs. Half of them have died in the past century, p ...
22 July 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Prayer Intention for August 2009: “That those Christians who are discriminated against and persecuted in many Countries because of the name of Christ may have their human rights, equality and religious freedom recognized, in order to be able to live and profess their own faith freely.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the Decree “Dignitatis humanae,” the Second Vatican Council declares that “ the human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom means that all men are to be immune fr ...
26 June 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION “That the Church may be a seed and nucleus of humanity reconciled and reunited in the one family of God, thanks to the witness of all the faithful in every country in the world ” - Comment on the Holy Father's Missionary Prayer Intention for the month of July
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - One of the consequences of man's sin is division. Already in the Book of Genesis we see how Babel represented separation, fruit of human pride (Gen 11, 1-9). Men who want to build with the ...
27 May 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope's Missionary Intention for June 2009: “That the particular Churches operating in regions marked by violence may be sustained by the love and concrete closeness of all the Catholics in the world. Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Although all the nations of the earth form one family, and have God as their common origin and destiny, the planet continues to be home to many troubled areas marked by armed violence, at ...
28 April 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope's Missionary Intention for May 2009: “That the recently founded Catholic Churches, grateful to the Lord for the gift of faith, may be ready to share in the universal mission of the Church, offering their availability to preach the Gospel throughout the world.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Lord Jesus sent the Apostles to preach the Gospel to the entire world. As fruit of the vitality of His Word and the power of His Grace, the Kingdom has extended little by little throu ...
27 March 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope's Missionary Intention for April 2009: “That the Christians who work in areas where the conditions of the poor, the weak and the women and children are most tragic, may be signs of hope, thanks to their courageous testimony to the Gospel of solidarity and love.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church's vitality can be measured by her charity, given the saying of Saint Teresa of Jesus: “love is never idle.” Oftentimes, there often conditions of poverty and difficulties t ...
2 March 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope's Missionary Intention for March 2009: “That in the light of the letter addressed to them by Pope Benedict XVI, the Bishops, priests, consecrated persons, and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the Popular Republic of China may commit themselves to being the sign and instrument of unity, communion and peace.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – China at present is a country with truly unique characteristics, blending a centuries-old culture, with extremely ancient spiritual traditions and philosophical thought, with state-of-the ...
30 January 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope’s Missionary Intention for February 2009: “That the Church in Africa may find adequate ways and means to promote reconciliation, justice and peace efficaciously, according to the indications of the Synod of the Bishops’ Special Assembly for Africa.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This past month of November, the Special Council for Africa, of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, in preparation for the upcoming second Synod for this continent, met in th ...
23 December 2008
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope’s Missionary Intention for January 2009: “That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelization in this period of profound transformations, may be committed to announcing the Good News and moving towards the full unity of all Christians in order to offer a more credible testimony of the Gospel.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church is like a river that irrigates the heart of human history. Over its course, it finds ever new and different landscapes to which it must adapt herself. Sometimes they are narrow ...
25 November 2008
MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope's Missionary Intention for December 2008: “That especially in mission countries Christians may show with acts of fraternal love that the Child born in the stable at Bethlehem is the luminous Hope of the world.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – We are truly witnessing a loss of the Christian roots characteristic of Europe and of those countries of long-standing Christian tradition. The City Council of Oxford (England) has decide ...
28 October 2008
MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope’s Missionary Intention for November 2008: “That Christian communities in Asia, contemplating the face of Christ, may find the most suitable way to announce Him in full fidelity to the Gospel to the peoples of that vast continent so rich in culture and ancient forms of spirituality.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary prayer intention for this month should be read with great care and attention. Each word chosen by the Holy Father has a profound meaning and reveals an important aspect of ...
26 September 2008
MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope’s Missionary Intention for October 2008: “That in this month dedicated to the Missions, every Christian community may feel the need to share in the Church’s universal mission with prayers, sacrifices and material help.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church is missionary by nature. In light of the upcoming celebration of World Mission Sunday on October 19, the Holy Father has mentioned that “The missionary mandate continues to b ...
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