{"id":3857,"date":"2024-03-04T23:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:07:53","slug":"prayer-for-vocations-spring-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/prayer-for-vocations-spring-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for Vocations: Spring 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>O Jesus Christ Our Savior, you are the master of vocations. You proclaimed to us that \u201cthe harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.\u201d With hearts full of gratitude, we accept your <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollsociety.org\/vocations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">invitation to follow you<\/a>. May you send us as shepherds from your heart to journey with your flock, the people of God.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspire more men and women to come with tenderness to tend your flock with charity and compassion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As salt of the earth and light of the world, let <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all your devoted servants<\/a> bring joy to the marginalized, hope to the forlorn and peace to the troubled. May we be the fragrance of your nearness, attracting the whole world to your divine presence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary, Our Mother, you were ever ready to follow God\u2019s will. Pray for all who are discerning a vocation, that they may seek it bravely and live it faithfully. 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