Friday, July 29, 2011
VATICAN CITY, 29 JUL 2011 (VIS) –
Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for August is:
"That World Youth Day in Madrid may encourage young people throughout the world to have their lives rooted and built up in Christ".
His mission intention is: "That Western Christians may be open to the action of the Holy Spirit and rediscover the freshness and enthusiasm of their faith".
BXVI-PRAYER INTENTIONS/ VIS 20110729 (80)
INTERCESSIONS [MAGNIFICANT Sunday 31 July]
The Eucharist is the foundation of our lives. So we pray: ~ Give us the bread of life. Lord hear us …
We are called to live lives of thanksgiving,
- that we may spread the joy of Christ everywhere. Lord hear us …~
We are called to feed the hungry,
- and give spiritual food to empty hearts. ~ Lord hear us
We are called to bring others to Christ,
- and live lives of witness to him. ~ Lord hear us
Personal intentions
| General Intention - World Youth Day That World Youth Day in Madrid may encourage young people throughout the world to have their lives rooted and built up in Christ. |
When the United Nations declared 1985 International Youth Year, Blessed Pope John Paul II added a Catholic dimension by proclaiming the first World Youth day. Many thought young people wouldn't care and wouldn't come, but Pope John Paul proved them wrong. World Youth day has been a continuing success. This August about a million young people will gather for WYD in Madrid, Spain. The Apostleship of Prayer will be there among them.Pope Benedict XVI is asking us to pray this month that young people throughout the world may be "rooted and built up in Christ," an echo of St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians. Not coincidentally, this year's theme for World Youth Day picks up the same passage:Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith.
http://apostleshipofprayer.org/reflectionsmonthly.html
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