Welcome to the July House of Prayer

Logo for MAGiS 2008

To print House of Prayer July 2008, in English, click on the link   july_eng

To print House of Prayer July 2008, in Spanish, click on the link   hop_julio_spanish

We pray with the Church and the world

For the Pope’s intentions this month:

That there may be an increase in the number of those who volunteer to serve the Christian community with generosity.

That the World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia may inspire young people and make then the seed of hope for a new humanity. See prayer on back page.

July 11 is World Population Day. Pray for governments and organizations who make decisions about all that is necessary to sustain ordinary human needs.

For the Australian province with many involved in the Magis 08 program prior to World Youth Day.  May the program be greatly blessed and many young people from our schools and networks enjoy meeting each other.

For a small gathering of Mary Ward International chairpersons in Melbourne from July 29 – 31 as they attend to common concerns and projects.

We support with prayer those who agreed to serve on committees to forward the actions of GC 06 – a group working on conflict resolution and another group attending to a review of Tertianship.

For all who have experienced recent losses or changes in their lives.  May they find support and strength in the certainty that God will be their constant loving companion.

One Small Voice

God of Life,
we gather under the sign of the

Southern Cross
and turn to you in prayer.

Give us generous hearts,
open to the graces with which you

wish to bless us:
  the grace of joyful companionship with one another and with Jesus;
  the grace of deep spirituality,
    'to grasp how wide and long,
    how high and deep is the love of Christ';
  the grace of loving service
    in which you call us to give

'more' of ourselves.

We ask this in the name of

Jesus the Lord.  Amen.

Our Lady of the Way, Mary Aikenhead,

St Madeleine Sophie Barat, Marie Madeleine d”Houet, Mary Ward and Ignatius Loyola

Pray for us.