Prayer for
the Year of Consecrated Life
O God,
throughout the ages you have called women and men to pursue lives of perfect
charity through the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
During this Year of Consecrated Life, we give you thanks for these courageous
witnesses of Faith and models of inspiration. Their pursuit of holy lives
teaches us to make a more perfect offering of ourselves to you. Continue to
enrich your Church by calling forth sons and daughters who, having found the
pearl of great price, treasure the Kingdom of Heaven above all things. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of
the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
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WORLD DAY OF
PRAYER FOR CONSECRATED LIFE CELEBRATION
On Monday, February 2,
2015, the Church celebrates the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life.
In the Archdiocese of Toronto, we are blessed to have living and serving among
us more than 1,000 religious men and women of over 100 different religious
congregations. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to thank God for
the gifts of these religious sisters, brothers and priests and to pray for
God’s blessing upon them in their efforts to faithfully live the evangelical
counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience.
On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 3
p.m. at St. Paul’s Basilica, there will be a special Mass presided by His
Eminence, Thomas Cardinal Collins, in celebration of the vocation and witness
of these special men and women religious who are such an important part of the
life and ministry of the Church in our archdiocese. All are welcome to attend.
