PRAYER FOR EACH DAY OF THE NOVENA
Lord Jesus, you are the reason for our hope and your resurrection is proof that those who trust in you will never be disappointed. Teach us to live with a serene and trusting heart, so that by abandoning ourselves fearlessly to your divine Will we may be a sign of hope and faithful witnesses of your presence. Lord, only you have the words of eternal life, only in you can our restless heart rest. May the intercession of Blessed Antonio Rosmini and his example of baptismal life help us to follow you: the light of truth, the fire of charity. Amen.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Lord Jesus,
Eternal Shepherd of your flock, you are among us so that we may have life in abundance: animate our hope, sustain our waiting, nourish our joy!
Jesus, you are for us and with us a pilgrim of hope:
we hope in you and in your promises, we wish to bear witness to you in the world.
Holy Spirit, give again to the Rosminian family sisters and brothers who may live the charism of charity as humble workers in the Church.
From the charism of one – Blessed Antonio Rosmini – the charism of all:
ascribed members and consecrated, religious men and women, priests and Christian families.
Father, grant us to walk in unity and to promote fraternity in our daily life,
because in the one Christ we are one.
Holy Mary of Hope accompany us, pilgrims in hope with you.
Amen.
HOPE IN ETERNAL LIFE
“I believe in life everlasting”. So our faith professes. Christian hope finds in these words an essential foundation. (Spes non confundit, 19)
Prayer intention:
For all of us, cultivating the hope of eternal life, live the present time in communion with Christ, in the joy of the Holy Spirit, with the desire to do the will of God the Father.
Word of God:
Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into a heritage that can never be spoilt or soiled and never fade away. It is reserved in heaven for you who are being kept safe by God’s power through faith until the salvation which has been prepared is revealed at the final point of time. (1Pt 1:3-5)
Word of Blessed Antonio Rosmini:
We need courage and trust in our journey through this world, and God has made hope a divine virtue. We equally need tranquility and peace of soul, and we find these in Christian hope, because it is more than mere hope. Jesus Christ has offered us his peace; let us rest in him. (letters, January 6, 1851)
