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, WHEN WE PRAY
Mary, At the foot of the cross, she witnessed the passion and death of Jesus, her innocent son. Overwhelmed with grief, she nonetheless renewed her “fiat”, never abandoning her hope and trust in God. (…) In the travail of that sorrow, offered in love, Mary became our Mother, the Mother of Hope. (Spes non confundit, 24)
Prayer intention:
So that like a flame our hope may be rekindled when we pray, the hope of being saved, the light in prayer that always directs our life in communion with God and with our brothers and sisters, as good children of the Church.
Word of God:
We too, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we are groaning inside ourselves, waiting with eagerness for our bodies to be set free. In hope, we already have salvation; in hope, not visibly present, or we should not be hoping — nobody goes on hoping for something which is already visible. But having this hope for what we cannot yet see, we are able to wait for it with persevering confidence.
And as well as this, the Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness, for, when we do not know how to pray properly, then the Spirit personally makes our petitions for us in groans that cannot be put into words; and he who can see into all hearts knows what the Spirit means because the prayers that the Spirit makes for God’s holy people are always in accordance with the mind of God. (Rm 8: 23-27)
Word of Blessed Antonio Rosmini:
We have guarded ourselves carefully against wronging God by not trusting to his infinite goodness and mercy, which overcomes all the obstacles to his abundant graces which we create by our shortcomings and sins. He will do this if we HOPE and PRAY.
