APOSTOLATE
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"I ask [the sick], while they are seeking to recover their health, to offer up their illness for the Church,
in the full knowledge of the saving value and evangelizing power of human suffering when it is joined with that of the
Lord Jesus."
- from a Lenten homily of Pope John Paul II
WAYS YOU CAN HELP US GET HOLY PRIESTS
- Start the day with the Morning Offering.
- Pass copies of this brochure and the Morning Offering to others who are suffering
- If possible comfort others who are suffering
- Accept the services of others with patience and love
- Pray for holy vocations to the priesthood
- Recognize and appreciate God's gift of suffering to you
- Refuse to give in to complaining, self pity, bitterness, or hopelessness
- In times fo great pain, unite your suffering to Christ's
Our suffering then, if united with Christ on the cross, becomes our greatest and most efficacious
prayer. The bishop is asking that you daily offer this greatest of resources for an increase of vocations
to the priesthood for our diocese
MORNING OFFERING
O my Jesus, I adore you and I love you. Source of all mercy, look upon me with compassion.
Through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I unite my cross with yours and offer you all my prayers, works,
joys, and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart, especially for holy vocations to the
priesthood for the Diocese of Corpus Christi.
Amen.
Amen.