Saint Edward Parish Family » missions http://saintedwardparish.org Our door is open…Our table is set…All are welcome… Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:40:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Holy Childhood Association National Week of Prayer http://saintedwardparish.org/holy-childhood-association-national-week-of-prayer/ http://saintedwardparish.org/holy-childhood-association-national-week-of-prayer/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:33:39 +0000 Sister Therese Ann http://saintedwardparish.org/?p=461 Did you know that prayer is the most important part of being a missionary? Well, it is! That’s why HCA sponsors a National Prayer Week every year. During this prayer week, kids in the United States remember their sisters and brothers in the Missions by saying a special HCA prayer as often as possible for five consecutive days. Mark your calendars – National Prayer Week 2010 takes place March 14-21.

Here is the prayer:

Dear God, through our Baptism, we are called to share Your love and Your peace everywhere. We are Your ambassadors, sent to bring the “Good News” of Jesus to all, beginning in our own community and reaching to the ends of the earth.

Fill our hearts with the love and peace of Jesus, especially as we meet him in the Sacraments. Help us to be examples of Your compassion and a source of Your hope to all, especially those who are poor , lonely, suffering and sick.

Give us strength to show others what it means to follow Jesus. Help us to answer the call to be His witnesses, His missionaries.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who is Lord forever and ever. Amen.

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