Prayers for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith:

Father,
You will Your Church to be
the sacrament of salvation
for all peoples.
Make us feel more urgently
the call to work
for the salvation of all,
until You have made us all one people.
Inspire the hearts of all Your people
to continue the saving work of Christ
everywhere, even to the ends
of the earth.

Grant this through our Lord Jesus
Christ, Your Son, who lives and
reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

LORD GOD,
I want to be
Your missionary
to all the world.
I want to call the poor and
the children and the burdened
to rest in Your love.

Help me to be a
missionary today,
right where I am.

Bless me with the gift of simplicity so that what I have in abundance I will be happy to share.
Bless me with the gift of generosity so that I may think first of others who need to hear Your Good News.
Bless me with the gift of such deep faith that it is no longer I who live, but Christ in me.

Then use me to
extend Your love
around the world
so that no corner of
the earth may be without
Your Good News
of salvation.

I ask this through
Jesus Christ, Your Son,
AMEN

My special prayer for the missions:
Dear Lord,
My faith in You sustains me.
You comfort me in sorrow,
You hold me when I am afraid,
You put Your hand upon my pain.

For those who do not know You,
I give You my suffering.
USE ME to tell the poor You love them.
USE ME to tell the weary You will give them rest.
USE ME to light the darkness of despair.
USE ME to breathe a gentle world of peace.
USE ME to reach the least of YOUR brethren with the Good News of God's love.
THEN will I truly share the joy of my faith in You with the world.
AMEN.