Did you know that prayer is the most important part of being a missionary? Well, it is! That's why HCA sponsors National Prayer Week every year. During National Prayer Week HCA kids in the United States remember their brothers and sisters 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.
Want to pray with HCA? Below is our 2010 National Prayer Week Prayer in both English and Spanish.
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 communities 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.
Amen.
Querido Dios,
Por medio de nuestro bautismo estamos llamados a compartir tu amor y tu paz a donde quiera que vayamos. Somos tus embajadores, enviados a llevar la “Buena Nueva” de Jesús a todos, comenzando con nuestras propias comunidades, hasta llegar “a los confines de la tierra.”
Llena nuestros corazones con el amor y la paz de Jesús, especialmente cuando nos encontramos con El en los Sacramentos. Ayúdanos a ser ejemplos de tu compasión y una fuente de esperanza para todos, especialmente para los pobres, los abandonados, los que sufren y los enfermos.
Danos la fuerza para mostrar a los demás lo que significa seguir a Jesús. Ayúdanos a responder al llamado de ser sus testigos, sus misioneros.
Te los pedimos en el nombre de Jesucristo, tu hijo, quien es Dios por siempre.
Amén.
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