Prayer for Discernment
Father,I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me,
and in all your creatures –
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord,
and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father.
God, I know You love me and have great plans for me.
But sometimes I am overwhelmed by he thought of my future.
Show me how to walk forward one day at a time.
May I take heart while I search openly, learn about all the choices,
listen to others for advice, and pay attention to my own feelings.
By doing these things,
may I hear your call to a lifestyle and a career that will let me love as only I can,
and let me serve others with the special gifts that You have given me.
Amen.
Lord Jesus, you call each of us to serve you in love and humility.
Every vocation in the Church is holy
and is given for the building up of your body the Church into a living temple.
Please reveal to me the vocation you are calling me to follow,
the road that will lead me to deepest intimacy
with you and to the fullness of life, love and joy that are yours alone to give.
Give me courage, Lord,
to say yes to my vocation as Mary your mother said yes to hers.
Amen.
Lord, my God and my loving Father,
you have made me to know you, to love you, to serve you,
and thereby to find and to fulfil my deepest longings.
I know that you are in all things,
and that every path can lead me to you.
But of them all, there is one especially
by which you want me to come to you.
Since I will do what you want of me,
I pray you, send your Holy Spirit to me:
into my mind, to show me what you want of me;
into my heart, to give me the determination to do it,
and to do it with all my love, with all my mind,
and with all of my strength right to the end.
Jesus, I trust in you.
Amen
Lord, I thank You for the gifts You have given me,
especially for life, love, family and friends.
Help me to know myself better and to know my talents,
as I pray, study and decide on my life’s work.
Help me to see and understand the path You open for me.
Help me choose a life’s work which will be in response
to my potential and your love for me.
If I am being invited to follow You
as a priest, brother, sister,
give me a generous heart to respond to your challenging call
and the strength to follow You wherever You lead me.
Amen.
Lord, I thank You for the gifts You have given me,
especially for life, love, family and friends.
Help me to know myself better and to know my talents,
as I pray, study and decide on my life’s work.
Help me to see and understand the path You open for me.
Help me choose a life’s work which will be in response
to my potential and your love for me.
If I am being invited to follow You as a priest, brother, sister,
give me a generous heart to respond to your challenging call
and the strength to follow You wherever You lead me.
Lord, my God and my loving Father,
you have made me to know You,
to love You, to serve You,
and thereby to find and to fulfill myself.
I know that You are in all things,
and that every path can lead me to You.
But of them all,
there is one especially by which You want me to come to You.
Since I will do what You want of me,
I pray You, send your Holy Spirit to me:
into my mind, to show me what You want of me;
into my heart, to give me the determination to do it,
and to do it with all my love, with all my mind,
and with all my strength right to the end. Amen