Parishes and prayer groups are encouraged to pray for vocations to lay ministry and for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month:
For persons denied adequate care, especially persons with disabilities: may we advocate for their God-given dignity and assist them in their needs. We pray to the Lord.
For all who are forgotten or isolated especially for the poor, the sick, persons with disabilities, and the aged: that God might change our hearts and more us to see and love them as Christ does. We pray to the Lord.
That those who have responded to the call to serve as lay pastoral ministers will know the goodness of the Lord, we pray to the Lord.
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