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January
General: That the Church may strengthen her
commitment to full visible unity in order to manifest in an ever growing degree
her nature as community of love, in which is reflected the communion of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
February
General: That the mentally handicapped may
not be marginalized, but respected and lovingly helped to live in a way worthy
of their physical and social condition.
Mission: That in Institutes of Consecrated Life, which are so flourishing
in mission countries, may rediscover the missionary dimension and faithful to
the radical choice of evangelical
counsels, be generous in bearing witness to and announcing Christ to the ends
of the earth.
March
General: That the importance of forgiveness
and reconciliation between persons and people may be understood snd that the church through her
testimony, mat spread Christ’s love, the
source of new humanity.
Mission: The Christians, who are persecuted in many parts of the world and
in various manners because of the Gospel, may continue, sustained by the
strength of the Holy Spiirit, to bear witness courageously and openly to the
Wor of God.
April
General: Christians, even in the difficulty
and complex situations of present-day society, may not tire of proclaiming with
their lives that Christ’s resurrection is the source of hope and of peace.
May
General: That Christians may use
literature, art and the mass media to greater advantage in order to favour a
culture which defends and promises the values of the human person.
Mission: That the Virgin Mary, Star of evangelizaion and Queen of the
Apostles, may still guide today with maternal affection the missionaries, both
men and women, thropughou the world, just as she accompanied the Apostles in
the early stages of the Church.
June
General: That all Christains may cultivate
a deep and personal friendship with Christ, in order to be able to communicate
the strenght of his love to every person they meet.
Mission: That the International Eucharistic
Congress of Quebec in Canada
may lead to an ever greater understanding that the Eucharist is the heart of
the Church and the source of evangelization.
July
General: That there may be an increase in
the number of those who, as volunteers offer their services to the
Christian Community with generous and
prompt availability .
August
General: That the human family may know how
to respect God’s design for the world and thus become ever more awae of the
great gift of God which creation represent for us.
Mission: That the answer of the entire
people of God to the common vocation to sanctity and misssion may be promise
and fostered, with careful discernment of the charisms and a constant
connitment to spiritual and cultural formation.
September
General: That those who, because of wars or
appressive regimes, are forced to leave their homes and country may be
supported by Christians in the defence and protection of tehir rights.
Mission: That, faithful to the sacrament of matrimony, every Christian
family may cultivate the values of love and communion in order to be a small
evangelsizing community, sensitive and open to the material and spiritual needs of its brothers.
October
General: That the Synd of Bishop may help
the pastors and theologians, the catechists and promoters who are engaged in
the service of the Word of God to courageously transmit the truth of faith in
communion with the entire Church.
Mission: That in his month dedicated to the mission , through the promotional
activities of the Pontifical Missionary Works and other organisms, every
Christian Community may feel the need to participate in the Church’s universal
mission with prayer, sacrifice and concrete
help.
November
General: That the testimony of love offered
by the Saints may fortify Christians in their devotion to God and their neighbour,
imitating Christ who came to serve and not to be served.
Mission: That the Christian communities in
Asia, contemplating the face of Christ,
may know how to find the most suitable ways to announce Him, in full
faithfulness to the Gospel, to the peoples of that vast comtinent so rich in
culture and ancient forms of spirituality.
December
General: That, face by the growing
expansion of the culture of violence and death, the Church may courageously
promote the culture of life through all her apostolic and missionary
activities.
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