Office of Vocations - Diocese of Baton Rouge

Heavenly Father,

Thank you for the gift of our seminarians and for the spirit of unity. You call them to live as brothers, discerning the priesthood for the Diocese of Baton Rouge.

Help them, Lord, to be devoted to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to be rooted in the practice of lecio devina with the Sacred Scriptures, to be faithful in praying the liturgy of the hours, to be diligent in their philosophical and theological studies, to be attentive to the needs of our brothers and sisters experiencing poverty, to be courageously transparent in spiritual direction, and docile in seminary formation.

Holy Spirit, overshadow Jeremy, Aeli, Austin, John, Carson, Andrew, Joshua, Ryan, Tremell, Landry, Alex, Charlie, and Riley that they may grow in fraternal Charity, live in the light of truth, face doubts with courage, and freely discern Your call together in peace. Blessed Mother, cover these seminarians with your maternal mantle, that they may learn from you how to love one another as true brothers in Christ, dwelling in unity as they journey towards the Priesthood.

We ask this prater, Heavenly Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who Lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, God, Forever and ever. Amen.