O Virgin Mary, we commend to you those who seek to follow your Son as priests, brothers, sisters, and deacons. You know the diffuculties, struggles, and obstacles they face. Assist them to utter their "yes" to the divine call as you did at the invitation of the Angel. Draw them near to your heart so they may understand with you the joy and beauty that awaits when the Lord calls them into His intimacy. Make them witnesses of His love. Enable them to inspire the Church with their holiness. May your all-powerful intercession touch the hearts of many that they may respond to the Lord's call. Repeat to them in the depths of their hearts what you said to the waiters at Cana: "Do whatever Jesus asks."
John Paul II
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