Join us in prayer for the intentions entrusted to us by Pope Francis. For June 2022, we join the Holy Father in praying for: Families

• We pray for Christian families around the world; may they embody and experience unconditional love and advance in holiness in their daily lives.

Click the video above to watch a short message from Pope Francis:

The family is the place where we learn to live with one another, to live with young people and with those who are older.

And by being united —young people, the elderly, adults, children—, by being united in our differences, we evangelize with our example of life.

Of course, there is no such thing as a perfect family. There are always “buts.”

But that doesn’t matter. We shouldn’t be afraid of mistakes; we have to learn from them so we can move forward.

Let’s not forget that God is with us: in our family, in our neighborhood, in the city where we live, He is with us.

And He takes care of us. He remains with us at all times in the swaying of the boat tossed by the sea: when we argue, when we suffer, when we’re joyful, the Lord is there and accompanies us, helps us, and corrects us.

Family love is a personal path of holiness for each one of us.

This is why I chose it as the theme for this month’s World Meeting of Families.

Let us pray for Christian families around the world; may each and every family embody and experience unconditional love and advance in holiness in their daily lives.

 

Daily Offering Prayer

God, our Father, I offer You my day. I offer You my prayers, thoughts, words, actions, joys, and sufferings in union with the Heart of Jesus, who continues to offer Himself in the Eucharist for the salvation of the world. May the Holy Spirit, Who guided Jesus, be my guide and my strength today so that I may witness to your love. With Mary, the mother of our Lord and the Church, I pray for all Apostles of Prayer and for the prayer intentions proposed by the Holy Father this month. Amen.  

Traditional Daily Offering of the Apostleship of Prayer

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, and the reunion of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our bishops and of all Apostles of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month.   The Apostles of Prayer offer themselves to God each day for the good of the world, the Church, one another, and the Holy Father’s intentions.

Thank you for praying with us!

Click here to look back on Pope Francis' past prayer intentions on the Salt + Light Media Blog.