January

Day Intention Prayer
1 / January That we may be faithful to the grace received by our Founders, a grace we now share by our call to the Congregation of the Resurrection. (Charism Statement) For our Congregation, that throughout this year our Risen Lord may help us to know and fulfil the will of God. Asking God's blessing for family, relatives, friends and benefactors through the intercession of Mary, the Mother of God.  
2 / January That we may recognize those truths which are especially important for our life and work as Resurrec­tionists because they give expression to our grace and call. (Charism Statement) For the Holy Catholic Church, our Holy Father and for our Bishop. For peace in the world. For vocations to the Congregation of the Resurrection.
3 / January That we may recognize the truth that God's love for us is merciful and unfailing. We have not earned his love. (Charism Statement) For our Congregation and our superiors, and for vocations to our Congregation. For our benefactors living and deceased.
4 / January That we may recognize that we are nothing, have nothing, and can do nothing without God. (Charism Statement) For our country, and for civil rulers. For all those who have recommended themselves to our prayers.
5 / January That we may recognize that we are attracted to evil. We are sinners. Yet God continues to draw us to himself. (Charism Statement) For our brothers in the missions: Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria and Tanzania.  

 
6 / January That we may recognize that in his love for us the Father calls us to conversion: to personal resurrection in union with Jesus, to a new life filled with the power of His Spirit. (Charism Statement) For the conversion of sinners, and for all in affliction, temptation and agony.  

 
7 / January That we may recognize the truth that, with Jesus, we die to ourselves when we surrender our lives to the Father, renouncing anything that separates us from Him. (Charism Statement) For our deceased brothers and benefactors, for all of the faithful departed, and for him who will die first among us. For vocations to the Congregation of the Resurrection.  

 
8 / January That we recognize that it is the power of the Spirit which forms Christ in us, and moves us to respond with love to the Father's great love for us. (Charism Statement) For increased fidelity to our vows and to the spirit of our founders. For those who have asked us to pray for their intentions.  

 
9 / January That we may recognize the truth that it is God who calls us to live together as brothers - sharing the gifts that we have received, supporting one another, praying and working together for His glory. (Charism Statement) For fidelity to our Community charism and traditions. For the Sisters of the Resurrection. For all deceased Resurrectionists.  
10 / January That we may realize that God has called us to be a community which is a living sign of the gospel values of justice, truth and love. For the Church, our Holy Father, and for the Bishops in whose dioceses we serve. For the sick, the suffering and those who are lonely. For those who were our Formators, living and deceased.  
11 / January That we may recognize that God calls us to work together for the resurrection of society, bringing His life and love to all (Charism Statement) For our Congregation and our superiors, especially our own local superior. For vocations to our Congregation. For beatification of Fr. Paul Smolikowski

 
12 / January That we may work together for the resurrection of society: through our personal witness, through the witness of our life in community, and through our Community aposto­lates, primarily through parish work and teaching. (Charism Statement) For parents, relatives, friends and benefactors, and for all those who have recommended themselves to our prayers. For the gift of wisdom for our Superiors.  

 
13 / January That we may recognize that our work for the resurrec­tion of society also requires that we build, and teach others to build, a Christian community in which all can experience the hope, joy and peace of Christ's Resurrection. (Charism Statement) For our country, for peace and prosperity. For blessing upon the members of our local house. For our parents, living and deceased.  

 
14 / January That we may recognize Mary as our model for all that we are called to be and do as Resurrectionists. (Charism Statement) For the conversion of sinners, and for all in affliction, temptation and agony. For all those who have separated themselves from the Community, for whatever reasons. For blessing upon our parishioners, students and co-workers.  
15 / January That we may recognize that God loves each of us with a personal, unconditional love. (Art. 1) For our deceased brothers and benefactors, and for him who will die first among us. For all the faithful departed. For blessings on all families and especially for those families struggling to survive.  
16 / January That we may come to recognize God's plan of salvation for each of us, fully revealed in the paschal mystery: the suffering, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus and the sending of the Holy Spirit. (Art. 1) For increased fidelity to our charism, our religious vows and the spirit of our founders. For those seeking employment. For those who asked us to pray for them.  
17 / January That we may come to understand that it is in the Paschal Mystery that we are reconciled to the Father, united in the one body of Christ and enlivened with the life of the Spirit. (Art. 1) For our novice masters, their associates and the novices. For postulants, affiliates and associates. For vocations to the Congregation of the Resurrection.  
18 / January That we may recognize that our personal participa­tion in the Paschal Mystery begins with our conversion, the acceptance of the Lord Jesus as our personal Savior, and our union with Him in Baptism, Confirmation and the Holy Eucharist. (Art. 1) For rectors of students and their assistants, as well as the students committed to their care. For the spiritual directors of our seminarians. For all Christians during this week of prayer for Christian Unity.
19 / January That we may recognize our conversion as a dynamic, life-long process: we must constantly die to self (self-will, self-love, self-activity) in order to rise by the power of the Holy Spirit to a new life of love in Christ. (Art. 1) For our vocation directors and their associates, and for vocations to our Congregation. For victims of war, the displaced, the poor and the hungry. For peace in our world.  
20 / January That we may recognize the life-long process involved in our coming to know God's unconditional love for each of us as the most fundamental fact of our lives. (Art. 1) For all those involved in retreat work, especially with young people. For all of those who are in the process of discerning their vocation. For parents, relatives, friends and benefactors, and for all those who have recommended themselves to our prayers.  
21 / January That we may learn to experience our nothingness without God, and to know the misery of our inherited weakness and the corruption, which results from our personal sins. (Art. 1) For all of those who work in the parish apostolate, together with permanent deacons, lay ministers and catechists. For the youth of our parishes. For vocations to the Congregation of the Resurrection.  
22 / January That the knowledge of our nothingness, misery and corruption may lead us to a new experience of God's love because He is ready to forgive and to come to our aid. (Art. 1) For all of those who work in the educational apostolate, the lay teachers, staff and students. For vocations to our Congregation.  
23 / January That we may see the paschal dynamic continuing throughout our whole life as our renewed experience of God's unconditional love leads to a recognition of our own unworthi­ness. (Art. 1) For our general, provincial and regional curias. For the provinces, regions and houses directly dependent on our superior general.
24 / January That, as Resurrectionists, we may strive to witness to the transforming power of God's love, not only in our own personal lives, but also in community life. (Art. 1) For provincial and regional commissions, and for our internation­al commissions. For our benefactors, living and deceased. For vocations to the Congregation of the Resurrection.  
25 / January That we allow God's love to overcome the fears and heal the wounds that keep us isolated from one another, so that we can become a true community of disciples united in mind and heart. (Art. 1) For the Church, our Holy Father and our Bishops, especially our local Bishop. On this feast of the conversion of St. Paul, we pray for our own ongoing conversion.  

 
26 / January That in our apostolic life, we will continue to urge others to a renewal of their lives which will lead eventually to a resurrection of society. (Art. 1) For our Congregation, our apostolates, our superiors, and for vocations to our Congregation. For all the members of our local house. For the benefactors of the Congregation, living and deceased.  

 
27 / January That the Lord will be with us as we proclaim the Paschal Mystery in our apostolates through preaching and teaching the certainty of God's love for each of us and His will to save us by uniting us to the death and resurrection of Jesus. (Art. 1) For our country, and for all civil rulers. For parents, relatives, friends and benefactors, and for all those who have recommended themselves to our prayers. For peace in the world.  
28 / January That we continue to proclaim the Paschal Mystery by carefully prepared celebrations of the Easter Triduum and every Sunday as the day of the Risen Lord (Art. 1) For our brothers in the missions: in Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria and Tanzania. For vocations to the priesthood and religious life, especial­ly for vocations to our own Congregation. On the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, we pray for all students and teachers.  
29 / January That we may recognize salvation history as a continual manifestation of God's love for us. It was out of love that he created us. It is also out of love that He has redeemed us and made us His sons. (Art. 2) For the conversion of sinners, and for all in affliction, temptation and agony. For all the Communities of Sisters who work with us in our apostolates. For peace in the world.  
30 / January That we may recognize that in our own day God continues to manifest His love for us in the person of the Risen Christ, who is still present among us and sanctifying us through His Church, especially in its liturgical celebra­tions. (Art. 2) For our deceased brothers and benefactors, and for all the faithful departed. For him who will die next among us. For vocations to the Congragation of the Resurrection.  
31 / January That we may recognize the very special manifestation of God's love made to our Founders and to all who have followed them in the Congregation of the Resurrection because we have received Christ's invitation to leave all and follow Him. (Art. 2) For fidelity to our charism, our vows and the spirit of our Founders. For our seminarians, the directors and students.  
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