Our Lady of Hope Maine
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Our Lady of Hope Sebastièn Râle​, S.J. Prayer Circle

St. Ignatius said we should work as though it all depends on us and pray as though it all depends on God. I hope these Prayer Circle intentions can be an expression of our awareness of our need for God’s grace. Each month we join with our global family in praying for Pope Leo’s prayer intention for that month. We pray also for our parish, school and other needs of our greater community and Church. Praying for our parish and world is an important ministry and one that some of us who are not able, because of time, health or other limits, to be active in other ways. Thank you for your prayers for our parish, our school, and the world.
Fr. Paul, S.J.

About Parish Ministries

St. Ignatius of Loyola tells us that Jesus’ desire is that we join Him in making God’s dream for the world present in our decisions and actions. In this way, we are living the gifts of the Eucharist as the visible presence of God’s love in our world. Here at Our Lady of Hope we trust that God has provided – in us – the people, talents, and resources needed to make God’s dream real.

We nourish each other as Jesus wished. Through our more than two dozen ministries we work to alleviate spiritual and physical hunger, reduce the isolation of people who are lonely or excluded, and we care for our common home – the environment, in the wider world and in our hearts.

Naturally, there’s more we could do. Ignatius called it “the magis”: doing the very best quality work that we can for the greater service of God and universal good. Your commitment and participation brings these ministries to life in the spirit of the magis.

We pray:

    1. For the spiritual health, vitality, and financial support of Our Lady of Hope Parish and St. Brigid School.
    2. The Pope’s Monthly Prayer Intention for October – For mental health ministry. Let us pray that the mental health ministry be established throughout the Church, helping to overcome the stigma and discrimination of persons with mental illnesses.  See the Pope’s monthly video here.
    3. Let us pray for the leaders of government, business, and culture that they might grow to consider the common good above their own interests. May we as a nation open ourselves to treat each person, group, and community as worthy of care.  As Pope Leo has written in his recent encyclical, “We are not merely neighbors to one another, but entrusted to each other…Solidarity arises precisely when we decide not to remain indifferent to what happens to our neighbor but instead transform unavoidable bonds – economic, cultural, and technological into paths of sharing, cooperation, and mutual care, embracing the idea of ‘thinking and acting in terms of community.” (MH, #74)  
      Lord, may your Holy Spirit enlighten us and our various leaders to put aside individual agendas so that we might work for a world of reconciliation and peace, caring for one another and for all of the earth. Amen
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