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VOCATION (LATIN WORD VOCARE) the Jesuit fathers for their spiritual directors and

 it is a call to holiness confessors.


 It is a strong feeling of suitability to which you 4 BASIC FORMS OF PRAYER
will give your time and energy that you have  Prayer of Blessing and Adoration (praising God)
been "called" to the ministry directly by God  Prayer of Petition (asking for what we need,
listening to God and the world. including forgiveness)
 Each baptized believer has a “personal vocation”  Prayer of Contrition (asking for
— a call from God to help build up his kingdom forgiveness/sorry)
on earth in a very particular way, within a  Prayer of Thanksgiving (for what God has given
specific state in life, such as priestly life, and done)
religious life, married life, or single life. That ANGELUS PRAYER:
“call within a call” is each person’s individual  It is a prayer that reflect on the Incarnation of
response to God’s universal call to holiness, Christ at the Annunciation—that profoundly
which invites us not only to sanctify ourselves, holy moment in which the Angel Gabriel
but also to sanctify the Church. announced God’s invitation for Mary to be the
 When Ignacia was 21 years old, her parents mother of the Messiah, and she said yes.
wanted her to marry. Heeding a call deep within  That’s how the Angelus prayer got its name: the
but not wanting to disappoint her parents, prayer was originally said in Latin, of course,
Ignacia sought counsel from Fr. Paul Klein, a and the word angelus is Latin for angel:
Jesuit priest from Bohemia who arrived in  The Angelus is a prayer is to contemplate the
Manila in 1682. The priest gave her the Spiritual mystery of the Incarnation, the event by which
Exercises of St. Ignatius. After this period of "the Son of God became man in order to make
solitude and prayer, "Ignacia was inspired by us God." It is a short pause in our day-to-day
God to remain in the service of the Divine activity, immersing us in the intimacy of our
Majesty and she resolved to live by the sweat of Lady and the Blessed Trinity.
her face.” She left home and brought with her  The Angelus is a Marian and Christological
only a needle and a pair of scissors. She started prayer of the Catholic Church, honouring our
to live alone in the house located at the back of Lady. This prayer "invites us to meditate on the
the Jesuit College of Manila. Her life of prayer mystery of the Incarnation, encouraging
and labor attracted yndias who also felt called to Christians to take Mary as a point of reference in
the religious life but could not be admitted into the various moments of their day, so as to
the existing congregation at that time. M. imitate her in her readiness to carry out the
Ignacia accepted these women into her company divine plan of salvation" (John Paul II, General
and the first community was born. They became Audience).
known as the Beaterio de la Compañia de PRAYER:
Jesus because they frequently received the Leader : Let us pause for a while as we pray together
sacraments at the Church of St. Ignatius, the Angelus. (pause)
performed many acts of devotion there and had
+In the name of the Father + and of the Son + and of the this time there are typically 14 scenes of and
Holy Spirit. Amen leading to His crucifixion.
PRAYER:
Leader : The Angel of the Lord declared unto Leader :
Mary. We invite everyone to pause for a moment. as we
All : And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. pray the 3 o’clock prayer, (pause) … +In the name of
Leader : Behold the handmaid of the Lord. the Father + and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit.
Response : Be it done unto me according Amen.
to Your Word. YOU DIED JESUS, BUT THE SOURCE OF LIFE
Leader : And the Word was made Flesh FLOWED OUT FOR SOULS AND THE OCEAN
Response : And dwelt among us OF MERCY OPENED UP FOR THE WHOLE
Leader : Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. WORLD.
Response : That we may be made worthy O FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, IMMEASURABLE
of the promises of Christ DIVINE MERCY, COVER THE WHOLE WORLD
AND EMPTY YOURSELF OUT UPON US.
LET US PRAY O BLOOD AND WATER WHICH FLOWED OUT
ALL : Pour forth/ we beseech You, / O FROM THE HEART OF JESUS AS A FOUNTAIN
Lord Your grace/ into our hearts/ that we/ to OF MERCY FOR US, I TRUST IN YOU!
whom/the Incarnation of CHRIST/, Your son/ was HOLY GOD, HOLY MIGHTY ONE, HOLY
made known/ by the message of an angel/ may by His IMMORTAL ONE, HAVE MERCY ON US AND
passion and cross/ be brought to the glory of His THE WHOLE WORLD. (3X)
Resurrection/ through the same CHRIST, / our Lord. JESUS, KING OF MERCY WE TRUST IN YOU!
AMEN. Leader : + In the name of the Father + and of
the Son + and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Leader : Glory to the Father and to Where does the hour of mercy come from?
the Son and to the Holy Spirit. It comes from Jesus and was given to Saint Faustina in
a special revelation in October 1937 in Cracow.

All : As it was in the beginning, is now  Jesus said to her “At 3 o’clock implore. My
and will be, forever. Amen. mercy especially for sinners; and if only for a

 DURING EASTER ANGELUS IS NOT brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion

PRAYED IT IS CHANGED TO THE PRAYER particularly in My abandonment at the moment

CALLED REGINA COELI OR QUEEN OF of agony. This is the hour of great mercy for the

HEAVEN world.” (Diary 1320)

3 O CLOCK PRAYER:  What is the promise which is connected with the

 It references “the hour of great mercy”; that is, hour of mercy?

the time of Jesus Christ's death on the cross at Jesus promises “In this hour, I will refuse

3:00 p.m. on Good Friday. It is often nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in

accompanied by the Stations of the Cross. At virtue of My Passion.” (Diary 1320) “You can
obtain everything for yourself and for others.”
(Diary 1572)
 Our Lord laid down three conditions in relation
to this prayer. Firstly, the prayer has to be
directed to Jesus. Secondly, it must be said at 3
o’clock in the afternoon. And thirdly, it has to
call on the value and merits of the Lord’s
Passion.

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